Environment

She has been a journalist since 1998, the year she completed her course in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Minho, before joining the editorial office at the «Publico» newspaper. She started working in the local section, where she wrote about planning and urbanism, then moved to the economy section, where she worked on topics such as public investment and housing policies.
She left the newspaper in 2011 to realise her personal project of a trip around the world as a family – reported weekly on the pages of «Fugas» magazine. She never stopped writing in the «Público», while also working with several national publications (such as «Evasões» and «TimeOut»). She was co-author of the Hotelandia project, where good examples of Portuguese hotels are published, and she returned to writing in the «Público» full-time in 2015. In 2021, she left the newspaper again to devote herself to the journalistic project «Faces of the Village», a platform where the stories of all those who contribute to depopulation not becoming an inexorable trend are published, reporting the inspiring cases of – young and old – people who struggle to reverse it.

Former CEO and member of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, David Lopes holds a college degree in Business Management. He was until September 2014 the President of the international area of Daymon Worldwide (a leading global company in consumers’ brand development) where he was also responsible for managing international joint ventures, business operations development and expansion in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He previously was General Manager at Daymon Portugal for three years, where he led the team that established the hub which became the basis of this North American international business in Europe. He transitioned from this role to serve as CEO of the leading Portugese wholesaler «Recheio Cash & Carry» before rejoining Daymon. His professional career also includes leadership positions in the polish company Biedronka and as member of the Board of Directors of the companies «Parque Expo», «Oceanário de Lisboa» and «Fundação do Gil». He is a founding member of the Portuguese Diaspora Council.

Last updated: april 2020

Graduated in Marine Biology from Lisbon Classic University, in 1986, with executive education at IMD (1995) and Harvard (1997), and Alumni Member of Stanford (2000). Executive President of Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos B.V., the main shareholder of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A., since its establishment in 2012. Member of the Board of Directors of Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A. from 1995 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2015. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Company since April 2019. Chairman of Unilever Fima, Lda., Gallo Worldwide, Lda., JMDB Representação e Distribuição de Marcas Lda. and miMed, Cuidados de Saúde S.A. Chairman of Movendo Capital B.V., since 2017. Since May 2020, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, of which he was a Board Member from 2009 to 2018. Since September 2015, he is the Chairman of Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A., and, since December 2016, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Oceano Azul Foundation.

Last updated: may 2020

He is an emeritus professor at the University of Lisbon School of Sciences. He has devoted himself to teaching and research in theoretical nuclear physics, astrophysics and, since 1987, in environmental sciences, global changes and sustainability, and is currently President of the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development. His latest book is «Time, Progress, Growth and Technology».

Last updated: May 2021

Born in Santarém in 1948, he graduated from the Higher Institute of Agronomy (where he has been a full professor since 1985) and he got his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA). He teaches Ecology and Plant Biology on courses in the 1st, 2nd (Master's degree) and 3rd (PhD) cycles. His scientific research interests focus on the ecology of forests, particularly the effect of climate change on the carbon cycle. He was co-author (or co-editor) of six books by multiple essayists and more than 100 articles in international journals. He is a member of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS) and Academia Europaea in London.

Last updated: January 2014

She is director of the Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering at Nova Cairo in Egypt.
She has worked in public and private, national and international bodies in the area of the environment. She started out in Engineering and ended up in Philosophy of the Environment, which gives her an interdisciplinary perspective and a comprehensive understanding of the subject.
She has published books, articles and book chapters for scientific dissemination. Among them the book «The Environment in Portugal», published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Last updated: December 2023

Social psychologist, principal investigator at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences (ICS-UL) and visiting professor at the School of Psychology, also in that university. He has a PhD in Social Psychology from ISCTE – IUL (2009) and did his postdoctoral studies in the Netherlands and Lisbon (ICS-UL).
He was president of the Portuguese Psychology Association (APP) between 2021 and 2023.
His research focuses on intergroup relations and socially relevant decisions for low-status groups.
He has published works in magazines such as the «European Journal of Social Psychology» and «Frontiers in Psychology».

Last updated: December 2023

Trabalhou em áreas protegidas e conservação da natureza ao longo de mais de 30 anos, incluindo no ordenamento e gestão de áreas protegidas e da Rede Natura 2000. Tem estudado a evolução da paisagem rural de Portugal continental no século XX e sua relação com a dinâmica da biodiversidade. Publicou os livros «Do Tempo e da Paisagem», «O Gosto de Sicó» e «Portugal: Paisagem Rural».

Última atualização: julho de 2022

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and believes that the Público was her school of journalism. She spent 14 years in the international politics section exploring, Asia in particular. What does a school for migrant children in Beijing have in common with a middle-class family in Tokyo? A writer in Goa looking for their identity in the largest slum in Mumbai? The lowering the Portuguese flag in Macao and a trip through Thai cuisine? Nothing and a lot. For Francisca Gorjão Henriques, all the reports were lessons on how each place is multiple. She believes that these years helped her in the steps that followed. She left the Público newspaper after 20 years to devote herself to the Loaf by Loaf Association, which promotes the integration of refugees from the Middle East. But she did not leave journalism, continuing to work as a freelancer, reporting and doing fixer work.