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Innovation of CIMO research recognized at the 2018 Food & Nutrition Awards
The research project HoneyOrigin received an honorable mention at the “Projects of the Future” Food & Nutrition Awards in the category of Research and Innovation.
CIMO in Citizen Science investigation for pesticides in apicultural products in Europe
CIMO/IPB is one of the 16 European institutions responsible for the Citizen Science Investigation for Pesticides in Apicultural Products – INSIGNIA action over the next 2.5 years. INSIGNIA is a pilot study of best practices for a European wide monitoring program with honeybee colonies in an apiculturist citizen science setting to study pesticide use and exposure of honeybees and investigation of...
Sustainability of Portuguese Mountains: realities and challenges
The final and full version of the e-book "Sustainability of Portuguese Mountains: realities and challenges" is now available to the public (http://hdl.handle.net/10198/15034). This e-book, edited by CIMO members João Azevedo, Vasco Cadavez, Margarida Arrobas and Jaime Pires, was published in 2016 and covers a wide range of mountain r...
7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (PYCheM)
The 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (PYCheM), a biennial scientific event promoted by the Young Chemists Group (GQJ) of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ), will be organized by members of CIMO and held in Bragança in 2020.
Call for abstracts: Mountains 2018
The Call for abstracts for the II International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions, which takes place 12–14 December in Nova Friburgo, RJ. Brazil, is now open. The deadline for submissions is 31 May.More information HERE.
CIMO in the Red List of Vascular Plants of Mainland Portugal
CIMO is one of the institutions that participate in the Red List of Vascular Plants of Mainland Portugal project. This is lead by the Portuguese Botany Society (CPBotânica) and the Portuguese Association of Vegetation Science (PHYTOS) in a partnership with the Institute of Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF). CIMO researcher C...
II Sustainable Agroforestry Management Week
The II Sustainable Agroforestry Management Week will take place in Vimioso, Portugal, from March 23 to 31, 2018. Organized by the Portuguese Animal Traction Association (APTRAN), CIMO, the Municipality of Vimioso, Aldeia, ZASNET, and the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, the event includes the II Seminar on Sustainable Agroforestry Management (23 March) and the IV A...
"Food Irradiation Technologies" published
The “Food Irradiation Technologies: Concepts, Applications and Outcomes”, edited by CIMO researchers Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira and Amilcar L. Antonio, and by Sandra Cabo Verde from the “Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares” (U. Lisbon), has been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The book was considered by Food Irradi...
Los Angeles Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards
Terras Dazibo and Olimontes olive oils, with technology developed in collaboration with the IPB, group of Professor José Alberto Pereira, won 4 medals in Los Angeles contest, two gold and two silver.For more information, read HERE.
CIMO in the Steering Committee of the Mountain Partnership
CIMO with EUROMONTANA are the new representatives of Major Group Organizations of
Europe in the Steering Committee of the Mountain Partnership for the next four years.
CIMO/EUROMONTANA were elected during the 5th Global Meeting that took place in FAO
headquarters in Rome from December 11 to...