Open Day in Évora, April 24th, 2009
Transport infrastructure of the 21st century: connecting people and wildlife
201 persons form 18 countries attended the IENE Open Day on April 24th, 2009 at the University of Évora. The main theme of the open day was “Transport infrastructure of the 21st century: connecting people and wildlife". Participants included people from road and railway administrations, people from environmental administration, researchers from universities, NGOs, technicians from Environmental Impact Assessment firms and students.
Presentations
IENE, background and future. Bjørn Iuell, chairman of the IENE interim steering committee; Norwegian Public Roads Administrations. Norway.
Towards a better treatment of landscape fragmentation in transport infrastructure management. Andreas Seiler, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and J.O.Helldin, SLU and Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Sweden.
The Dutch long term defragmentation program. Hans Bekker, Centre for Traffic and Navigation. Netherlands.
Defragmentation in Germany – combining measures to overcome barrier effects of the transportation network with measures to establish a functional large scale ecological network. Marita Böttcher, German Federal Agency of Nature Conservation and Heinrich Reck, University of Kiel, Ecology Centre. Germany.
The MOVE Project – Studying the effects of roads on wildlife. António Mira, University of Évora. Portugal.
Spatial and temporal patterns of road effects on Mediterranean carnivores. Clara Grilo, Road Ecology Working Group, Fac. Sciences of Lisbon. Portugal.
Wolf monitoring in the mountain corridor Marão/Alvão/Padrela: 4 years after the construction of the A24 and A7 highways. Gonçalo Costa, Grupo Lobo (Wolf group). Portugal.
Ungulate vehicle collisions. Measures for the mitigation of the conflict in existing roads. Carme Rosell. MINUARTIA, Estudis Ambientals. Departament de Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona. Spain
The need for monitoring. Guidelines for monitoring the impacts and efficacy of mitigation measures.Edgar van der Grift, Alterra, Wageningen University Research Centre. Netherlands.
Monitoring of environmental effects of transport infrastructure and efficacy of mitigation measures: Poland as a case study. Sabina Nowak, Association for Nature “Wolf”. Poland.
Road impacts on Biodiversity: Roads of Portugal (EP) actions to avoid, minimize and monitor.Graça Garcia, Estradas de Portugal (Roads of Portugal), SA. Portugal.
The High Speed Line and the Biodiversity. Case study: Great and Little Bustard. Marisa Lamego, RAVE – Rede de Alta Velocidade (High Velocity Train). Portugal.
Business and Biodiversity. Brisa approach to conservation. António Sousa, Brisa, Auto-Estradas de Portugal (Motorways of Portugal). Portugal.
Transport infrastructure and Nature Conservation: guidelines for impact minimization. Margarida Fernandes, Institute for Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity. Portugal.
