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Education, Forest Fire Prevention, Forest Fire Risk, Social vulnerability to wildfires, Environmental education
Portugal

Activities

Employment (3)

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

1998-02-01 to present | Researcher (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Baeta Neves)
Employment
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Maria Colaço

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Praia, CV

2007-10-09 to 2008-08-20 | Intermational consultant for the project - TCP/CVI/3101 (D) - Renforcement des capacités dans le domaine de la sensibilisation, de la prévention, de l’aménagement de protection et de la lutte contre les feux de forêts - Cap-Vert.
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Maria Colaço

Tapada Nacional de Mafra: Mafra, Mafra, PT

2004-01-01 to 2004-06-30 | Environmental education and forest fechnician
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Maria Colaço

Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, ES

2016-10-04 to 2017-06-23 | PhD (Pedagoxia e Didáctica)
Education
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Maria Colaço

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, ES

2002-10-12 to 2005-09-11 | Advanced Studies Diploma (Teoria e História da Educación)
Education
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Maria Colaço

Instituto Superior de Agronomia: Lisboa, PT

1991-10-01 to 1998-01-31 | Graduation (Forestry Department)
Education
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Maria Colaço

Professional activities (1)

University of Lisbon - Instituto Superior de Agronomia: Lisbon, Lisbon, PT

2017-09-01 to 2021-04-30 | Invited Auxiliar Researcher (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Baeta Neves - InBIO)
Invited position
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Maria Colaço

Funding (22)

Community land database: Fostering Sustainable Rural Development and Wildfire Prevention in Portugal

2025-02-15 to 2026-08-14 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2023.14216.PEX

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

SAFER-LANDS: Safer community lands by unlocking collaborative wildfire risk management and improving the legal framework

2022-02 to 2025-01 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

FIRE RES: Innovative technologies and socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire resilient territories in Europe.

2021-12-01 to 2025-11-30 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

101037419

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EDUFIRE TOOLKIT: Educational Project on wildfires prevention and management

2021-11 to 2024-10 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ERASMUS+ - 2021-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000029947

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Pilot implementation of the National Plan for Integrated Wildland Fire Management

2021-10-01 to 2023-05-09 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

REFORM/SC2021/063

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Contribution of the rural populations and environmental education centers to create a program to re-learn to live with wildfires

2021-05-01 to 2027-04-30 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2020.01072.CEECIND/CP1591/CT0004

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)

2021-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

LA/P/0048/2020

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Acacia biomass exploitation: a tool to reduce wildfires risk in unmanaged forestlands

2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PCIF/GVB/0145/2018

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology

2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UIDB/50027/2020

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Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology

2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UIDP/50027/2020

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RECIPE: Reinforcing civil protection capabilities into multi-hazard risk assessment under climate change

2020-01 to 2021-12 | Contract
European Union (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

874402 - RECIPE - UCPM-2019-PP-AG

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PREVAIL: PREVention Action Increases Large fire response preparedness

2019-02-01 to 2021-05-31 | Contract
European Union (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

826400 PREVAIL UCPM-2018-PP-AG

GRANT_NUMBER:

826400 — PREVAIL — UCPM-2018-PP-AG

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OPP Ciencia 2017 : Fogo Frio: A ciência ao serviço da prevenção de incêndios (Cold Fire: Science at the service of Wildfire Prevention).

2019-02 to 2020-02 | Contract
Ciência Viva (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

OPP157

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

BRIdges the GAp for Innovations in Disaster resilience - BRIGAID

2017-09 to 2020-05 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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PLURIFOR - Transnational risk management plans for rural forest areas susceptible to biotic and abiotic risks

2017-09 to 2019-06 | Contract
INTERREG IVC (Lille, FR)
GRANT_NUMBER: SOE1/P4/F0112
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PERIURBAN - Areas peri-urbanas perante os desafios da sustentabilidade: devolvimento de cenários para a AML

2012-03-21 to 2015-07-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/AUR-AQI/117305/2010

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

MATRIX - New Multi-Hazard and Multi-Risk Assessment Methods for Europe

2010-09 to 2013-09 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Reference: 265138.

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

LX GARDENS - Lisbon's Historic Gardens and Parks: Study and Landscape Heritage Inventory

2010 to 2013 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

PAWS-MED: Pedagogical work for Mediterranean Forests

2009 to 2011 | Contract
European Union (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

DE/09/LLP-LdV/TOI/147 245

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

FIREPARADOX - An Innovative Approach of Integrated Wildland Fire Management Regulating the Wildfire Problem by the Wise Use of Fire: Solving the Fire Paradox.

2006-05 to 2010-12 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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FIREGUARD - Monitoring Forests at the Management Unit Level for Fire Prevention and Control

2003-03 to 2003-09 | Contract
European Union (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

QLK5-CT-2001-00784

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The Rural World and the Nature Conservation

1996 to 2002 | Contract
European Union (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER: QCA/POA/03.01.006.
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Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Journal of rural studies. (2)