As previously announced Miguel Araújo won the 2018 Pessoa Prize. This is the first time the Prize recognises someone working in the field of environmental sciences. Named after the famous writer and poet Fernando Pessoa, the Pessoa Prize is recognised as the most important cultural award in Portugal. It was created in 1987 by the newspaper Expresso and the IT company Unisys, and since 2008 the . . . [ Read More ]
Interview to Radio Capanário
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Interview in TV programme: “Filhos da Nação”
The full interview of Miguel Araújo to the Portuguese RTP TV programme: Filhos da Nação. To watch the video click here. https://www.rtp.pt/play/p5487/e390979/filhos-da-nacao?fbclid=IwAR3mcKgAoVU5-4Tfswht1LtPltsgZ9S4R94ixAR7SBsMJAUUnTau4xyUxzM . . . [ Read More ]
Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments
https://youtu.be/iS31WaKMW_Y Would you have your cancer treatment be defined by one doctor supported by the opinion of two additional referees? Surely, you would hope the treatment to follow best practice standards reached by consensus among several doctors working in the field. Surprisingly, no such standards exist in models entering biodiversity assessments, but we now provide such . . . [ Read More ]
Araújo’s talk at the Mexican Ecology Conference
Simposium "Avances conceptuales y metodológicos de la teoría del nicho ecológico". Title of talk: "The A and B factor in species distributions modelling" . . . [ Read More ]
Araújo’s talk at the American Museum of Natural History
For the full set of talks in the event click here. . . . [ Read More ]