FONDA | Fostering Nitrogen Deposition Assessment over Portugal

The FONDA project is a Twinning project funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, which is coordinated by the University of Aveiro (Portugal), aiming at enhancing Portugal’s knowledge, expertise, and reputation in nitrogen science. Nitrogen deposition threatens Portugal’s ecosystems. According to current assessments, there is no improvement ahead, despite the major emission reductions planned until 2030. These ecosystems remain at risk because research and policy support capacity are lacking. Through strategic research partnerships between the University of Aveiro, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, and Freie Universität Berlin, the EU-funded FONDA project aims to boost the University of Aveiro’s expertise in modelling and mapping reactive nitrogen compounds’ emissions, transport, transformation and deposition.