Prof. Dr. António Ferreira is a Professor Coordenador at the CERNAS—Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society, Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Bencanta, Coimbra, Portugal. In addition, he is a Scientific Coordinator of CERNAS (from 2013 to the present), a Coordinator of the Masters course on Environmental Management at Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra–Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (ESAC/IPC), and has participated in over 35 projects financed by the European Union and the Portuguese government. He has a wide range of research experience in Africa and South America. He was awarded the prize for the Best PhD in Global Change, held in Portugal from 1995 to 2000, and won the Energy Globe Award 2006 for Portugal, with a project in the area of Environmental Management. He coordinated a Life Environmental project that was considered by the European Commission as one of the Best Life Environmental Projects in 2007–2008.