Development of an Information System for the Environmental and Economic Management of the "Dehesa/Montado" Ecosystem in Estremadura (Spain) and Alentejo (Portugal)

Type:

International

State:

Concluded

Research Groups:

Environmental and Socio-economic Dynamics: Management for Sustainability

Lead Researcher:

Maria José Roxo

e-Geo Team:

Maria José Roxo, Pedro Cortesão Casimiro, Afonso do Ó, Tiago Sousa

Institutional partners:

e-GEO Research Centre for Geography and Regional Planning, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa;
Direcção Regional de Agricultura do Alentejo;
Instituto Superior de Agronomia;
Universidade de Évora;
Consejería de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente;
Universidade de Cáceres.

Funding:

III Community Support Framework, EU INTERREG Programme

Duration:

2004-2007

Objectives:

Main objective

To build an "integral model” for the management, conservation and sustainable development of the montado ecosystem with a great socio-economic value for the neighbouring regions.

Specific objectives

To determine and evaluate the factors of the montado vulnerability and the risk factors of the agricultural productions that characterise such environment;
To build a socio-economic model for the management and development of this ecosystem under the premises of the conservational and sustainability approach to development;
To develop strategies for the ecosystem’s productions that can contribute to development sustainability by the means of the elaboration of an informatics system that, at the same time, will enable the management of the socio-economic model, decision-making and the monitoring of the system, applying Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems.

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