CFE

Centre for Functional Ecology: Science for People & Planet

The Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet (CFE) brings together researchers from all fields of ecology, environmental and territorial sciences, social sciences and humanities. The multidisciplinary dimension of the CFE reflects contemporary societal challenges in interaction with the complexity of the global commitment to sustainability.

Integrates knowledge from genes to biomes to study the mechanisms responsible for biodiversity conservation and the composition, structure and functioning of biological communities and ecosystems; considers the disciplinary diversity essential to understanding the relationship between People and the Planet, the territories and communities.

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Biodiversity, Conservation and Natural Capital

Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change

Marine Resources, Conservation and Technology

Soil Health

Societies and Environmental Sustainability

History, Territories, Communities

One Health

Forensic Anthropology and Paleobiology

Bioelectronics and Bioenergy

Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology

News

12 November, 2024
CFE/TERRA researcher contributes to Declaration that warns of the urgency of species conservation
07 November, 2024
CFE/TERRA members stand out in Biodiversity Conservation at UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 (COP 16)
03 November, 2024
International Day for Biosphere Reserves 2024
28 October, 2024
2 million euros to monitor the biodiversity of terrestrial organisms in agricultural landscapes in Europe

Events

02.12.2024
Mountains for Sustainability: guardians of biocultural heritage
05.12.2024
Retrospective and Prospective: Variations on António
15.11.2024
VIII Local History Congress
Notification of proposal acceptance on September 23, 2024.

Secretariado

Departamento de Ciências da Vida
Universidade de Coimbra
Calçada Martim de Freitas
3000-456 Coimbra
Portugal

+351 239 240 700 | +351 239 855 211 | cfe@uc.pt

Website produced within the scope of the R&D Unit Center for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet (CFE), with reference UIDB/04004/2020, financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC).