Miguel Bastos Araújo was appointed by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal as Chair of the Scientific Council (for natural and environmental sciences) of the Foundation for Science ad Technology (FCT). The Scientific Councils are an advisory body supporting the FCT Board of Directors, "with an extremely important role in terms of strategic advice and . . . [ Read More ]
50 years of protected areas in Portugal
Miguel Araújo was invited to give a keynote address in Portuguese parliament about the recently published study "Biodiversidade 2030". You can watch the full presentation on the belo YouTube video (from minute 49:30 onwards). . . . [ Read More ]
Is the planet full? TV programme
Miguel Araújo participated in the RTP2 programme "Civil Society" to talk about planetary limits in wake of the 8 billion people threshold that we just passed. The interview can be seen in YouTube, below (second part). https://youtu.be/99ingxYAVHc . . . [ Read More ]
Can we protect 30% of the planet?
In the context of the COP15 summit on biodiversity that took place in Montreal, Canada, by the end of 2022, MIGUEL BASTOS ARAUJO was interviewed by the newspaper Público. The full recorded interview can be heard in a podcast below (in Portuguese). . . . [ Read More ]
New project: NaturaConnect
The European Biodiversity Strategy 2030 commits Union Member States to legally protect a minimum of 30% of the European Union’s land and sea area and to strictly protect at least a third of these protected areas. European Members States are also committed to effectively manage conservation areas and to restore Europe’s natural capital, thus taking a leading role in the Post-2020 Convention on . . . [ Read More ]
Biodiversity 2030: New Agenda for Conservation under Climate Change
Publicado o estudo "Biodiversidade 2030: Nova Agenda para a Conservação em Contexto de Alterações Climáticas", encomendado pelo Ministério do Ambiente e Ação Climática e coordenado por Miguel Bastos Araújo. Participam ainda, como coordenadores setoriais, Sara Antunes, Emanuel Gonçalves, Rosário Oliveira, Sofia Santos e Isabel Sousa Pinto. O trabalho beneficiou ainda da colaboração empenhada de 14 . . . [ Read More ]
Interview to Jornal de Notícias – Notícias Magazine
The full text here. The article is the journalist's summary of a written interview that I am copying here for reference. 1) Disse, em entrevista ao Expresso aquando da atribuição do Prémio Pessoa, “o afagar do ego é bom e serve de estímulo para continuar a trabalhar, mas também há o perigo de se perder a clarividência”. Em que medida o Prémio Pessoa lhe serviu de estímulo? Sentiu que a perda de . . . [ Read More ]
Interview to The Cult: “Nuestra actividad económica y nuestra propia existencia dependen de la biodiversidad”
I leave you with my recent "in depth" interview to the magazine "The Cult" dealing with various issues of biogeography, global change, environmental management, science funding, etc. Bit thank to the journalist Guzmán Urrero for his professionalism. The interview is in Spanish and can be read here. . . . [ Read More ]