Europe & North America

Portugal

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A UNESCO Chair on sustainable energy management was established at the Technical University of Lisbon in 1997, and several of the Natural Sciences Sector projects Portugal is participating in focus on sustainable management and environmental conservation.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Guadiana Basin project More

- Alpine and Mediterranean Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (AMHY FRIEND)

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

Earth Sciences

- National Geoparks

- Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions (IGCP, Project 495)

- Global Comparison of Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide Districts (IGCP, Project 502)

- Global correlation of A-type granites and related rocks, their mineralization, and significance in lithospheric evolution  (IGCP, Project 510)

- Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry and Management of Coastal Aquifers on the Atlantic Coast of South America (IGCP, Project 519)

Sciences Policy and Sustainable Development

- Establishing Science and Technology Parks More

Renewable and Alternative Energies

- UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Energy Management, established in 1997 at the Technical University of Lisbon More