Candidatura Reserva da Biosfera - Santana Madeira Biosfera

d) Programmes for research, monitoring, education and training
i. Research
At the level of research, the Biosphere Reserve of Santana intends to further
diversify and enhance the initiatives that the various institutions have already held in the
Autonomous Region of Madeira, also trying to link research to training and higher
education in various fields ranging from agriculture, floriculture, biology and ecology,
habitat restoration, geology, coastal management, fisheries, climate and weather and
also in various areas of social sciences and humanities. The University of Madeira, the
regional public health laboratories (Fisheries, Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, Water,
Marine Biology), will find support in the Biosphere Reserve of Santana in order to develop
their activities, also in the logic of using the biosphere reserve as laboratory for the study
of different specialties and the implementation of integrated management models
oriented on a sustainable development perspective.
ii. Monitoring
In terms of monitoring, the Biosphere Reserve aims to establish mechanisms to
monitor the results of management measures that may be implemented and will also
contribute in supporting the implementation of the various sectoral plans that converge
to the development of the Biosphere Reserve itself, mainly the management plans of
protected areas, species and habitats. Within the scope of logistical possibilities, it is
predicted that the Biosphere Reserve will support different research teams both in the
development of field work and through the assignment of spaces for installation of
laboratories to support field work campaigns.
iii. Education and training
Santana was the promoter of the first regional meeting on environmental education
and also the meeting of the Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands network of
50 Application of Santana, Madeira to Biosphere Reserve – UNESCO - MAB