Seminário Internacional Ecotoxicologia Aplicada na Ecologia Funcional

Convidamos para o Seminário Internacional Ecotoxicologia Aplicada na Ecologia Funcional. Voltado a pesquisadores, profissionais e membros de organizações atuantes nas áreas da Restauração Ecológica, da Agroecologia e da definição de políticas públicas de Gestão e Ordenamento dos Territórios da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), este evento representa um espaço crucial para a convergência de conhecimentos e a discussão de estratégias inovadoras frente aos desafios da contaminação ambiental e da degradação ecológica. Vivemos em um período de intenso debate de paradigmas sobre a compreensão científica das intrincadas relações entre os organismos e seus ambientes sob a influência de agentes tóxicos, cuja compreensão profunda é essencial para a sustentabilidade do nosso planeta.

A ecotoxicologia aplicada, ao investigar os efeitos dos poluentes nos ecossistemas, tem sua dimensão amplificada quando integrada à ecologia funcional. A ecologia funcional nos convida a olhar para além da simples presença ou ausência de espécies, focando nas funções que desempenham dentro do ecossistema e como suas características funcionais modulam as interações ambientais. Unidas, abre-se um leque de possibilidades para compreender os mecanismos pelos quais a contaminação afeta a saúde e a resiliência dos ecossistemas, e, crucialmente, para desenvolver abordagens mais eficazes para a sua regeneração.

Ao longo do Seminário teremos a oportunidade de aprofundar nosso entendimento sobre como a ecologia funcional e a ecotoxicologia aplicada podem informar e potencializar as ações regenerativas nos territórios e lugares de vida.

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