Portugal

Contacts
BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n.º 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

LifeWatch Portugal joined LifeWatch ERIC in 2019 and it contributes to LifeWatch ERIC through its National Distributed Centre.

LifeWatch Portugal is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity, which connects the main Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services, storing and managing biodiversity data. Aimed at fostering a national agenda for biodiversity research, it generates high-quality knowledge to meet societal challenges regarding sustainable development.

What We Do

Species occurrence

Promoting access and scientific use of primary biodiversity data.
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Natural science collections

Digital unification of Portuguese natural science collections.
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Environmental genetics and Metagenomics

Construction and provision of a reference collection of DNA sequences barcoding.
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Ecosystem Monitoring

Long-term ecological research and monitoring.
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Atmosphere-Biosphere Interfaces

Monitoring carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
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Organisation

PORBIOTA connects the main Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity:

• Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources;

• Associate Laboratory (BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO);

• cE3c-FCUL, LEAF-ISA and CEF-ISA, University of Lisbon;

• CESAM, University of Aveiro;

• MARE, University of Coimbra;

• Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo;

and the country’s  three main natural history museums:

• MUHNAC (University of Lisbon);

• MC (University of Coimbra);

• MHNC-UP (University of Porto).

It also includes the national governmental agency responsible for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use (ICNF), the Portuguese node for GBIF and the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO). PORBIOTA is listed in the Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures of strategic interest (RNIE), which includes LTsER Portugal, ICOS Portugal and Azores BIOPORTAL.

This leaflet presents the LifeWatch Portugal Distributed Centre, its main activities and organisational structure.

 

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Projects

News from LifeWatch Portugal

National Coordination and General Assembly

Pedro Beja

Pedro Beja

National Coordinator & General Assembly
Rui Figueira

Rui Figueira

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Joana Pinheiro

General Assembly
Pedro Beja 's Bio

Pedro Beja is a Member of the LifeWatch ERIC General Assembly and IKCC.

He is a Conservation Biologist interested in the natural and anthropogenic drivers of biodiversity change in human-dominated landscapes. He is Associate Director of Operations, Fund Raising and Knowledge Transfer at BIOPOLIS, and Deputy Director of CIBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, of the University of Porto, and InBIO – Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (Associate Laboratory). He is also holder of the EDP Chair in Biodiversity and Principal Investigator of the research group ApplEcol – Applied Population and Community Ecology. He has authored over 170 publications in international journals and edited books, and has supervised over 20 PhD students.

Rui Figueira's Bio

Rui Figueira is a Member of the LifeWatch ERIC General Assembly.

He is Assistant Professor of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon and GBIF Node Manager for Portugal. He has participated in national and international projects in biodiversity informatics, agrobiodiversity, RIs, ecology, biogeography and biodiversity and conservation. He represents Portugal in the ESFRI Environment Strategic Working Group, and is an additional national delegate to the GBIF Governing Board. He has experience in national and international training and capacity building in collections management systems, data standards, quality & publication, as well as open data, ecology, ecotoxicology and geostatistics. He has supervised doctoral and master’s theses. His skills include scripting and programming languages, SQL, R, Pandas, cloud management, DwC and EML data standards.

Joana Pinheiro's Bio

Joana Pinheiro is a Member of the LifeWatch ERIC General Assembly and FINCOM.

She works at the Department of International Relations of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, for which she is also a delegate.

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the  Agricultural University-Plovdiv.

To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Spain

The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities). 

To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Slovenia

The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.

To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Portugal

The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.

To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Netherlands

The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.

To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Italy

The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.

To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Greece

The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.

To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Belgium

The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.

To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.