Paula Castro and Anabela Paula participated as guest speakers of the advanced course: “Ecosystem Services: concepts, tools and applications”, on May 9th, at the Institute for Bio-Sustainability of the University of Minho, in Braga, having presented the communication “Services of the agroecosystems of Beira Interior + participatory methodologies”.
In addition to presenting the CULTIVAR project and some of the results obtained, they also carried out a participatory exercise with the students, in order to demonstrate the need and importance of the inclusion of local knowledge in its various dimensions (traditional, scientific, technological, ecological, among others) in the processes of co-creation of the best solutions for their territories.