Laboratory for Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Services

 

The Associate Laboratory TERRA brings together more than 450 researchers from five leading and highly complementary R&D units from the University of Lisbon and of Coimbra. The Research Units converge on a common theme: a sustainable use of the Land and its natural resources, from the point of view of the ecosystem and the population. It is in this sense that the laboratory’s activities cover the entire value chain, from natural resources and ecosystem services to environmental health and human populations. The declared objectives of this Associate Laboratory are extremely important for public policies, as sustainability in the use of natural resources is a fundamental premise for avoiding ecological and economic disasters.

TERRA has a vast area of activity, working on topics as diverse as: genetics, fisheries, aquaculture, energy, food, agronomy, forests, plant protection, soils, plant diseases, fruit growing, horticulture, environmental management, conservation, polar research, forensic anthropology, urban planning, migrations, tourism, ecology, numerical modeling, human health, environmental risks, society, history, ecophysiology, ecotoxicology, animal production, circular economy and support for public policies.