Celeste Coelho

TL;DR: In this paper, the role played by geoparks in improving the economy of local populations is discussed, and 25 geo-parks strategies are analyzed. But the authors focus on the role of local products and local handicrafts involved in geotourism and geoproducts.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of soil hydrological and erosional responses to different land use and cover types in a marginal area of Portugal were evaluated and compared to establish the influence of climatic variability and soil surface characteristics, and to assess the efficiency of alternative land uses proposed by the Common Agrarian Policy in terms of hydrogeomorphic behaviour.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared responses of the same soil or terrain at a range of scales in highly repellent and wettable states, and concluded that addressing water repellency in distributed hydrological modelling has considerable potential for improving predictions for affected regions, but that impacts may vary considerably from those found in the Portuguese case example.

TL;DR: In this article, two different forest residue mulches were tested in a eucalypt plantation and a nearby Maritime Pine stand, and the results showed that mulching proved highly effective in reducing runoff and sediment losses.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of water repellency on overland flow and runoff generation at plot and catchment scales for two types of terrain with differing land management and degree of soil hydrophobicity was assessed using the Water Drop Penetration Time (WDPT) test.