SDG 14 - Life below water

Nova University Lisbon contributes to tackle the SDG 14 collaborating at a local and European level to protect the oceans.

HIGHLIGHTS

• CAPonLITTER aims at improving policies and practices that can help in preventing marine litter that results from coastal tourism and recreational activities. More specifically, the project will focus on key fractions of waste, such as plastic food and drink containers originating from beach facilities and recreational events, due to improper behaviour of consumers but also to lack of incentives and structures for prevention, collection and recycling of waste. Coordinated by the NOVA School of Science and Technology in partnership with APA (Portuguese Environment Agency),  it comprises authorities and organizations from Spain, France, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria and Germany committed to zero waste on the shoreline.
• A team of professors and researchers from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering of the NOVA School of Science and Technology and MARE visited Cabo Verde where they promoted Oceanic and Coastal Literacy.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

NOVA's 9 Academic Units develop programmes and initiatives with direct impact in our community. Get in touch, participate!

RESEARCH

NOVA contributes significantly to the research into the area of SDG14. Besides CAPonLITTER, learn more about the following research projects:

•  UNESCO Jean Monnet Chair "The Ocean's Cultural Heritage" | NOVA FCSH

Focused in the history of the ocean and its cultural heritage the Chair aims at connecting the different humanities' academic disciplines. It proposes to establish a network across different entitites, from different continents, through the atlantic ocean, and disseminate its activities to the general public.

•  ALGA4FOOD | FCT NOVA

The ALGA4FOOD project - «Algae in Gastronomy - Development of innovative conservation and utilization techniques» aims to disseminate and value the benefits of the edible macroalgae of the Portuguese coast. It falls within the scope of the Operational Program MAR 2020, in the Priority 1 - Promote an Environmentally Sustainable fishery, Resource-Efficient, Innovative, Competitive and based in the Knowledge.

• Sardinha 2020 - An ecosystem Approach to Sardine Fisheries Management | Nova SBE

This project combines the efforts of a large group of scientists with the final aim of delivering a Management Plan for the Portuguese purse-seiner fishery.

PUBLICATIONS

• The environmental history and economy of ambergris: Portuguese sources contributing to study the trade of a global commodity
• Coastal Geomorphological and Environmental changes as drivers of historical shifts in maritime activities
• An International Online Social Survey of Public Attitudes Towards Cetaceans
• Brazilian manatees (re)discovered: Early modern accounts reflecting the overexploitation of aquatic resources and the emergence of conservation concerns
• Ecosystem services of geoduck farming in South Puget Sound, USA: a modeling analysis
• A capital approach for assessing local coastal governance
• Applying a social-ecological systems approach to understanding local marine management trajectories in northern Mozambique
• Will seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) quality change in a warmer ocean?
• Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula
• Developmental and physiological challenges of octopus (Octopus vulgaris) early life stages under ocean warming

EDUCATION

NOVA University Lisbon has a strong formative offer, distinguished by quality and variety, linked to the SDGs. It supports the integration of interdisciplinarity and sustainability in all our study cycles.