BIOBLITZES

  • Gardens of Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, 22nd of April 2023, with the participation of citizens.
  • Gardens of Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, 29th of May 2023, with the participation of workers of Gulbenkian.
  • Gardens of Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, 19th of June 2023, with the participation of workers of Gulbenkian.
  • Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal, 16th of September 2023, with the participation of citizens.
  • Telheiras and Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal, 17th of September 2023, with the participation of citizens.


COMMUNICATIONS - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  • Oral presentation: Galvão A. and Silva, C.M, ‘’Green walls for grey water treatment: contributions to the circular economy’’, World Infrastructure Congress 2023, 27th -29th of June, Berlim, Germany.
  • Oral presentation: Silva, C.M, ''Contribution of Green Roofs and Facades to Biodiversity'' (Contribuição das coberturas e fachadas verdes para a biodiversidade), International Green Roof Conference in Maia 2023, 26th of October, Maia, Portugal.
  • Oral Presentation: Tiago, P. "The role of BioBlitzes in citizen science: insights from participants and experts", ECSA 2024 Conference, 3rd-6th of April 2024, Vienna, Austria.
  • Oral presentation: Tiago, P., Leal, A., Falcão, A.P., Sousa, V., Rei, M., Padinha, V., Pernes, J., Oliveira, D., Silva, C.M., "Evaluating the Contribution of Green Roofs/Walls for cities' Biodiversity with the support of Citizen Science", NBS Summit, 23rd-24th of May, Porto, Portugal.
  • Oral Presentation: Pernes, J., Falcão, A., Miranda, V., Silva, C.M., "O uso de uma metodologia baseada em deteção remota para mapear e monitorizar as coberturas verdes em ambiente urbano: o estudo de caso de Lisboa", 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis, 6-8th of November 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral Presentation: Padinha, V., Tiago, P., Leal., A., Silva, C.M., "O Papel dos Cidadãos no Conhecimento da Biodiversidade: o Caso de Estudo das Coberturas Verdes na Cidade de Lisboa", 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis, 6th-8th of November 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral Presentation: Rei, M., Leal, A., Tiago, P., Silva, C.M., "Contributo das Coberturas Verdes para a Biodiversidade de Lisboa", 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis, 6-8 of November 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.


COMMUNICATIONS - NATIONAL CONFERENCES

  • Oral presentation: Pernes, J., ‘’The use of Sentinel-2 images in mapping and monitoring green roofs: The Lisbon case study’’ (O uso de imagens Sentinel-2 no mapeamento e monitorização de coberturas verdes: O caso de Estudo de Lisboa’’), X CNCG - Conferência Nacional de Cartografia e Geodesia, 2nd and 3rd of November, Guarda, Portugal.
  • Oral presentation: Leal, A., Tiago, P., "The use of Citizen Science to evaluate the potential of green roofs to the biodiversity of cities" ("O uso da Ciência Cidadã para avaliar o potencial das coberturas verdes para a biodiversidade das cidades") - 4º Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã (ENCC2023), 27th of November, Coimbra, Portugal.


INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS (BY INVITATION)

  • Oral presentation: Tiago, P., Leal., A.I. & Silva, C.M., “Evaluating the Contribution of green roofs/walls for cities’ biodiversity with the support of citizen science”, Frontiers in E3 – 9th cE3c Annual Meeting, 8 th of September, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral Presentation: Silva, C.M., "Contribution to biodiversity of existing green roofs in Lisbon", EVIDENCE and GREENER Final Workshop, 8th November 2024, Lisbon, Portugal


NATIONAL WORKSHOPS (BY INVITATION) AND TRAINING COURSES

  • Oral presentation: Tiago, P. ‘’Citizen science and BioDiversity4All as a national biodiversity observatory’’, Jornadas de Engenharia do Ambiente do Instituto Superior de Agronomia de Lisboa, 27 th of March 2023, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral presentation: Silva, C.M., ‘’Contribution of Green Roofs and Walls to Biodiversity in Lisbon City’’, (Contribuição das coberturas e paredes verdes para a biodiversidade da cidade de Lisboa), Tektónica, 5th of May 2023, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral presentation: Silva, C.M., ‘’The Need to Incorporate Nature into the Surroundings of Buildings’’, (A necessidade de incluir a natureza na envolvente dos edifícios), Madit, 3rd of November 2023, Funchal, Portugal.
  • Oral presentation / Training course: Silva, C.M., "Contribution of Green Roofs to the Biodiversity of the City" ("Contribuição de Coberturas Verdes para a Biodiversidade da Cidade"), 5th Teachers Conference Learning Outside the Classroom, 15th of March 2024, Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva Science Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral presentation: Silva, C.M., "Contribution of Green Roofs ans Walls to the Biodiversity of the City of Lisbon" ("Contribuição de Coberturas e Fachadas Verdes para a Biodiversidade da Cidade de Lisbon"), EXPOJARDIM 2024, 21st of March 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Training course: Course "Nature-Based Solutions: types, design principles and interface with the urban environment", held at FUNDEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, coordinated by Profª Cristina Matos Silva (PI of GRAVITY Project), together with Profª Ana Galvão and Profª Isabel Loupa Ramos, on the 4th of June 2024 (total of 8h).


OTHER PRESENTATIONS

  • Oral presentation: Silva, C.M., ‘’GRAVITY and citizen science’’ (‘’O projeto GRAVITY e o uso de ciência cidadã’’), Primary school Vasco da Gama, 25th of May 2023, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral presentation: Tiago, P., Leal, A., ‘’Workshop for Gulbenkian’s Colaborators’’, Gulbenkian, 29 th of May 2023 and 19th of June 2023, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Oral presentation: Tiago, P., Leal, A., "Evaluating the contributos of Green roofs/walls for cities' biodiversity with the support of citizen science", Frontiers in E3: cE3c Annual Meeting on the 8th of September, in the National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Poster presentation: Rei, M. "The Contribution of Green Roofs to the Biodiversity of Lisbon", 10th Anual CE3C Meeting - Frontiers in E3 December 2024 On the 12th and 13th of December, Lisbon, Portugal.


PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

  • Published: Tiago, P.; Leal, A.I.; Silva, C.M. Assessing Ecological Gains: A Review of How Arthropods, Bats and Birds Benefit from Green Roofs and Walls. Environments 2024, 11, 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11040076
  • Published: Teixeira, R., Flores-Colen, I., Oliveira, D., & Silva, C. M. (2024). Optimizing Local Materials in Green Roofs Through Citizen Science Activities at a Primary School in Azores. In Water (Vol. 16, Issue 20, p. 2998). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16202998
  • Minor revisions: Ana Paula Falcão, Joana Pernes, Vasco Miranda, Cristina Matos Silva (2025) Mapping Green Roofs on Buildings Using Vegetation Indices and Deep Learning Techniques. In Journal Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment
  • Published: Diogo Oliveira, Vitor Sousa, Patricia Tiago, Ana Leal, Ana Paula Falcão, Cristina Matos Silva (2025) Exploring biodiversity through citizen science: a case study of green roofs at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Garden in Lisbon. Land 2025, 14(5), 911; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050911


POSTERS - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  • Scientific Poster: Silva, C.M., 2023. Green Roofs and Walls Biodiversity: GRAVITY project. World Infrastructure Congress 2023, 27th -29th of June, Berlim, Germany.
  • Scientific Poster: Tiago, P., Leal, A., Silva, C.M., "Utilizing Citizen Science to Assess the Impact of Green Roofs and Walls on Urban Biodiversity", ECSA 2024 Conference, 3rd-6th of April 2024, Vienna, Austria.


REPORTS

  • Scientific Report: CERIS DTC 01/2024. Oliveira, D., Silva, C.M., Tiago, P., "Avaliação da Contribuição de Coberturas Verdes para a Biodiversidade das Cidades com o apoio da Ciência Cidadã", February, 2024.
  • Scientific Report: CERIS DTC 02/2024. Pernes. J., Flor, A.P.F., Miranda, V.; Silva, M.C.M., "Desenvolvimento de uma metodologia de monitorização das coberturas verdes baseada em imagens de Satélite", April, 2024
  • Scientific Report: CERIS DTC 02/2024. Rei, M., Leal, A., Tiago, P., Silva, C.M., "Contributo das Coberturas Verdes para a Biodiversidade de Lisboa", April, 2024


THESES

  • Evaluated: Diogo Oliveira, "Assessment of the contribution of green roofs to urban biodiversity with the support of citizen science" ("Avaliacao da contribuicao de coberturas verdes para a biodiversidade das cidades com o apoio da ciencia cidada"); Advisors: Cristina Matos Silva, Patrícia Tiago; Evaluation Date: 23 November 2023
  • Evaluated: Viviana Padinha, "The role of citizens in understanding biodiversity: the case study of green roofs in the city of Lisbon" ("O papel dos cidadaos no conhecimento da biodiversidade: o caso de estudo das coberturas verdes na cidade de Lisboa"). Advisors: Patrícia Tiago, Ana Leal. Evaluation Date: 10th March 2025
  • Evaluated: Margarida Rei, "Contribution of Green Roofs to the Biodiversity of Lisbon" ("Contributo das Coberturas Verdes para a Biodiversidade de Lisboa"). Advisors: Patrícia Tiago, Ana Leal. Evaluation Date: 14th March
  • Evaluated: Joana Pernes, "Development of a methodology for mapping and monitoring Lisbon's green roofs using worldview-2 and sentinel-2 satellite images" (Desenvolvimento de uma metodologia de mapeamento e monitorizacao das coberturas verdes de Lisboa com base em imagens de satelite worldview-2 e sentinel-2"). Advisors: Ana Paula Falcao, Cristina Matos Silva. Evaluation Date: 19th March 2025


WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION

  • Green Roofs and wAlls biodiversity (A Biodiversidade de Coberturas e Fachadas Verdes) – 1st Workshop of GRAVITYs project, 16th of March 2023, CIUL – Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Contribution of Green Roofs/Walls to the Biodiversity of Cities with the Support of Citizen Science (Contribuição de Coberturas/Fachadas Verdes para a Biodiversidade das Cidades com o apoio da Ciência Cidadã) – Final Workshop of the GRAVITY project, 20th of September 2024, DECivil – Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.


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