EDP Tua – Scientific assessment of impact monitoring and compensation programs of the Hydroelectric Infrastructure of Foz Tua (AHFT) - Phase 1 (2010-2015)
The purpose of the project is to provide scientific consultancy for EDP on the biology components (Flora, Fauna and Aquatic Ecosystems) of the Compensation, Minimization and Environmental Monitoring of the Foz-Tua Hydroelectric Dam (AHBS) project. The main goals are to optimize the cost-benefit of the mitigation/compensation measures and actions implemented and and to ensure their ecological efficiency during the construction period, including the flooding of the reservoir, scheduled to the end of 2015.
Team
Principal Investigator
Pedro Beja
Position: Associate Director of Operations, Fund Raising and Knowledge Transfer
pbeja@cibio.up.pt
Researchers
Technical Staff
Tiago Ferrand Almeida Múrias dos Santos
Position: Research Technician
Group:
APPLECOL External Collaborators
Other members
Pedro Castro (Assistant Professor, IPVC), Joaquim Alonso (Assistant Professor, IPVC) Luís Martins (Research Assistant, IPVC), Daniel Faria (Research Assistant, IPVC)
Pedro Castro (Assistant Professor, IPVC), Joaquim Alonso (Assistant Professor, IPVC) Luís Martins (Research Assistant, IPVC), Daniel Faria (Research Assistant, IPVC)
State
Ongoing
Proponent Institution
Centro de Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Laboratório Associado (CIBIO-InBIO)
Funded by
EDP – ENERGIAS DE PORTUGAL, S.A
Dates
2010 (Duration: 5 years)
Participant Institutions
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/UP), Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo