One of the most important measures to prevent wild forest fires is the use of prescribed and controlled burning actions as it reduce the fuel mass availability. The impact of these management activities on soil physical and chemical properties varies according to the type of both soil and vegetation. Decisions in forest management plans are often based on the results obtained from soil-monitoring campaigns. Tho...
Portugal, as well as the Mediterranean basin, is favorable to the occurrence of forest fires. In this work a statistical analysis was carried out based on the official information, considering the forest fires occurrences and the corresponding burned area for each of the districts of the mainland Portugal, between 1996 and 2010. Concerning to the forest fires occurrence it was possible to identify three main re...
One of the most important measures to prevent wild forest fires is the use of prescribed and controlled burning actions as it reduce the fuel mass availability. The impact of these management activities on soil physical and chemical properties varies according to the type of both soil and vegetation. Decisions in forest management plans are often based on the results obtained from soil-monitoring campaigns. Tho...
Portugal, as well as the Mediterranean basin, is favorable to the occurrence of forest fires. In this work a statistical analysis was carried out based on the official information, considering the forest fires occurrences and the corresponding burned area for each of the districts of the mainland Portugal, between 1996 and 2010. Concerning to the forest fires occurrence it was possible to identify three main re...
The development and implementation of measures which promote the reduction of the impacts of forest fires on soils is imperative and should be part of any strategy for forest and soil preservation and recovery, especially considering the actual scenario of continuous growth in the number of fires and burnt area. Consequently, with the dendrocaustologic reality that has characterized the Portuguese mainland in r...
Tese de mestrado em Geologia Aplicada, apresentada à Universidade de Lisboa, através da Faculdade de Ciências, 2014 ; Localizada na faixa costeira da região Oeste da zona Centro de Portugal Continental, mais concretamente nos concelhos de Peniche e Óbidos, a área de estudo, designada por sistema aquífero da Lagoa de Óbidos na primeira inventariação e caraterização dos sistemas aquíferos de Portugal Continental...
Em janeiro de 2014, dando seguimento à intenção manifestada em novembro de 2013 no VII Encontro de Geografia Física e Ambiente realizado em Guimarães, a RISCOS (Associação Portuguesa de Riscos, Prevenção e Segurança), criou as condições para a constituição de uma secção/rede temática dedicada ao estudo dos efeitos dos incêndios nos solos - Rede nacional para o estudo dos Incêndios florestais e seus efeitos nos ...
The Public Library of Évora has a rich and important collection of manuscripts assembled by its founder, the Archbishop D. Manuel do Cenáculo and cataloged by Cunha Rivara in the nineteenth century. A substantial part of this collection includes the bibliographic heritage of the founder and the correspondence sent to him by several national and foreign personalities. Nevertheless, part of the correspondence fun...
Évora Public Library owes its foundation and its valuable collection to the initiative of D. Manuel do Cenáculo. The early years of the institution were marked by instability and war, the library was sacked by the French army in 1808 and a substantial part of his collection was destroyed. With the Statutes of 1811, the founder endowed the library of generous funding, a staff who wanted to serve the public and a...
A Universidade de Évora foi fundada em 1559, num contexto cultural marcado pela afirmação do humanismo renascentista e das ideias da modernidade, tendo como finalidade a formação de uma elite capaz de responder aos desafios que o país e a Igreja enfrentavam, não apenas na metrópole mas também no vastíssimo império português. Nos duzentos anos que se seguiram à data da fundação, sob os auspícios da Companhia de ...
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