A look at biodiversity
Students in the 10th grade of the High School of Lixa have developed, under the Clima@EduMedia project, a report about the impact of climate change on biodiversity. For this purpose, they interviewed Dora Neto, researcher at the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of the University of Évora (Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade de Évora).
Work by: Andreia Teixeira, Bárbara Ferreira, Inês Pinto e Sofia Barbosa
10th Grade
High School of Lixa
Erratum:
No 1. Dora Neto is a researcher at the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of the University of Évora (Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade de Évora).
No 2. Data on the percentage of species at risk in Portugal are consistent with those present in the State of the Environment Report 2007, by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA).
No 3. According to information from Naturdata, in Portugal the Iberian lynx is a species in a pre-extinction scenario. However, efforts have been made recently to reintroduce this species in Portuguese territory.
This work was carried out under the Flash Seminar held on the 13th and the 20th of May 2015 at the High School of Lixa. Students developed media content based on interviews with experts in various fields related to climate change and research on the subject.