http://unescolifeonland.com en This activity was developed in the framework of the UNESCO Chair Life on Land, in collaboration with Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo and Camões I. P.
Printed versions will be distributed by Portuguese-speaking African countries, namely through the structure of the Network of TwinLabs of CIBIO in Africa, in an action complemented by a training programme for high school teachers, to be coordinated by CIBIO and in conjunction with Camões I. P.
Volume 1:
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000374572
This laboratory capacity building action, intervened on the ground by the University Mandume Ya Ndemufayo, partner institution of the TwinLab of Angola, comprises three major components:
i)    Consignment to the Angolan city of Lubango, through a CIBIO grant to its TwinLabs’ Network, of a PCR-RT scientific machine and accessory [...]]]> In the next three years, the TwinLab will make a large investment (of time and human resources) in the creation of the Natural History Museum of Lubango. This project has the potential to be a major catalyst for the growth and solid implementation of a scientific (fundamental and applied) culture on biodiversity, rooted in Angola but with a footprint extending to African Portuguese-speaking countries and the Southern African region. Albeit ambitious, this [...]]]> ]]> The visit to CIBIO-InBIO, hosted by its Scientific Director Nuno Ferrand, counted with the presence of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Angola, Professor Maria do Rosário Sambo, the State Secretary, Professor Domingos Neto, senior members of the Ministry and representatives of universities, research unities and science and technology centers. The committee, encompassing around 30 members, explored CIBIO-InBIO headquarters, at "Campus de Vairão”, its research facilities and ecology and molecular biology laboratories.  
During the visit, the participants had the opportunity to interact with CIBIO-InBIO members and discuss about the ongoing projects, developed under the scope of the TwinLab initiative, [...]]]>