The EESE kick-off meeting was held at the EFSA headquarters in Parma (Italy)
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Funding of 2 million euros for an international project to monitor the biodiversity of terrestrial organisms in agricultural landscapes in Europe
Project led by José Paulo Sousa, from the Center for Functional Ecology (CFE), Research Unit of the TERRA Associate Laboratory, receives 2 million euros to monitor the biodiversity of terrestrial organisms in agricultural landscapes in Europe.
A team of researchers from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) received 2 million euros to monitor biodiversity in agricultural landscapes representative of the European space. “EESE – EU Environmental scenarios for ERA of non-target organisms” is the name of the international project coordinated by Professor José Paulo Sousa, a member of the Center for Functional Ecology (CFE) and the TERRA Associate Laboratory, which aims to contribute to a more realistic and accurate risk assessment of pesticides used on the continent.
In addition to leading the entire monitoring and assessment of biodiversity of different groups in the field, in landscape areas/scenarios spread across Europe, the experts will also assess the sensitivity of various species of terrestrial organisms following a new assessment approach of effects at the level of communities of soil organisms.
The EESE project will run over the next four years and is part of a strategic line of the European Food Safety Authority that aims to highlight the ecological relevance in the risk assessment of pesticides.
With this project, CFE/TERRA researchers have established themselves as a benchmark in environmental assessment and monitoring, making a significant contribution to biodiversity conservation in Europe.
Source: cfe.uc.pt/en
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