Coordinator Researcher and Deputy Director at CIBIO - Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO) and InBIO – Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (Associate Laboratory). Holder of the EDP Chair in Biodiversity (since 2012) and Principal Investigator of the research group ApplEcol - Applied Population and Community Ecology. Conservation biologist interested in the natural and anthropogenic drivers of biodiversity change in human-dominated landscapes, including agricultural, forest and freshwater social-ecological systems. Strongly interested in the actual application of conservation science, with practical experience involving a range of conservation projects, species reintroduction, creation of protected areas, land planning for biodiversity, impact assessment and mitigation, ecological assessment and monitoring and corporate biodiversity. Author of >160 publications in international journals and edited books (https://publons.com/researcher/829414/pedro-beja/), and supervisor of > 20 PhD students.