Master’s students from ISA and the Erasmus program explored the flora and the effects of restoration actions on the natural habitats of the Mata Nacional da Machada under the guidance of CEF members Patricia Maria Rodríguez González, Daniel Mameri, Inês Gomes Marques, Arthur Cupertino and Pedro Barcik.
On 29 October a field lesson was carried out about monitoring, conservation and restoration of vegetation in Mata Nacional da Machada (Setúbal). The initiative included participation of students from the ISA Master’s degree in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources; MSc course in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources; Master in Data Science in Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Environment; and to Erasmus students. The students identified the native and exotic flora, the natural habitats, and studied on-site the effects of restoration actions conducted in the last decade.
The field trip was coordinated by Patricia Maria Rodríguez González (DRAT, CEF/ISA) with collaboration of the CEF researcher Daniel Mameri, CEF PhD students Inês Gomes Marques and Arthur Cupertino, and the Master student in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources Pedro Barcik, hosted by Joana Gonçalves (Environmental Interpretation Centre, Municipality of Barreiro), in the context of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), School of Agriculture, discipline “Management and Conservation of Vegetation”.