PINEA Project

Beginning of Collaboration with private company TERRADRONE, with the perspective of exploring the potential for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly known as a drones,  to support monitoring / management of Pinus Pinea stands.

Professor Hailong Shen, from the School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, China, visited the PINEA Project work at University of Lisbon, Portugal. Exchange of knowledge was very interesting, establishing bridges, from the work that has been undertaken in Pinus pinea under the framework of the PINEA Project together with the work on Pinus koraiensis  which has been carried out by the School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, China.

A stakeholder seminar with the topic "Knowledge advances in the stone pine value chain", with several key-note speakers: Sven Mutke (CIFOR - INIA), Rafael Calama (CIFOR - INIA), Isabel Carrasquinho (INIAV), Luis Fontes (ISA - CEF-PINEA PROJECT ), Ana Cristina Gonçalves (U. Évora - ICAAM), has been held on 6 March at Alcacer do Sal, the most traditional Pinus pinea pine nut production region in Portugal. It was organized by UNAC which provides more details and the presentations: Seminário "Avanços no Conhecimento na Fileira do Pinheiro Manso"

Ana Cristina Oliveira Farinha, member from the PINEA Project Team and carrying out a PhD under SUSFOR Programme had carried out a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) with the title "The Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis: important methods and techniques" under COST Action FP1203: European non-wood forest products (NWFPs) network. The work was carried out under supervision of Alain Roques, Institute for Agricultural research, Orléans, France. The report is available: NWFP STSMs

Participation in “5^th International Conference on Mediterranean Pines (MEDPINE 5)”, Solsona, Spain, with the oral presentation “Modelling growth and pine nuts production for Pinus pinea under changing environmental conditions”.

The PINEA Project received a visit from a delegation of technicians and decision-makers from the Rural Development Initiative Valle del Alto Guadiato in Cordoba. Machoqueira do Grou Irrigation and Fertilization trial was explained to this group on 8^th of September. This visit also included by experts from the Spanish National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research (INIA), the University of Cordoba and the Coruche Forest Landowners Association (APFC).