Interview to the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation book on social entrepreneurship: https://www.fea.pt/.../FEA_empreendedorismo_social_FINAL.pdf . . . [ Read More ]
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2021
It was a pleasure to once more co-lead the jury in charge of selecting the winner of the Calouste Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity on Climate Change. Winners are awarded €1 M. This year the prize went for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy for their coordination of the global effort of cities to address climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. The announcement was made in . . . [ Read More ]
TV interview about COP16
Interview to portuguese public TV about what to expect from the COP26 in Glasgow . . . [ Read More ]
Lab Retreat 2021
It was a pleasure to once more organise a lab retreat in person. COVID 19 times have been difficult but this is was a good a necessary break to recharge batteries and align research in the lab. In this occasion in the beautiful Noutra on the border between Spain and Portugal. . . . [ Read More ]
Congratulations Juan David González Trujillo
The "ACADEMIA COLOMBIANA DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS, FÍSICAS Y NATURALES" awards the Humboldt-Caldas medal every year. In the 2021 edition it has nominated Juan David González Trujillo, post doc in the group, with a "special mention" for his Journal of Biogeography paper on Historical Legacies and Contemporary Processes shape Beta Diversity in Beotropical Montane Streams. A detailed feature about . . . [ Read More ]
Audition to the Portuguese parliament
Hoje, am audição com deputados da Assembleia Da República De Portugal, como membro integrante do grupo de trabalho sobre áreas protegidas do CNADS, tive a oportunidade de, em dois minutos, expor algumas ideias sobre biodiversidade, áreas protegidas, e o porquê do fracasso geral da sua gestão em Portugal. Não é um exercício fácil dada a complexidade do tema e exiguidade do tempo mas aqui vai, em . . . [ Read More ]
Six Pessoa Prizes support Évora as the 2027 European Capital of Europe
Six Pessoa Prizes, including Cláudio Torres (archeology), Elvira Fortunato (engineering), José Manuel Rodrigues (photography), Maria Manuel Mota (biomedicine), Miguel Bastos Aeaújo (biogeography), and Tiago Rodrigues (theatre) got together in a round the table moderated by João Ferrão (geogapher) to discuss the application of Évora as European Captital of Culture in 2027. Issues related to . . . [ Read More ]
Interview of Miguel Araújo in Amorim News
Amorim Group is the largest Cork Producer in the World. Miguel Araújo was interviewed by Amorim News about sustainability issues and the role of the corporate sector in solving the environmental crises. The interview is available in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. It can be read here. . . . [ Read More ]
Improvements in reports of species redistribution under climate change required
https://youtu.be/DIrNac2Eauk We - Shirin Taherim Babak Naimi, Carsten Rahbek and Miguel B. Araújo - just published the study in Science Advances. We reviewed 240 reports of climate-related species-range shifts and classified them based on three criteria. We ask whether observed distributional shifts are compared against random expectations, whether multicausal factors are examined on . . . [ Read More ]
Miguel B. Araujo Lab – Resumo de investigação passada e reflexão sobre investigação futura
Quando um leigo me pergunta sobre o objeto da minha investigação, nem sempre é fácil de explicar numa frase. Na verdade, quem trabalha em biodiversidade trabalha com sistemas complexos. Logo, para entender estes sistemas, para os modelar, para projetar dinâmicas futuras, são diversas as ramificações por onde se estende a investigação. Consciente da dificuldade em sintetizar a diversidade muitos . . . [ Read More ]