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Working Group 2: IMPACTS<br />

COST ACTION E22: Environmental optimisation of wood protection<br />

Scope: Risk assessment, optimum bio-effective life, remediation and wood wastes<br />

• Risk assessment (Dr. Dario Reimão, Dr. Alexandra Ribeiro; Dr. Eduardo P.<br />

Mateus)<br />

• Optimum bio-effective life (Dr. Lina Nunes)<br />

• Remediation (Dr. Dario Reimão, Dr. Alexandra Ribeiro; Dr. Eduardo P. Mateus)<br />

• Wood wastes and treated wood (Dr. Lina Nunes, Dr. Dario Reimão, Dr.<br />

Alexandra Ribeiro; Dr. Eduardo P. Mateus, Dr. José António dos Santos, Dr.<br />

Fernando Caldeira Jorge)<br />

• Creosote and creosote-based products (Dr. Alexandra Ribeiro; Dr. Eduardo P.<br />

Mateus)<br />

Ongoing research projects<br />

• Study of the remediation of impregnated wood waste, in view of the recovery of<br />

the preservative products and the recycling of the wood (Portuguese Program –<br />

Agência de Inovação, 2000-2001; Industrial partner: CARMO Lda.)<br />

• Study of the creosote removal from treated wood out of service (Portuguese Program<br />

– FCT/UNL, 1998-2000)<br />

• Electrodialytic removal of contaminants from polluted matrices (Danish Program,<br />

1999-2000)<br />

• Minimization of environmental impacts resulting from phytosanitary protection<br />

for pine ecosystems particularly against processionary moth Thaumetopoea spp.<br />

(Lep., Thaumetopoeidae) (Portuguese Program – PRAXIS XXI, 1997-2001)<br />

Working Group 3: INNOVATIONS<br />

Scope: Application of modified wood, heat treatment, insect growth regulators, new<br />

biocides, non-biocidal treatments, resins and oils<br />

• Application of modified wood (Dr. Lina Nunes, Dr. Dario Reimão, Dr. José<br />

António dos Santos, Dr. Fernando Caldeira Jorge)<br />

• Heat treatment (Dr. José António dos Santos)<br />

• Insect growth regulators (Dr. Lina Nunes, Dr. Bárbara Gigante)<br />

• “Natural” biocidal products and systems (Dr. Lina Nunes, Dr. Bárbara Gigante)<br />

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