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Iryna Skulska - Contract researcher at the Center for Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves" (CEABN) of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), University of Lisbon. In 2020, she completed a PhD in Forestry and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Lisbon; a postgraduate degree in Territory, Risk and Public Policies in 2013 from the University of Coimbra; a master’s degree in environmental engineering in 2012 from the University of Aveiro and a degree in Ecology and Environmental Protection in 2006 from the National Forestry and Wood-Technology University of Ukraine. She participates as a researcher in several research projects. She works in the areas of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Forest Management and Governance, Natural Risks, Ecological Sciences, and Close-to-Nature Forestry, Social Sciences. The most frequent terms used to contextualize scientific and technological production are forest; forest property; community-based forestry; baldios, fire risk management; prescribed burning; post-fire recovery; NTFP - Non-Timber Forest Products; Forest Management Plans; Baldios Use Plans; environmental education; control of woody invasives.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Iryna Skulska

Citation names

  • Skulska, Iryna

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
091C-94FA-AB77
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4898-7206

Addresses

  • Centro de Ecologia Aplicada "Prof. Baeta Neves". Tapada da Ajuda; Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 1349 - 017, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • http://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/ceabn/membro/1/90/iryna-skulska (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Forestry
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Natural sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Hydrology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Russian (Mother tongue)
Ukrainian (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Polish Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/11 - 2020/11
Concluded
 Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources (Doutoramento)
Major in Governance of natural resources
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Governance of Community Forest Areas in Mainland Portugal Over the Last 40 Years: Results, Current Trends and Future Perspectives" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distiction and Honour
2013 - 2013
Attended
 Territory, Risk and Public Policies (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 16 de 20
2010/07 - 2012/07
Concluded
 Environmental Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Water resource management
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Perdas de Matéria Orgânica por Escorrência Superficial Pós-Fogo / Losses of Organic Matter by Post-Fire Surface Runoff" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 de 20
2008/09 - 2009/12
Concluded
 Forestry and Environmental Technician (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in Gestão florestal
EFA, Portugal
1997/09 - 2006/07
Concluded
 Ecology and Environmental Protection (Licence)
Major in Forest ecology and protected areas
National Forestry and Wood-Technology University of Ukraine, Ukraine
"Ecological factors that determine the conflict zones in the territory of the Skole Beskids National Nature Park." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 de 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/03/05 - 2024/12/23 Visiting Researcher (Research) Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation, Belgium
University of Quebec , Canada
(...)
2022/03/01 - 2024/11/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/11/20 - 2023/11/01 Russian and Ukrainian interpreter (part-time). Tribunal Judicial , Portugal
2021/10/25 - 2022/03/15 Docência Centro de Emprego e Formação Profissional de Setúbal. , Portugal
2020/05 - 2021/04 Researcher in the scope of projects RECIPE (ID 874402 _ UCPM-2019-PP-AG) and Acacia4FirePrev (PCIF/GVB/0145/2018) projects. Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2017/01 - 2018/01 Project Manager - "Voluntary Assessment of Portuguese community-based forestry and tenure in accordance with the FAO guidelines: VGGT and CBF Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sweden
2015/07 - 2015/12 Research assistant in the scope of CAF60 project - Conversion of Agricultural and Forest Map of the 60s Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2014/04/08 - 2015/04/07 Researcher in the scope of FIREglobulus QREN project (use of prescribed burning in eucalyptus) GIFF.SA, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Trainer of the courses, related to the exploitation of Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) Confederação Nacional da Agricultura - CNA, Portugal
2013/02/01 - 2013/09/30 Researcher in the scope of the SCRAM project (PTDC/CS-ECS/102041/2008) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2005/09/04 - 2010/08/23 Employer Fundação Aurora Ressurreição Coelho Borges, Portugal
2001/03/01 - 2004/06/21 Reforestation Engineer at the Ukrainian State Forest Services. Ukrainian State Forestry Services, Ukraine
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/05/15 - 2021/04/15 Acacia4FirePrev: Explorar a biomassa de Acacias: Uma forma de reduzir o risco de incêndios
PCIF/GVB/0145/2018
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2015/11 - 2020/11 PD SUSFOR: Sustainable Forests and Products
PD/BD/113939/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2013 - 2013 SCRAM - Crises, gestão de risco e novos arranjos sócio-ecológicos para florestas: uma perspectiva dos estudos sobre ciência e tecnologia
PTDC/CS-ECS/102041/2008 | FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-009236
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/12/01 - Current Innovative technologies and socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire resilient territories in Europe.
101037419
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

European Forest Institute, Finland

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal

Wageningen University, Netherlands

Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d' Interior, Spain

Centro per la Cooperazione Statistica Internazionale Luigi Bodio, Italy

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain

Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, Spain

CoLAB ForestWISE, Portugal

Panepistemio Aigaiou, Greece

Norsk Institutt for Biookonomi Stjørdal, Norway

Ethniko Asteroskopeio Athenon, Greece

Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy, Finland

Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture l'alimentation et l'environnement, France

Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Centro Tecnologico Florestal de Cataluna, Spain

Xunta de Galicia Consellería de Medio Rural e do Mar, Spain

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería, Chile

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal
European Commission
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/17 - 2025/01/16 SAFER-LANDS - Desbloquear a gestão colaborativa do risco de incêndio e melhorar o quadro legislativo para terrenos comunitários baldios mais seguros.
PTDC/GES-AMB/0713/2021
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2023 FIRElinks: Fire in the Earth System: Science & Society . COST Action
FIRElinks - CA18135
Co-author of the proposal.
2021/06/01 - 2021/09/01 LX-Tree: Estudos especializados para a quantificação dos serviços de ecossistema que proporcionam as árvores de arruamento da cidade de Lisboa.
Colaboração na recolha de dados

Other

Designation Funders
2023/10/01 - Current Valorização de Serviços de Ecossistemas: Agenda Transform
PRR 02/C05-i01/2022
Post-doc
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - Current CorkinARCH: Fachadas de cortiça: desempenho, qualidade ambiental e perceção do público
SIZA/ETM/0050/2019
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - Current VALUE2PREVENT: Valorização da biomassa florestal como ferramenta na gestão do risco de incêndio florestal
PCIF/GVB/0057/2019
Post-doc
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - Current EDUFIRE TOOLKIT: Programa educativo sobre a gestão e prevenção do risco de incêndio
ERASMUS+ - 2021-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000029947
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2025/01/30 FIRE-RES "Innovative technologies and socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire resilient territories in Europe"
101037419
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2024/03/05 - 2024/12/23 DecisionES - Decision Support for the Supply of Ecosystem Services under Global Change
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020-101007950
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - 2023/02/01 COMFOR: Gestão integrada e inteligente da informação sobre florestas complexas e plantações mistas no Sudoeste da Europa
COMFOR - SOE4/P1/E1012
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 Interreg Europe
Ongoing
2020/05/15 - 2021/04/15 RECIPE: Reinforcing civil protection capabilities into multi-hazard risk assessment under climate change
RECIPE ID 874402 – UCPM-2019-PP-AG
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 Civil Protection Mechanism of the European Commission
Concluded
2017/01 - 2018/01 Assessment of Portuguese community based forestry with the FAO guidelines: VGGT and CBF
FAO/CEABN/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Concluded
2015 - 2015 Conversion of the Agricultural and Forest Maps of the 1960s (CAF60)
APA2015
Research assistant
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 Agência de Protecção Ambiental
Concluded
2014 - 2015 FIREglobulus - Utilização de fogo controlado em eucaliptal
FireGlobulus – n.º 21555
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 QREN
Concluded
2012/01 - 2012/06 FIRECNUTS - WildFIRE effects on topsoil Carbon and NUTrient Stocks, dynamics and exports
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/104559/PT
Master's thesis
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Plana, E.; Serra, M.; Sabella, C.; Mayer, C; Hengst-Ehrhart, Y.; Hartebrodt, C.; Franciosi, C.; et al. Climate change impacts on natural hazards risk management and Civil Protection of wildfires, floods, storms, avalanches, rockfalls and landslides (English, Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan). Spain. 2021.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Pacheco, Renata; Skulska, Iryna; Sequeira, Ana Catarina; Colaço, M. Conceição. "Wildfire Education: A Review Across the Globe". In Fire Hazards: Socio-economic and Regional Issues, edited by Rodrigo-Comino, J.; Salvati, L., 29-41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-50446-4_3
  2. Marchante, E; Colaço, M. C.; Skulska, Iryna; Ulm, F.; González, L. ; Duarte, L.C.; Neves, S. ; et al. "Management of invasive Australian Acacia species in the Iberian Peninsula". In Wattles – Australian Acacia species around the world, edited by David Richardson; Jaco Le Roux; Elizabete Marchante, 438-454. Switzerland: CABI, 2023.
    Accepted
  3. Rego, F.C.; Skulska, I.. "Evolução histórica do Regime Florestal em Portugal". edited by Antunes, M.; Lopes,D, 75-85. Portugal: Faculdade de Direto da Universidade de Coimbra, 2018.
    10.47907/livro2019_01c06
Conference abstract
  1. Acácio, Vanda; Dias, S.; Duarte, I.M.; Colaço, M. C.; Nunes, Leónia; Sequeira, A. C.; Skulska, Iryna; Rego, F.C.. "Temporal and spatial patterns of extreme wildfire events at the European landscape scale". Paper presented in IUFRO Forest Environment Div8 Conference, 2023.
    Published
  2. Sequeira, A. C.; Pacheco, R.; Skulska, Iryna; Colaço, M. C.. "Education For Fire: A Step Towards Change". Paper presented in Workshop Education to live with fire, Santiago de Compostela, 2023.
    Published
  3. Pacheco, R.; Skulska, Iryna; Sequeira, C.; Colaço, C.. "Educação para os incêndios florestais: Uma revisão dos materiais didáticos disponíveis.". Leiria, 2022.
    Published
  4. Dias, S.; Nunes, L.; Duarte, I.; F. C. Rego; Gaião, D. ; Graça, M.; Ramos, A.; et al. "Quantificação dos serviços de ecossistema providenciados pelas árvores de arruamento: a abordagem na área metropolitana de Lisboa". Funchal, 2022.
    Published
  5. Colaço, M. C.; Skulska, I.; Sequeira, A. C.; Acácio, V. ; F. C. Rego. "Desbloquear a gestão colaborativa do risco de incêndio e melhorar o quadro legislativo para baldios mais seguros.". Paper presented in 9o Congresso Florestal Nacional, Funchal, 2022.
    Published
  6. Skulska, I.; Sequeira, C.; Acácio, V.; Rego, F.; Colaço, C.. "Gestão colaborativa do risco de incêndio e melhorar o quadro legislativo para terrenos comunitários (baldios) .". 2022.
    Published
  7. Skulska, I.; Sequeira, C.; Colaço, C.. "Fire education platform: uma ferramenta imersiva para transferência de conhecimento sobre incêndios florestais.". Açores, 2022.
    Published
  8. Skulska, I.; Pedro, S.; Anjos, O.; Gonçalves, J.. "Controlo de Acacia sp.: as atividades da ciência cidadã, desenvolvidas no âmbito do projeto Acacia4FirePrev.". Paper presented in SciComPt 2022 - Para, escuta e age: refletir no passado para construir o futuro., Açores, 2022.
    Published
  9. Sequeira, A.; Miranda, I.; Lourenço, A.; Knapic, S.; Skulska, Iryna; Colaço, C.. "Fachadas de cortiça: desempenho, qualidade ambiental e percepção do público.". Paper presented in SciComPt 2022 - Para, escuta e age: refletir no passado para construir o futuro., Açores, 2022.
    Published
  10. Pacheco, Renata; Skulska, Iryna; Sequeira, A. C.; Colaço, M. C.. "Wildfire education: A review of the didactic materials available". Paper presented in V International Conference Education, Environment and Development, Leiria, 2022.
    Published
  11. Sequeira A.; Skulska, I.; Acácio V.; Rego F.; Colaço C.. "Territórios sustentáveis: diminuir o risco, valorizar a floresta". Paper presented in II Seminário da Rede Incêndios-Solo., Bragança, 2021.
    Published
  12. Skulska, I.; Colaço C.. "Acacias Control: a tool to reduce wildfires risk in unmanaged forest lands". Valencia, 2021.
    Published
  13. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M. "How to Strengthen the Capabilities of Portuguese Civil Protection. Preliminary results of the RECIPE project study.". Valencia, 2021.
    Published
  14. Skulska, I; Colaço, M.C.; Barroca C.. "Controlo de Acacia sp.: o papel de educação ambiental". Politécnico de Leiria, 2020.
  15. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M.C.; Aggarwal, D. ; Habimana, S.; Monteiro, L.M.; Rego, F.C. "Assessment of Portuguese community-based forestry and tenure in accordance with the FAO guidelines". Vaasa, 2018.
    Published
  16. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M.C.; Aggarwal, S.; Monteiro, L.M.; Rego, F.C.. "Avaliação da posse e da gestão comunitária de áreas florestais de acordo com as orientações voluntárias de FAO". Viana do Castelo, 2017.
    Published
  17. Skulska, I.; Salgueiro, A.; Loureiro, C.. "Reducing the risk of fire and increasing the sustainability of the forest sector with prescribed burning". Valencia, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Pacheco, R.; Skulska, I.; Sequera, C; Colaço, M.C.. "Educação para os incêndios rurais: Uma revisão dos materiais didáticos disponíveis.". Paper presented in V Congresso Internacional "Educação, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento - V CIEAD, Leiria, 2022.
    Published
  2. Silva, A.; Gato, A.; Santa, A.; Macedo, P; Pereira A.; Ramos, A.; Hortênsio, M.; et al. "Educação para a promoção do desenvolvimento local da Arrábida. Foco na regeneração do ecossistema em prol do bem-estar das pessoas e planeta.". Paper presented in IV Seminário Internacional Vulnerabilidades Sociais e Saúde “Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável: Velhos Desafios e Novas Oportunidades”, Setubal, 2022.
    Published
  3. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M. C.; Rego, F.C. (9119-D2BB-D8DE); Rego, F.C.. "Baldios: como aumentar a sustentabilidade da gest. florestal comunitária em Portugal.". Paper presented in III Congresso Internacional “Educação, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento”, Leria, 2018.
  4. Skulska, I.; Salgueiro, A.; Loureiro, C.. "Reducing the risk of fire and increasing the sustainability of the forest sector with prescribed burning". Paper presented in Coloquio Ibérico de Estudios Rurales, 2014.
  5. Faria, S.R; Skulska, I.; Varela, M.L.; Pinto, R.; Caria, M.; Prats, S.A; Esteves, V. I.; Keizer, J.. "(In-)organic carbon exports by overland flow from recently burnt eucalypt stands". Paper presented in FUEGORED2012, Puerto de la Cruz, 2012.
  6. Skulska, I.. "The impacts of anthropogenic action on the ecosystems of the Skolivski Beskydy NP". Paper presented in 64th scientific conference of the Small Forest Academy students, Lviv, 2012.
Conference poster
  1. Oliveira, Letícia; Fava, Fabrício; Skulska, Iryna; Sequeira, C. R.; Colaço, M. C.. "Fire Education Platform ¿ Improving Engagement through Interactive Technologies". Paper presented in XVI Encontro Nacional de Riscos, 2023.
  2. Skulska, Iryna; Sequeira, C.A; Duarte, I.; Rego, F. C.. "Fire risk analysis in Portuguese community forests and the search for effective solutions for its reduction.". 2023.
  3. Skulska, Iryna; Nogueira, C.; Sequeira, A.C.; Colaço, M. C.. "Assessment of the impact of biomass management on fire prevention at Proença-a-Nova, Portugal". 2023.
  4. Fabricio F.; SkulskaI.; Sequeira, A. C.; Pacheco, R.; Colaço, M.C.. "Fire Education Platform: a collaborative knowledge transfer tool on wildfires, developed under the FIRE-RES project". 2023.
  5. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M.C.; Aggarwal, D. ; Habimana, S.; Monteiro, L.M.; Rego, F.C. "Assessment of Portuguese community-based forestry and tenure in accordance with the FAO guidelines.". 2018.
  6. Skulska, I.. "Avaliação da posse e da gestão comunitária de áreas florestais de acordo com as orientações de FAO". 2017.
Journal article
  1. Maria Conceição Colaço; Ana Catarina Sequeira; Iryna Skulska. "Genus Acacia in Mainland Portugal: Knowledge and Experience of Stakeholders in Their Management". Land (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/land12112026.
    10.3390/land12112026
  2. Skulska, Iryna; Pacheco, Renata; Colaço, Maria Conceição; Sequeira, Ana Catarina; Rego, Francisco C.; Acácio, Vanda. "Gestão das áreas florestais comunitárias/baldios em Portugal". Silva Lusitana 31 1 (2023): 57-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/silu/20233101057.
    10.1051/silu/20233101057
  3. Skulska, I; Montiel-Molina, C.; Germano, A.; Rego, F. C.. "Evolution of Portuguese community forests and their governance based on new institutional economics". European Journal of Forest Research 140 (2021): 913-930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01375-y.
    10.1007/s10342-021-01375-y
  4. Skulska, I.; Montiel-Molina, C.; Rego, F.C. (9119-D2BB-D8DE). "The role of forest policy in Mediterranean mountain community lands: A review of the decentralization processes in European countries". Journal of Rural Studies 80 (2020): 490-502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.10.033.
    10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.10.033
  5. Skulska, I.; Duarte, I.; Rego, F.C. (9119-D2BB-D8DE); Montiel-Molina, C.. "Relationships Between Wildfires, Management Modalities of Community Areas, and Ownership Types in Pine Forests of Mainland Portugal". Small-scale Forestry 19 2 (2020): 231-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11842-020-09445-6.
    10.1007/s11842-020-09445-6
  6. Skulska, I.; Monteiro, M.L.; Rego, F.C. (9119-D2BB-D8DE). "Gestão dos Terrenos Comunitários. Análise dos Planos de Utilização dos Baldios". Silva Lusitana 28 2 (2020): 91-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/silu/20202802091.
    10.1051/silu/20202802091
  7. Skulska, I.; Montiel-Molina, C.; Germano, A.; Rego, F. C.. "Analysis of the evolution of Portuguese community forests and their governance based on the NEI". World Development (2020):
  8. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M. C.; Aggarwal, S.; Didier, H.; Monteiro, M.L.; Rego, F. C.. "Assessment of Portuguese Community Forestry using the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure and FAO Community-Based Forestry Framework". Society & Natural Resources 33 1 (2019): 101-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1660934.
    10.1080/08941920.2019.1660934
  9. Serra, Rita; Ferreira, Patricia; Skulska, Iryna; Alavez-Vargas, Mayrén; Salgado, Anailton; Nunes, João Arriscado; Garcia-Barrios, Raúl. "Education for Sustainability in the Context of Community Forestry". Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development (2016): 169-183. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-32318-3_11.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32318-3_11
  10. Faria, F.S.; Skulska, I.; Varela, M.; Martins, M.; Esteves, Valdemar; Keizer, Jacob. "Organic carbon exports by overland flow from recently burnt eucalypt stands, north-central Portugal". FLAMMA 5 1 (2014): 56-59. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-5-2014/5-1-2014/5-1-14.
    Open access • Published
  11. Martins, M.A.; Serpa, D.; Machado, A. I.; Lenne, R. F.; Linden, A. G.; Faria, S. R.; Ferreira, R.; et al. "Effects of terrace construction on runoff and erosion in a recently burnt forest area in NC Portugal". FLAMMA 4 2 (2013): 81-84. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-4-2013/4-2-2013/4_2_4.
Magazine article
  1. Pacheco, R.; Coluna, F. ; Colaço, C.M.; Skulska, Iryna. "Comunidade e Ciência unidas na análise do risco de Incêndio no Parque Nacional da Serra do Gerês: Projeto Safer-Lands", Gazeta Rural, 2024, https://www.gazetarural.com/comunidade-e-ciencia-unidas-na-analise-do-risco-de-incendio-no-parque-nacional-da-serra-do-geres-projeto-safer-lands/.
  2. Skulska, I.; Barroca, Celina. "Citizen science and its contribution to controlling acacia forests in Portugal", MedForest, 2022, https://medforest.net/2022/03/29/citizen-science-and-its-contribution-to-controlling-acacia-forest-invasion-in-portugal/.
  3. Skulska, I.. "Avaliação de gestão comunitária da floresta segundo a metodologia da FAO/ONU", Em Rede. Florestas., 2018, https://pt.scribd.com/document/455081887/EmRede2018.
  4. Skulska, I.; Mychayliv, O.. "Iberian Peninsula´s fire origin investigation", The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, 2012
Newsletter article
  1. Lourenço, L.; Skulska, Iryna; Reis, T.; Pacheco, R.; Colaço, M. C.. "Empowering communities: tackling invasive alien species in Portugal through education and action", MedForest, 2024, https://medforest.net/2024/03/25/empowering-communities-tackling-invasive-alien-species-in-portugal-through-education-and-action/.
  2. Lourenço; Skulska, I.; Colaço M..; Reis, T.. "Desafios e Soluções: Integração da Ciência, Educação e Ação na Gestão Sustentável das Acácias Invasoras em Portugal", Agroportal.pt, 2024, https://www.agroportal.pt/desafios-e-solucoes-integracao-da-ciencia-educacao-e-acao-na-gestao-sustentavel-das-acacias-invasoras-em-portugal/.
  3. Pacheco, R.; Sequeira, A. C.; Skulska, I.; ColaçoM.. "Educating for change: toolkit for high schools on wildfires and climate change", MedForest, 2022, https://medforest.net/2022/09/27/educating-for-change-toolkit-for-high-schools-on-wildfires-and-climate-change/.
  4. Pacheco,R.; Skulska, I.. "Improving community land management through association arrangements in Portugal", MedForest, 2022, https://medforest.net/2022/06/22/improving-community-land-management-through-association-arrangements-in-portugal/.
  5. Skulska, I.. "Relações entre incêndios e diferentes tipos de propriedade florestal em Portugal", FLORESTA PARA TODOS. SPCF NEWSLETTER., 2021, http://www.spcflorestais.pt/assets/media/newsletters-s2/original/20210723_105125jUg.pdf.
  6. Skulska, I.; Barroca, Celina. "Biodiversity and invasive plants: the BioBlitz da Tapada!s initiative", EFI Network News, 2021, https://medforest.net/2021/05/26/biodiversity-and-invasive-plants-bioblitz-da-tapada/?utm_campaign=campaign_code&utm_content=category&utm_medium=email&utm_source=efi_newsletter.
  7. Skulska, I.. "Management of community forests in Portugal: results and perspectives", EFI Network News, 2020, https://medforest.net/2020/02/27/management-of-community-forests-in-portugal-results-and-perspectives.
  8. Skulska, I.. "Challenges to community forest research in northwest Mediterranean Europe", EFI Network News, 2019, https://medforest.net/2019/11/20/does-our-research-make-a-difference-challenges-to-community-forest-research-in-northwest-mediterranean-europe/.
  9. Skulska, I.; Gomes, P.. "Good news from Portugal: 3.6 million euros to strengthen community-based forestry", EFI Network News, 2019, https://medforest.net/2019/02/22/good-news-from-portugal-3-6-million-euros-to-strengthen-the-community-based-forestry/.
Report
  1. Acácio V.; Sequeira, A. C.; Dias, S.; Duarte, I.M.; Nunes, L.; Colaço, C.; Skulska, Iryna; Rego, F. C.. 2023. Spatial and temporal conditions for EWE at the European scale. Deliverable D1.7 FIRE-RES project.
  2. Hörl, J; Serra, M.; Plana, E.; Sabella, C.; Mayer, C.; Hengst-Ehrhart, Y.; Hartebrodt, C.; et al. 2021. Report on data attributes for integrated risk assessment and planning of wildfires, floods, storms, avalanches, rockfalls, landslides and their interactions. Deliverable 2.1. RECIPE Project (Reinforcing Civil Protection capabilities into multi-hazard risk assessment under climate change)..
  3. Fernandes, Maria Eduarda; Oliveira, Mário; Fidalgo, Beatriz; Torres, Filipa; Gonçalves, Hermínia; Carvalho, Pedro Ochôa; Valente, Sandra; et al. 2018. Programa de recuperação das matas litorais: Participação pública e sensibilização. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/5206.
  4. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M. C.; Monteiro, M. L.; Aggarwal, S.; Rego, F. C.. 2017. Extensão e da eficácia de Gestão Comunitária de Áreas Florestais em Portugal.
  5. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M. C.; Monteiro, M. L.; Aggarwal, S.; Rego, F.C. (9119-D2BB-D8DE). 2017. Analise de Orientações Voluntárias sobre Governança Responsável da Posse (VGGT) em Portugal.
  6. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M. C.; Monteiro, L.M.; Rego, F. C.. 2017. Report of CEABN. Assessment of Community Based Forestry (CBF) with FAO methodology..
  7. Skulska, I.; Conceição, M. C.; Monteiro, M. L.; Rego, F.C.. 2017. Report of CEABN. Assessment of Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land (VGGT) with FAO methodology..
  8. Serra, Rita; Tavares, Alexandre O; Nunes, João Arriscado; Skulska, Iryna; Ferreira, Patricia; Lopes, Paula Duarte. 2013. SCRAM. Crises, gestão de risco e novos arranjos sócio-ecológicos para florestas: uma perspectiva dos estudos sobre ciência e tecnologia. http://ces.uc.pt/temp/scram/SCRAM_RelatorioFinal.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Kolos, Iryna Skulska. "Governance of community forest areas in mainland Portugal over the last 40 years: results, current trends and future perspectives". PhD, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21205.
  2. Kolos, Iryna Skulska. "Perdas de matéria orgânica por escorrência superficial pós-fogo". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/9593.
  3. Skulska, Iryna. "Factores ecológicas que determinam as zonas dos conflitos no território do Skole Beskids National Park". Degree, 2006.
Working paper
  1. Skulska, I.; Colaço, M. C.; Barroca, Celina. 2021. "Guia Prático para a Identificação de Acácia spp. Caderno técnico. CEABN/ISA,". https://www.acacia4fireprev.com/ciencia-cidada.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/05/26 Fanning the flames of awareness: strengthening the knowledge of the Italian society about wildfires
Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/02/15 As espécies invasoras na oferta educativa dos Equipamentos de Educação Ambiental II Rural Camp
(Paredes de Coura, Portugal)
2023/12/19 Baldios, montes e comunidades: Entre a tradição e a inovação
Casa do Conhecimento de Paredes de Coura (Portugal)
2023/11/29 Management of invasive Australian Acacia species in the Iberian Peninsula Conferência internacional TiBE – Invasões Biológicas no Horizonte! dos Genes aos Ecossistemas e à Sociedade
Vila do Conde (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2023/11/28 Management of invasive Australian Acacia species in the Iberian Peninsula TiBE - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution 2023
(Viana de Castelo, Portugal)
2023/11/11 Fire Education Platform – improving engagement through interactive technologies
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/10/24 Temporal and spatial patterns of extreme wildfire events at the European landscape scale. IUFRO Forest Environment Conference
Evora University (Evora, Portugal)
2023/10 Governança das áreas florestais baldias nas últimas décadas. Os principais resultados dos vários tipos de análise. XVIII Congresso Internacional de História Agrária
Universidade de Coimbra
2023/09 Cork facades: characteristics, ecological quality, and public opinion Conference on Cork Science and Applications – CSA 2023
(Espinho, Portugal)
2023/07 Fachadas de cortiça: desempenho, qualidade ambiental e perceção do publico
(Mozambique)
2023/07 Educação para o fogo: um passo para a mudança VII Congresso Internacional de Educação Ambiental dos Países e Comunidades de Língua Portuguesa.
(Mozambique)
2023/05/19 Educating for preparedness: A review of the wildfire educational material worldwide 8th International Wildland Fire Conference
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/04/15 Educação ambiental na prevenção de incêndios florestais “As acácias em Portugal” XXIX Jornadas da ASPEA
(Manteigas, Portugal)
2022/10/21 Preparing for change: research efforts in wildfire education
University of Évora (Evora , Portugal)
2022/10/11 Quantificação dos serviços de ecossistema providenciados pelas árvores de arruamento: a abordagem na área metropolitana de Lisboa. 9º Congresso Florestal Nacional
(Funchal, Portugal)
2022/10 Temporal and spatial patterns of extreme wildfire events at the European landscape scale IUFRO Forest Environment Div8 Conference 2023
Universidade de Evora (Evora, Portugal)
2022/09/15 Desbloquear a gestão colaborativa do risco de incêndio e melhorar o quadro legislativo para terrenos comunitários (baldios) mais seguros X Congresso APDEA
Associação Portuguesa de Economia Agrária (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/09/08 As atividades de ciência cidadã para um controlo de acácias mais sustentável. XII Encontro Internacional de Fitossociologia.
Escola Superior Agrária de Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco , Portugal)
2022/05/12 Fire Education Platform: uma ferramenta imersiva para transferência de conhecimento sobre Incêndios Florestais. Congresso SciComPt 2022
(Ponta Delgada. São Miguel., Portugal)
2022/05/10 Fire Education Platform: an immersive tool for knowledge transfer about wildfires.
Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) and Pau Costa Foundation (PCF) (Florence, Italy)
2022/05 Educação para a promoção do desenvolvimento local da Arrábida. Foco na regeneração do ecossistema em prol do bem-estar das pessoas e planeta.
http://seminariovss.ips.pt/pt/programa (Setubal, Portugal)
2021/11/28 Roundtable participant in the online webinar: RECIPE Project Dissemination Session. RECIPE Project on-line webinar
General Directorate of Civil Protection. (Spain. Catalonia. )
2021/11/07 Acacias Control: a tool to reduce wildfires risk in unmanaged forest lands. Fire in the Earth System Congress. FES-Social Dimensions of Forest Fires.
(Valencia, Spain)
2021/11/03 How to Strengthen the Capabilities of Portuguese Civil Protection. Preliminary results of the RECIPE project study. Fire in the Earth System Congress. FES-Wildfires and Civil Protection.
( Valencia, Spain)
2021/10/13 Territórios sustentáveis: diminuir o risco, valorizar a floresta.
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança. ( Bragança, Portugal)
2021/06/01 Gestão dos terrenos comunitários. Que modelos a adotar? Baldios gestão atual e futura
https://www.quercus.pt/comunicados/2021/maio/6043-quercus-e-acrescimo-organizam-webinar-sobre-a-gestao-dos-baldios (Portugal)
2021/06/01 Management of community land. What models to adopt? https://vimeo.com/566977090 On-line webinar.
Quercus – ANCN (Portugal)
2021/06/01 Management of community forest areas in Forest Regime. https://vimeo.com/566977090 On-line webinar.
Quercus – ANCN. (Portugal)
2020/11 Controlo de Acacia ssp.: o papel de educação ambiental. IV Congresso Internacional Educação, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento
(Leiria, Portugal)
2019/06 40 years of community-based forestry in Portugal Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
(Incheon, South Korea)
2019/01/21 Rural abandonment and evolution towards megafires: a rural renaissance needed? Interregional Workshop on Resin resource monitoring & modelling in a context of climate change
(Madrid, Spain)
2018 Relationship between wildfire trends and property types in Portugal forest areas IUFRO 3.08.00 Small-scale Forestry Conference. Transformations Towards a New Era in Small Scale Forestry
(Vaasa, Finland)
2018 Assessment of Portuguese community-based forestry IUFRO 3.08.00 Small-scale Forestry Conference - Community forestry, cooperation, social engagement, and non-professional forest groups
(Vaasa, Finland)
2017/10/02 Perspectives for the future of community forests: a new Forest Regime? Seminar.
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017 Sistemas de Avaliação de Gestão dos Baldios Three Workshops, developed under the Doctoral Program. http://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/ceabn/content/1/266/ceabn-inbio-promove-workshops-sistemas-avaliacao-gestao-baldios and https://forestis.pt/destaques,0,699.aspx
Coimbra University; Baldio Federation - BALADI and Viana do Castelo Town Hall (Coimbra, Vila Real and Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
2016/09 Global changes and the government and management of community forests in southwestern Europe IUFRO International Conference 2016. Between Tradition and Increasing Challenges: Future Development of Small-Scale and Community Forestry in Times of Global Change
(Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil)
2013/10 Invasion of Portuguese ecosystems by Acacia ssp. Closing seminar of the SCRAM project
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/07 Academic-community collaborations: what kind of hybrid institutions for knowledge production and decisions on collective management? 4th EMES Conference on Social Enterprise Research
(Liege, Belgium)
2012/10 Effects of terrace construction on runoff and erosion in a recently burnt forest area in north-central Portugal FUEGORED2012
(Spain)
2012/07 Soil carbon stocks and losses in a recently burnt forest area in north-central Portugal EUROSOIL2012 4th Int.Congress of the ECCS “Soil science for the benefit of mankind and environment
(Bari, Italy)
2012/01 Soil erosion assessment and mitigation following wildfires in Portugal: the state-of-affairs of the EROSFIRE decision-support tool for post-fire land management and impact assessment of future scenarios Conf. Proc. Climate Change & Forest Fires in the Mediterranean Basin: management & risk reduction
(Karmel, Israel)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/03/01 - Current Public policies and fire risk in Italy
Supervisor
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
2021/10/01 - 2022/05/01 Três décadas de incêndios florestais em mafra: o papel da autarquia na redução dos incêndios florestais.
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/02/26 - Current Workshop. Análise do risco de Incêndio no Parque Nacional da Serra do Gerês: Projeto Safer-Lands (2024/02/26)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2022/10/13 - Current Terrenos comunitários (baldios) mais seguros – projeto Safer-Lands. (2022/10/13)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 9 Congresso Florestal Nacional , Portugal
2022/11/04 - 2022/11/04 Workshop "FIRE-RES. Comunidade| Laboratório vivo Português" (2022/11/04 - 2022/11/04)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Colaborativo para Gestão Integrada da Floresta e do Fogo, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2022/10/10 - 2022/10/15 Simpósio sobre a "Gestão das áreas florestais comunitárias / baldios", organizado no âmbito do 9º Congresso Florestal Nacional (2022/10/10)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Florestais , Portugal
2021/10/12 - 2021/10/14 Project RECIPE Final Workshop. Reinforcing civil protection capabilities to cope with natural hazards in a climate change context. Findings from RECIPE Project and challenging issues. Mixed international event (online and in-person) with more than 50 participants. (2021/10/12 - 2021/10/14)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/04/20 - 2021/04/21 Organization of the invasive plant identification section within the scope of the Tapada BioBlitz. https://medforest.net/2021/05/26/biodiversity-and-invasive-plants-bioblitz-da-tapada/ (2021/04/20 - 2021/04/21)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/10/06 - 2019/10/12 Workshop “Investigation - action with baldio' communities. Opportunities and challenges for rural regeneration”. https://medforest.net/2019/11/20/does-our-research-make-a-difference-challenges-to-community-forest-research-in-northwest-mediterranean-europe/ (2019/10/07 - 2019/10/08)
Workshop (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/05/28 - Current Oradora convidada para mesa-redonda sobre o Regime Florestal
Round table
2023/05 - 2023/06 Ciência Viva nos Pátios | Investigadora convidada https://www.cienciaviva.pt/aprenderforadasaladeaula/index.php?accao=show_patios_page&id_obj=5006
Other
 3
Pavilhão do Conhecimento-Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/12/04 Três décadas de incêndios florestais em Mafra e Torres Vedras: o papel das autarquias na redução dos incêndios florestais
Supervisor
 Jacinto J. (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Forest Ecology and Management Elsevier
2023/02/21 - 2023/04/04 Heliyon Elsevier
2023 - 2023 Journal for Nature Conservation Elsevier
2022 - 2023 Sustainability MDPI
2022 - 2023 IJERPH MDPI
2022 - 2023 FIRE MDPI
2022 - 2023 Land MDPI

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/11/03 - 2021/11/06 Social Dimensions of Forest Fires Section in 1st International Congress on Fire in the Earth System: Humans and Nature https://firecongress.eu/index.php/sessions/ Department Of Geography, Facultad de Geografía e Història, University of Valencia, Spain

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015 Produção de uma cartografia geral do uso de solo do Portugal com uma legenda relevante para as estimativas do Carbono a partir de integração do CAF60 com o Inventario Florestal Nacional do 1970

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02/01 - 2022/03/15 Solos | 25h
2022/01/04 - 2022/01/26 Recursos florestais | 25h
2021/10/25 - 2021/12/14 Recursos hídricos | 50h
2013/01 - 2013/12 Curso básico de identificação de cogumelos silvestres (Outros) APOR, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/12 - Current Jury in Research Scholarships competition (CES/17/2023-PROTEMO)
Specialist
2023/03/01 - 2023/10/01 Swedish Research Council FORMAS
Evaluator
 Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Sweden Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/09/01 - 2021/12/01 Forest Ecology and Management (0378-1127) Elsevier

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/05/10 - Current Júri da Prova de Mestrado em Ecologia Humana e Problemas Sociais Contemporâneos da Sofia Alexandra Gomes Nogueira
2022/12/01 - 2023/01/30 Membro de Júri dos concursos para a atribuição de Bolsas de Investigação (BI) para atividades de I&D no âmbito de projetos Acacia4FirePrev (PCIF/GVB/0145/2018) e FIRE-RES (H2020-LC-GD-2020-3-101037419) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Júri de 4 bolsas de investigação para licenciados e/ou mestres
2022/05 - 2022/10 Expert reviewer of the Swedish Research Council (FORMAS) Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Sweden

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/12/01 - 2022/12/04 Rural Camp: 1º Campo Científico do Laboratório Rural Paredes de Coura. Oficina participativa com as comunidades locais de Paredes de Coura (focus-group) - CEIA, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2009 Concurso Europeu - Stories of a Possible Europe; Selected Works for the Competition: Another Europe is Possible.
UE – DG EACEA , Italy