Luís Catarino, PhD, researcher at the Plant Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon University, and member of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c). His main research interests are tropical vegetation ecology, flora, and land cover changes; ethnobotany, ethnoecology and sustainable use of natural resources; and protected areas management and monitoring. He has led and participated in the execution of several research and consulting projects in Tropical Africa (Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde) and Tropical South America (Brazilian Legal Amazon), resulting in the publication of scientific articles, book chapters and books, as well as the presentation of communications at scientific meetings. He is the supervisor of master's and doctoral theses on vegetation ecology, ethnobotany, flora and natural resource assessment in Guinea-Bissau and Angola.