11º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
The 11th National Meeting on Food Chemistry will take place in Bragança from the 16th to the 19th of September 2012.
Consult the first call HERE
CIMO member of the Ecosystem Services Partnership
CIMO became recently a member of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP). Visit the ESP webpage for more information on the partnership, events, networks and oportunities.
External Consultative Committee
The External Consultative Committee of CIMO will visit the research centre on the 9th and 10th of January for the evaluation regarding the 2007-2010 period.
Consult the programme of the visit HERE
European Red List of vascular plants
IUCN has just published the European Red List of vascular plants. This red list reports on the status of 1826 species as well as identifies major threats of vascular plants in Europe, including Portugal. This publication has the contribution of Carlos Aguiar, CIMO researcher.
To download the report visit the IUCN webpage HERE.
International Mountain Day
Today is the International Mountain Day.
December 11 was designated by the United Nations as the International Mountain Day in 2003, the year following the International Year of Mountains, 2002.
CIMO was established in 2003 when the International Mountain Day was celebrated for the first time. Since then, CIMO has been commited to the mountain areas cause through the study and valorisation of mountain systems, thus contributing to the sustainable development of these areas.
This year the International Mountain Day is dedicated to the theme Mountains and Forests.
Please visit the official webpage of the International Mountain Day for additional information on this day.
Florestas do Norte de Portugal
A new book on Forests from the North of Portugal will be launched Saturday afternoon, December 17, at the Gaia Biological Park. Published by InBio and edited by João Tereso, João Honrado, Teresa Pinto and Francisco Rego, this book covers the history, ecology of management of forests in the north of Portugal. The book includes contributions from Carlos Aguiar and João Azevedo, researchers from CIMO.
More information about the book can be found HERE.