Find videos about projects, initiatives and the work of TERRA researchers here
Spotlight
TERRA’s initiatives and significant moments
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TERRA 2026 Meeting (in Portuguese)
Science-based Policy Making 2026 | 20 march 2026 (in Portuguese)
TERRA Policy Hub | 15-16 december 2025 (in Portuguese)
Transformative Knowledge 2025 (in Portuguese)
TERRA 2025 Meeting (in Portuguese)
TERRA 2024 Meeting (in Portuguese)
Discussion session to find TERRA’s guiding motto for the coming years (in Portuguese)
Research Units
Get to know the Research Units that are a part of TERRA
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Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF) (in portuguese)
Centro de Estudos Geográficos (CEG) (in portuguese)
Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE)
Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB)
LEAF – Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture And Food (in portuguese)
Debates
Debates of multiple subjects promoted by TERRA
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Debate “Hunger and Biodiversity – Two sides of the same coin” (in Portuguese)
Debate “Beyond Commerce” (in Portuguese)
“Filósofos TERRA” (TERRA Philosophers)
Multidisciplinary meetings between thinkers and scientists promoted by TERRA
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Book presentation: “Gaia and Philosophy”: A conversation on Ecology, Thought, and the Future of the Earth
Debate “Regenerating Life – How to cool the planet, feed the world, and live happily ever after” (in Portuguese)
Meeting “Human Consciousness – A look at the crisis and sustainability” (in Portuguese)
Meeting “Food System Complexity”
“TERRA Grande” Debates
Cycle of debates promoted by TERRA
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Debate “Farmers’ rights in water use” (in Portuguese)
Debate “Transfers and solidarity supplies” (in Portuguese)
Debate “Water scarcity for agriculture – reality or myth?” (in Portuguese)
Debate “Alternative Water Sources: Desalination” (in Portuguese)
Mission: TERRA
TERRA researchers in remote places
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Marcelo Fernandes in Greenland (in Portuguese)
Sofia Viegas (TERRA) in Finland (in Portuguese)
Tiago Lima (CEF) in Portugal (in Portuguese)
João Neves Silva (CEF) in Mozambique (in Portuguese)
Carlos Neto (CEG) and José Carlos Costa (LEAF) in Angola (in Portuguese)
Gonçalo Vieira (CEG), Milene Guerreiro (CFE), Joana Batista (CEG) and Henrique Zilhão (CEG) in Antarctica (in Portuguese)
Susete Marques and Ana Curtas (CEF) in Chile (in Portuguese)
Filipa Monteiro (LEAF) in Saudi Arabia (in Portuguese)
Ana Ribeiro and José Cochicho (CEF) in Moçambique (in Portuguese)
Ruben Heleno (CFE) in Galápagos (in Portuguese)
Paulo Morgado (CEG) in Michigan (in Portuguese)
José Luís Zêzere (CEG) in Pantanal (in Portuguese)
Research
Researchers discuss important issues and the research produced by TERRA
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Professor José Luís Zêzere on the main factors influencing fires in Portugal (in Portuguese)
Researcher Teresa Cabrita, Executive Director of the Portuguese Polar Programme (Programa Polar Português – PROPOLAR), explains the Programme and talks about the COASTANTAR 2024 expedition (in Portuguese)
Professor João Silva on the relationship between Portuguese forests, fire and climate change (in Portuguese)
Professor César Capinha on the presence and evolution of two mosquitoes in Portugal responsible for the transmission of Dengue and Zica (in Portuguese)
