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NitroPortugal, a H2020-TWINN-2015 Coordination & support action (nr 692331)
Partners: ISA (Portugal), FCUL (Portugal), CEH (United Kingdom) and Aarhus University (Dennmark) |
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ILTER, INMS, LTsERmontado |
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Pedro Pinho and Cristina Branquinho |
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cE3c - FCUL |
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| Scientific Commission |
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Cristina Branquinho, Pedro Pinho, Cláudia Cordovil, Hideaki Shibata, Margarida Santos Reis, Mark Sutton, Tommy Dalgaard, Ulli Dragosits |
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Helena Serrano, Margarida Santos Reis, Pedro Pinho, Cristina Branquinho |
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The Training School welcomes those willing or already engaged in scientific activities related to the threats of nitrogen to water, air, greenhouse gases balance, ecosystems and soil, and in long-term ecological studies. |
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The course language is English |
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1 March 2017: Open for applications
31 March 2017: Deadline for applications
5 April 2017: Communication of acceptance
15 – 26 May 2017: Duration of the training school |
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| About the training school |
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The Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, is organizing a two-week international training school on the multiple effects of atmospheric nitrogen (N) in ecosystems. The school will provide training in a holistic approach of key aspects related to N issues under the WAGES concept (nitrogen threats to Water, Air, Greenhouse gases balance, Ecosystems and Soils), with a long-term perspective. This edition will focus on Air quality, Ecosystems and Biodiversity.
The Training School, entitled “Global and long-term effects of nitrogen on ecosystems”, welcomes those willing or already engaged in scientific activities related to the threats of nitrogen to air, greenhouse gases balance, ecosystems and soil, and in long-term ecological studies. The programme will link science to practice, research to environmental management needs and training of decision makers. Theoretical lectures will be complemented with detailed case studies, short practical training sessions on specific techniques and four days of field work. Students will be exposed to tools for research and management of N emissions and effects on the environment. Available existing data from the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network will also be used to critically assess the impact of N deposition on Mediterranean ecosystems.
The field work and many practical examples will be based on LTSERmontado, a network of sites devoted to the long-term study of this Mediterranean savannah-like ecosystem which has been shaped by human activities for millennia. The montado system provides an example of a semi-natural ecosystem where the provision of multiple ecosystem services co-exists with high levels of biodiversity, and where N deposition is a potential threat for many of these ecosystem services. |
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NitroPortugal: Strengthening Portuguese research and innovation capacities in the field of excess reactive nitrogen
NitroPortugal is H2020-TWINN-2015 Coordination & support action (nr 692331)
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