History
LEAF was created in 2013 from the merging of four previous R&D Units of Instituto Superior de Agronomia
- CBAA-Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura
- CEER-Centro de Engenharia dos Biossistemas
- CEAPCC- Centro de Estudos de Arquitetura Paisagista "Prof. Francisco Caldeira Cabral"
- UIQA-Unidade de Investigação em Química Ambiental>
Synergies among researchers were reinforced.
In 2020 the merging was complete. Started the work on the fusion of the groups to achieve foccus on the distinctive areas of competence.