SDG 15 - Life on Land

Nova University Lisbon actively contributes to tackle the SDG 15 collaborating at a local and European level to protect the land.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Financed by Erasmus +, ENABLE aims to establish a European education platform to create awareness about the functioning of ecosystems and the benefits of sustainable landscape management, demonstrating that sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand and that the gap between economy and ecology can be bridged.
• The project Desert-Adapt is developed under the LIFE+ Climate Action sub-program, Adaptation climate priority. Adaptation to climate change is of particular importance for the Mediterranean region which is experiencing increasingly negative climate change effects such as drought and extreme temperature more than other areas in Europe. The project will focus on Adaptation measures aimed at reverting ongoing desertification trends and building more climate resilient local communities. Additionally, it will also address the policy priority of Mitigation, by restoring vegetation cover and soil organic content, resulting in net removals of CO2 from the atmosphere.

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 SDG15. Here are some examples of specific publications in this area:

• Ecological risk assessment based on land cover changes: A case of Zanzibar (Tanzania)
• First report of an Onchocercidae worm infecting Psychodopygus carrerai carrerai sandfly, a putative vector of Leishmania braziliensis in the Amazon
• Environmental risk assessment of pesticides in tropical terrestrial ecosystems: Test procedures, current status and future perspectives
• Precipitation dynamics and desertification in the south of Portugal. A geostatistical stochastic approach
• Sustainable development goals for reducing the impact of sea level rise on mangrove forests
• Wastewater reuse for fiber crops cultivation as a strategy to mitigate desertification
• Using the high conservation value forest concept and Pareto optimization to identify areas maximizing biodiversity and ecosystem services in cork oak landscapes
• Relating to the wild: Key actors’ values and concerns about lynx reintroduction
• Ethnoecology in The Colombian Amazon: Tikuna-Wildlife Interactions in Amacayacu National Park
• From forest to farm: systematic review of cultivar feeding by chimpanzees – management implications for wildlife in anthropogenic landscapes

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.