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A Critical Checklist of the Odonata of Portugal
Received 28 January 2006; revised and accepted 23 March 2006 A critical checklist of the Odonata of Portugal Sónia Ferreira 1, José Manuel Grosso-Silva 1, Mathias Lohr 2, Florian Weihrauch 3 & Reinhard Jödicke 4 1 CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal. <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> 2 Fachhochschule Lippe und Höxter, Fachgebiete Tierökologie und Landschaftsökologie, An der Wilhelmshöhe 44, 37671 Höxter, Germany. <[email protected]> 3 Jägerstraße 21A, 85283 Wolnzach, Germany. <[email protected]> 4 Am Liebfrauenbusch 3, 26655 Westerstede, Germany. <[email protected]> Key words: Odonata, dragonfly, checklist, Iberia, Portugal, Madeira, Azores. Abstract The Odonata checklist of continental Portugal, Madeira and the Azores includes 65 species. Besides Sympetrum nigrifemur, an endemic of Madeira and the Canary Islands, and the unique population of the Nearctic Ischnura hastata in the Azores, the species composition reflects a higher proportion of western Mediterranean and Ethiopian elements than any other European country. An isolated occurrence of Coenagrion pulchellum was confirmed. Due to obvious misidentifications and to the loss of voucher specimens of questionable species, 22 taxa were rejected. Future records of additional species are predicted. Introduction Portugal is situated in the west of the Iberian Peninsula and thus at the western- most edge of Europe. Politically, the Atlantic archipelagos of Madeira, the Azores, and the Selvagens Islands also belong to Portugal. The archipelago of Madeira consists of Madeira, Porto Santo and the three Desertas Islands. Nine islands make up the Azores: Faial, Corvo, Flores, Pico, São Jorge, Graciosa, Terceira, São Miguel and Santa Maria. -
Planting Power ... Formation in Portugal.Pdf
Promotoren: Dr. F. von Benda-Beckmann Hoogleraar in het recht, meer in het bijzonder het agrarisch recht van de niet-westerse gebieden. Ir. A. van Maaren Emeritus hoogleraar in de boshuishoudkunde. Preface The history of Portugal is, like that of many other countries in Europe, one of deforestation and reafforestation. Until the eighteenth century, the reclamation of land for agriculture, the expansion of animal husbandry (often on communal grazing grounds or baldios), and the increased demand for wood and timber resulted in the gradual disappearance of forests and woodlands. This tendency was reversed only in the nineteenth century, when planting of trees became a scientifically guided and often government-sponsored activity. The reversal was due, on the one hand, to the increased economic value of timber (the market's "invisible hand" raised timber prices and made forest plantation economically attractive), and to the realization that deforestation had severe impacts on the environment. It was no accident that the idea of sustainability, so much in vogue today, was developed by early-nineteenth-century foresters. Such is the common perspective on forestry history in Europe and Portugal. Within this perspective, social phenomena are translated into abstract notions like agricultural expansion, the invisible hand of the market, and the public interest in sustainably-used natural environments. In such accounts, trees can become gifts from the gods to shelter, feed and warm the mortals (for an example, see: O Vilarealense, (Vila Real), 12 January 1961). However, a closer look makes it clear that such a detached account misses one key aspect: forests serve not only public, but also particular interests, and these particular interests correspond to specific social groups. -
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I i l°~~~1CONTROLNME 2SU] T CLASSI FIGATZON (695 ) BY-RLIOGRAPHIC DATA SREET PN-AA- 7 A 3. TITLE AND SUBTITLE (240) Peneda-Geres National Park: Management plan 4. PERSONAL AU-HORS (100) 5. CORPORATE AUTHORS (101) U.S. National Park Service 6. DOCUMENT DATE (110) j7.bYUMBER OF PAGES (120)- 8. ARC NUMBER (f70 1981 8 8 p. P0333.783.U58 9. REFERENCE ORGANIZATION (130) Interior 10. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES f500) (Includes Appendix: Strategy statement, 20p.) 11. ABSTRACT (950) 12. DESCRIPTORS (920) 13. PROJECT NUMBER (150) Portugal Analysis Reserves National parks Natural resources Development strategy 14. CONTRACT NO.(1 41) 15..CONTRACT Conservation Environmental management I . TYPE (140) Management methods PA/POR-0001-P-IP-1045 00 Strategy 16. TYPE OF DOCUMENT (I6C) Socioeconomic surveys AID 590-7 (10-79) Management Plan PENEDA-GERES.11 NATIONAL PARK OWLI: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES Portugal 1981 i MANAGEMENT PLAN PENEDA GERS NATIONAL PARK INDEX Page List of Figures ................................................... iv Executive Sunnary .................................................. v Management Plan Definition ........................................ 1 INTRODUCTION Location ..................................................... 2 Legal Basis for Area ......................................... 2 Overview of Purpose of Area .................................. 3 CHAPTER I - NATIONAL AND REGIONAL BACKGROUND ...................... 6 National Context ............................................. 6 National Objectives for Conservation ..................... -
Lithium Potentialities in Northern Portugal
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257307330 LITHIUM POTENTIALITIES IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL Conference Paper · March 2004 CITATIONS READS 0 3,251 2 authors, including: Jorge Manuel Ferreira Carvalho Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia 54 PUBLICATIONS 95 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Upper Jurassic Echinoderm faunas of Portugal View project Calcários Ornamentais Portugueses View project All content following this page was uploaded by Jorge Manuel Ferreira Carvalho on 20 May 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. 17th Industrial Minerals International Congress Barcelona, 28-31Março2004 LITHIUM POTENTIALITIES IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL by Jorge M. F. Carvalho, Instituto Geológico e Mineiro, Portugal João A. L. B. Farinha, Instituto Geológico e Mineiro ABSTRACT The Portuguese territory has many rich in Li-rich mineral occurrences that are mainly associated with aplite-pegmatite dykes and sills intruded in granitic and metasedimentary rocks of the Central Iberian and Galicia – Trás-os-Montes geotectonic zones. Some of those occurrences have a higher economic potencial value, as is the case of the Gonçalo region in the Guarda district and the Barroso - Alvão region near Boticas in the Vila Real district. Geological studies carried out by the Geological and Mining Institute of Portugal (IGM) showed this areas as attractive targets for Li-rich raw material for the ceramic and glass industries of the Iberian market or even for Li-rich standard ore concentrates. 1. INTRODUCTION Lithium is an alkali metal with an atomic number of 3 and a single valence electron which gives it special properties, namely it is the lightest metal element and has a strong electrochemical reactivity. -
Las Pegmatitas De Barroso-Alvão, Norte De Portugal: Anatomía, Mineralogía Y Geoquímica Mineral
Cadernos Lab. Xeolóxico de Laxe Coruña. 2011. Vol. 36, pp. 177 - 206 ISSN: 0213-4497 Las pegmatitas de Barroso-Alvão, Norte de Portugal: anatomía, mineralogía y geoquímica mineral Pegmatites from Barroso-Alvão, Northern Portugal: anatomy, mineralogy and mineral geochemistry MARTINS, T.1 and LIMA, A.2 (1) Geology Centre-Porto University; Rua do Campo Alegre, 687; 4169-007 Porto, Portugal ([email protected]) (2) Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687; 4169- 007 Porto, Portugal ([email protected]) Recibido: 13/12/2010 Revisado: 5/02/2011 Aceptado: 20/02/2011 Abstract The Barroso-Alvão pegmatite field is located in the Variscan belt, in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula, Northern Portugal and it is recognised for its numerous and varied aplite- pegmatite intrusions. This is a rare-element aplite-pegmatite field with enrichment in Li, Sn, Nb>Ta, Rb, and P. Several hundreds of pegmatite bodies were identified and described in this field area intruding a variety of rock types including different metasedimentary, and granitic rocks. In this study we present the geology and mineralogy, and mineral geochemistry of different types of aplite-pegmatites bodies found at Barroso-Alvão. Their description was based on field observa- tion, mineralogy, emplacement of the bodies and geochemical data. There were identified five dif- ferent groups: intragranite pegmatites with major quartz, feldspar, muscovite, biotite, and minor tourmaline, beryl and garnet; barren pegmatites with quartz, feldspar, muscovite, and minor bi- otite, apatite, and beryl, among other accessories; spodumene pegmatites with spodumene, Nb-Ta minerals, and Mn-Fe-Li phosphates, along with other accessory mineral phases; petalite pegma- 178 Martins and Lima CAD. -
A Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise: a Case Study of Atlantic Coast of Portugal’S Mainland
Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 27 December 2019 doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0366.v1 Peer-reviewed version available at Water 2020, 12, 360; doi:10.3390/w12020360 Article A Coastal Vulnerability Assessment due to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study of Atlantic Coast of Portugal’s Mainland Carolina Rocha 1, Carlos Antunes 1,2* and Cristina Catita 1,2 1 Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; [email protected] 2 Instituto Dom Luiz, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +351 21 7500839 Abstract: The sea level rise, a consequence of climate change, is one of the biggest challenges that countries and regions with coastal lowland areas will face in the medium term. This study proposes a methodology for assessing the vulnerability to sea level rise (SLR) on the Atlantic coast of Portugal mainland. Some scenarios of extreme sea level for different return periods and extreme flooding events were estimated for 2050 and 2100, as proposed by the European Union Directive 2007/60/EC. A set of physical parameters are considered for the multi-attribute analysis technique implemented by the Analytic Hierarchy Process, in order to define a Physical Vulnerability Index fundamental to assess coastal vulnerability. For each SLR scenario, coastal vulnerability maps, with spatial resolution of 20 m, are produced at national scale to identify areas most at risk of SLR, constituting key documents for triggering adaptation plans for such vulnerable regions. For 2050 and 2100, it is estimated 903 km2 and 1146 km2 of vulnerable area, respectively, being the district of Lisbon the most vulnerable district in both scenarios. -
ES+ Methodology: Mapping Social Entrepreneurship INTRODUCTION
ACRN Journal of Entrepreneurship Perspectives Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 97 – 110, Feb. 2012 ISSN 2224-9729 ES+ Methodology: Mapping Social Entrepreneurship Rita Megre1, Miguel Alves Martins2, João Cotter Salvado3 1 Research Associate, Social Entrepreneurship Institute, [email protected] 2 Founder and Director, Social Entrepreneurship Institute, [email protected] 3 Research Associate, Social Entrepreneurship Institute, [email protected] Abstract. The Social Entrepreneurship Institute (IES) in Portugal has developed an innovative methodology called ES+ for the identification and research of Social Entrepreneurship initiatives at the local and regional level. This methodology was created as part of an overall policy to identify and support Social Entrepreneurship initiatives in Portugal, considering Social Entrepreneurship as a solution to yet unresolved social and environmental issues. The goal of this methodology is not only to identify innovative solutions that can be replicated in other regions/countries but also to identify the needs of social entrepreneurs, allowing for an action plan and for the tailoring of IES services, to be able to better serve these social entrepreneurs, empowering them for greater social and environmental impact. In this paper, the ES+ Methodology is described and presented with application to two contrasting Portuguese regions – one mostly urban, near the Portuguese capital and the other mostly rural in the remote Portuguese inland region of Trás-os-Montes. Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship, Research, Methodology, Mapping, Identification, Support INTRODUCTION Social Entrepreneurship (SE) is a rising field of activity worldwide. Given the inclusive nature of the field it is sometimes difficult to define it in a rigorous way, and several definitions have been proposed. -
Helicopter Aeromedical Transport of Critically Patients: Recent Past and Present History
Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.12707/RIII13151 HISTORY AND MEMORY Helicopter Aeromedical Transport of Critically Patients: recent past and present history A Pessoa em Situação Crítica Helitransportada: história do passado recente e panorama atual El Paciente Crítico Transportado en Helicóptero: historia del pasado reciente y panorama actual Paula Soares Encarnação*; Maria Manuela Melo**; Maria Isabel Lage*** Abstract Background: Emergency Medicine has its modern roots in the First World War. In Portugal, the first medical emergency system dates back to 1965. The Helicopter Emergency Medical Service of the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) started operating in 1997. Objective: To inform about the history and current situation of the helicopter aeromedical transport of critically ill patients through the two major institutions in Portugal: the INEM and the Portuguese Air Force (FAP). Methodology: A qualitative historical study was conducted through documental analysis of the primary sources provided by the Portuguese Air Force and the National Institute of Medical Emergency, as well as the secondary sources. Results: The results suggest that the creation of a model for sharing air assets between various institutions leads to a more effective and efficient transport of critically ill patients. Conclusion: Further studies should be conducted to reveal the historical role played by the teams of physicians, nurses, commanders and pilots in Portugal. Keywords: history of nursing; aeromedical transport; helicopter; critically ill patient. Resumo Resumen Contexto: A Medicina de Emergência moderna tem as suas raízes na Marco contextual: La medicina de emergencia moderna tiene Primeira Guerra Mundial. Em Portugal o primeiro sistema de emergência sus raíces en la Primera Guerra Mundial. -
ETG1-EXA-011-V1-EN-Telfi Transnat
CREATING LOCAL COMPANIES WITH A GLOBAL FOCUS As in many parts of Southern Europe, large swathes of the Portuguese interior are rapidly losing population to the faster developing coastal areas. Despite important investments in infrastructure many of these areas are locked into an inward- looking spiral which is still heavily dependent on agriculture and public sector employment. Young people and women are the first to suffer and often the first to leave. The partners of the GLOCAL EQUAL project realised that they were going to have work on at least two levels if their catchment area in the interior Alto Douro region was going to break out of this blind alley. First of all, they had to tackle the main barriers preventing local people from creating new economic activities. Secondly, they had to find ways of connecting the new enterprises to higher value added opportunities both inside and outside the area. In order to do this they created and tested an integrated kit, made up of four new tools, which are now being taken up in other parts of Portugal GLOCAL is a small compact partnership of five members, led by a private company committed to local development.. However, this has not prevented GLOCAL from networking extensively with financial institutions, employers, local authorities and learning and training establishments to influence all the key players affecting the development of the area. By doing this, GLOCAL has shown how even the most remote rural areas can contribute to the Lisbon objective of promoting a “more entrepreneurial culture and create a supportive environment for SMEs”. -
The Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis in the Entre
Branco et al. BMC Neurology (2020) 20:195 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-020-01755-8 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in the entre Douro e Vouga region of northern Portugal: a multisource population-based study Mariana Branco1,2, Ivânia Alves3, Ana Martins da Silva4,5, Joaquim Pinheiro6, Maria José Sá7,8, Inês Correia9, Lívia Sousa9, Eva Brandão1, Carlos Veira1, Bernardo Gomes10 and Luis Ruano1,2,11* Abstract: Background: The prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been increasing worldwide and the north– south gradient of prevalence may be disappearing in the Northern hemisphere. The few previous prevalence studies performed in Portugal have reported a lower prevalence than the average for Western Europe. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of MS in the Entre Douro e Vouga region, in Northern Portugal. Methods: Multiple overlapping sources were used to ascertain all cases from the reference population: records from hospitals in the region and neighbouring regions; diagnostic databases of primary care physicians; and applications for disability benefits. The prevalence date was set at 1 January 2014. The reference population was 274,859 inhabitants. Patients’ neurologists were contacted to retrieve clinical information and confirm the diagnosis based. Results: A total of 177 patients were identified after eliminating duplicates from different sources. The female to male ratio was 1.9 and the mean age at disease onset was 33.5 (standard deviation: 10.3). Clinically isolated syndrome accounted for 9.0% of patients, relapsing remitting for 58.8%, secondary progressive for 20.3% and primary progressive for 11.8%. -
The Construction of Guilhofrei Dam Through the Regional Press
International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS), Vol. 1, No.2 THE CONSTRUCTION OF GUILHOFREI DAM THROUGH THE REGIONAL PRESS Pedro Ricardo Coelho De Azevedo ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the construction of the Guilhofrei dam in the north of Portugal, but known as the Ermal dam, to praise the government and as an inscription of political propaganda. This view is provided by the local press, which strongly supported the government, giving great prominence to their works. This study is unique because the matter described here is found in Historical Archives. KEYWORDS Dams; New Deal; Interventionism; Public Works; Regional Press; 1. INTRODUCTION This paper focuses on the construction of the Guilhofrei dam, or Ermal, in the district of Braga, northern Portugal, and aims to analyze the use of this work as a mechanism for political propaganda through the regional press. The construction of dams had an interventionist policy that followed the interventionist and inflationary policies adopted by other European countries inspired by the New Deal of the USA. These inflationary measures consisted of "public expenditure, mainly investment, to stimulate economic activity" (Nunes & Valério, 2004: 134). After 1926, "a movement in favor of hydraulics in its agricultural and electrical fields was felt in our country. Engineer Ezequiel de Campos (1874-1965), former minister in the office of Dr. José Domingues dos Santos, was a defender of hydroelectric works as a means of revitalizing Portuguese agriculture" (SERRÃO J. V., 1997: 525). Between 1930 and 1945 a program of public works was launched by the Portuguese government, aiming to occupy the unemployed. -
1 the Portuguese Railway Network in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
The Portuguese railway network in the second half of the nineteenth century: main actors, debates, and outcomes 1. Introduction The main lines of the Portuguese railway network were built during the second half of the nineteenth century, especially in the period between 1860 and 1890. The first contracts were signed in the 1850s, but their execution was compromised by the lack of experience of its promoters and Portuguese technocrats, whereas in the 1890s investment was hampered by a crippling financial crisis that led to a partial bankruptcy in 1892. By 1900, the grid extended throughout 2,356 km. It included five transnational tracks across the border with Spain and many others serving every district of the country (figure 1 and table 1).1 (FIGURE 1 HERE) Figure 1 – Portuguese railway network. Black lines indicate the network before 1900; grey lines, after 1900 Source: Author’s version based on sharemap.org Table 1 Extension of the Portuguese railway network (1856-1996), km/decade Decade km added km – total Decade km added km – total 1850 68 68 1930 162 3,586 1860 651 719 1940 3 3,589 1870 458 1,177 1950 8 3,597 1880 894 2,071 1960 -34 3,563 1 After 1900, the network continued to grow, reaching a maximum extension of 3,616 km (1982), mostly with feeder lines in the ultraperipheral areas of north-eastern and southern Portugal. 1 1890 285 2,356 1970 25 3,588 1900 542 2,898 1980 13 3,601 1910 370 3,268 1990 -530 3,071 1920 156 3,424 Source: Nuno Valério (ed.), Estatísticas Históricas Portuguesas (Lisbon: INE, 2001), 372–76.