{"id":1085,"date":"2025-06-24T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-seagrassriawild.web.ua.pt\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:27:35","slug":"catedra-carbono-azul-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-seagrassriawild.web.ua.pt\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/catedra-carbono-azul-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Carbon Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(EN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>LIFE SeagrassRIAwild<\/strong> project, coordinated by the <strong>University of Aveiro (UA)<\/strong>, was awarded the <strong>\u201cResearch\u201d Prize<\/strong> at the 1st edition of the <strong>Blue Carbon Chair Awards<\/strong>, an initiative jointly promoted by the University of Murcia and the environmental consultancy Green CO2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recognition highlights the project\u2019s remarkable contribution to advancing scientific knowledge, promoting ecological restoration, and enhancing international awareness of the blue carbon concept. The evaluation panel underlined the project\u2019s key role in strengthening the scientific, institutional, and social visibility of seagrass ecosystems, recognized as strategic natural carbon reservoirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particular praise was given to the innovative restoration actions carried out in the <strong>Ria de Aveiro<\/strong>, combined with rigorous applied research methodologies, which have enabled the project to integrate science, conservation, and communication in an exemplary approach that can be replicated across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the project\u2019s international scope has contributed to the global projection of the blue carbon concept, fostering cooperation among public administrations, research institutions, and conservation organizations from several countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Researcher Jo\u00e3o Pedro Coelho<\/strong>, from the <strong>Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM)<\/strong> and the <strong>Department of Biology at UA<\/strong>, project coordinator, represented the consortium at the award ceremony, held on June 24 in Murcia, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(PT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O projeto <strong>LIFE SeagrassRIAwild<\/strong>, coordenado pela <strong>Universidade de Aveiro (UA)<\/strong>, foi distinguido com o <strong>Pr\u00e9mio \u201cInvestiga\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d<\/strong> na <strong>1.\u00aa edi\u00e7\u00e3o dos Pr\u00e9mios C\u00e1tedra Carbono Azul<\/strong>, uma iniciativa conjunta da <strong>Universidade de M\u00farcia<\/strong> e da empresa de consultoria ambiental <strong>Green CO2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta distin\u00e7\u00e3o reconhece o <strong>not\u00e1vel contributo<\/strong> do projeto para o <strong>avan\u00e7o do conhecimento cient\u00edfico<\/strong>, a <strong>promo\u00e7\u00e3o da restaura\u00e7\u00e3o ecol\u00f3gica<\/strong> e a <strong>valoriza\u00e7\u00e3o internacional<\/strong> do conceito de <strong>carbono azul<\/strong>. O painel de avalia\u00e7\u00e3o destacou o <strong>papel fundamental<\/strong> do projeto no refor\u00e7o da <strong>visibilidade cient\u00edfica, institucional e social<\/strong> dos <strong>ecossistemas de ervas marinhas<\/strong>, reconhecidos como <strong>reservat\u00f3rios naturais estrat\u00e9gicos de carbono<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foram especialmente elogiadas as <strong>a\u00e7\u00f5es inovadoras de restauro<\/strong> desenvolvidas na <strong>Ria de Aveiro<\/strong>, aliadas a <strong>metodologias rigorosas de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o aplicada<\/strong>, que permitiram ao projeto <strong>integrar ci\u00eancia, conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e comunica\u00e7\u00e3o<\/strong> numa abordagem <strong>exemplar e replic\u00e1vel em contexto europeu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adicionalmente, a <strong>dimens\u00e3o internacional da equipa<\/strong> tem contribu\u00eddo para a <strong>proje\u00e7\u00e3o global do conceito de carbono azul<\/strong>, promovendo a <strong>coopera\u00e7\u00e3o entre administra\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00fablicas, institui\u00e7\u00f5es de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e organiza\u00e7\u00f5es de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o<\/strong> de diversos pa\u00edses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O <strong>investigador Jo\u00e3o Pedro Coelho<\/strong>, do <strong>Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM)<\/strong> e do <strong>Departamento de Biologia da UA<\/strong>, coordenador do projeto, participou em representa\u00e7\u00e3o do <strong>cons\u00f3rcio<\/strong> na <strong>cerim\u00f3nia de entrega dos pr\u00e9mios<\/strong>, que teve lugar no passado <strong>24 de junho, em M\u00farcia, Espanha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(EN) The LIFE SeagrassRIAwild project, coordinated by the University of Aveiro (UA), was awarded the \u201cResearch\u201d Prize at the 1st edition of the Blue Carbon Chair Awards, an initiative jointly promoted by the University of Murcia and the environmental consultancy Green CO2. 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