Program Overview

Mestrado Bolonha em Gestăo e Conservaçăo de Recursos Naturais

Introduction

The objectives of the Master's program in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources are to:

• Form professionals in the area of conservation and management of biological natural resources, with a high level of knowledge of the processes and functions that characterize ecosystems and their biological and abiotic components.
• Form professionals capable of responding autonomously and with predictive capacity to situations requiring analysis, diagnosis, and justified intervention in the area of management and conservation of biological natural resources.
• Establish a link between future managers of biological resources and ecosystems, and the social, economic, and productive tissue that uses them.
• Contribute to the conservation and technically-scientifically correct management of plant populations, animal populations, and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, inland, estuarine, and marine waters.
• Promote the sustainable use and exploitation of biological natural resources and their restoration in situations of degradation.
• Contribute to a harmonious interaction between human populations and the ecosystems they use.

History

• Accreditation: Registered with DGES R/A-Ef 1726/2011/AL01
• Publication in the Official Gazette: Dispatch no. 477/2025
• Previous publications: Dispatch no. 6495/2017, Dispatch no. 15112/2009

Professional Outcomes

The Master's program in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources has essentially applied objectives, privileging the integrated management of habitats and ecosystems, plants and animals, and the solution of problems of applied ecology, at the interface between natural ecosystems and human activities. Possible professional outcomes include:

• Private sector (environmental consulting, territorial planning, local development, nature and biodiversity management and conservation, environmental monitoring, nature tourism)
• Local Development Associations
• NGOs (e.g., environmentalist associations for nature and biodiversity management and conservation and scientific dissemination)
• Companies and associations for game and fishing management, and nature tourism
• Producer and Breeder Associations (forestry, agricultural, livestock)
• Municipalities, Municipal Associations
• Protected Areas, Government Departments for nature and biodiversity management and conservation, on public and private lands

Operational Regime

• The program operates on a daytime schedule.

Tuition Fees

• Consortium ISA + ECTUE
  • Annual fee for the 2025/2026 academic year:
    • National students: 1,063.47
    • International students: 3,000

Coordinators

• José Maria Santos
• Maria Helena Soares Martins Adăo