The main goal of the CBC is to promote the area of Conservation Biology bringing to Évora on a yearly basis world top researchers whose scientific activity have been largely concerned with problems and prospects of preserving biological diversity, wildlife issues and natural history worldwide.
After three years, Professor Miguel Bastos Araujo, head of the Chair, tells us about the work done and on their relevance to national and international level.
Teacher: Alexandre Diniz-Filho (Full Professor)
Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brasil)
More than two thirds of the global amphibian diversity hotspots will likely be strongly affected by this threats.
Fragmented habitat will make it hard for frogs and salamanders to move to new homes as the climate changes.
Marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Mediterranean Sea do not protect all marine biodiversity, according to two international studies involving a 'Rui Nabeiro' Biodiversity Chair scientist.
Conservation areas are insufficient to ensure persistence of European species of vertebrates and plants under climate change
Climate change can provoke a loss of biodiversity in the South of Europe.
The Rui Nabeiro Chair participates in a study published in Science reviewing global scenarios for biodiversity in the 21st century
Study in the journal Evolution with the contribution of the Chair Holder Prof. Miguel Araújo highlighted in "Faculty 1000 Biology".
The movie "The Crisis of Life" was recently released with the contribution of the Chair Holder, Miguel Araújo, together with Neville Ash, Norbert Jürgens, Anne Larigauderie, Paul Leadley, Terry Root, Stephen Schneider (recently deceased), Robert Scholes, Vandana Shiva, Woody Turner, James Leape and Pavan Sukhdev.
Responding to a request from the secretariat of the Council of Europe to the Berne Convention (on wildlife and natural habitats in Europe), the holder of the Chair Rui Nabeiro produced a report on Protected Areas and Climate Change.
