Marta Mancini successfully completed a 6-month internship with the LIFE+ Berlengas Project from October 2015 to April 2016. During this time, she contributed to several tasks including habitat recovery through removal of invasive plants and monitoring of native plant recolonization. She also assisted with monitoring of black rats, Cory's shearwaters, and shags through trapping, measuring, tagging, and assessing breeding success. At the office, she helped develop an environmental education campaign for school students about the project.

1. SPEA – Portuguese Society for the
Mancini has successfully completed
the scope of LIFE+ Berlengas Project
from October 10 of 2015 to April 18
During the internship, the internee
the project, namely habitat recovery
monitoring of reoccupation by native
plants), Black rat monitoring (trapping,
Cory’s shearwater breeding population
measuring and phototrapping), Shag
(breeding success assessment) and
shearwater. Field tasks were developedshearwater. Field tasks were developed
being implemented by the project
developing the contents for a environmental
school students.
Nuno Oliveira
SPEA
Coordination
the Study of Birds certify that Marta
completed a 6 months internship under
Project (LIFE13 NAT/PT/000458),
18 of 2016.
internee made a valuable contribution to
recovery (removal of Hotentot Fig,
native plants and mapping of native
(trapping, measuring and radiotracking),
population monitoring (ringing,
Shag breeding population monitoring
and building of nest boxes to Cory’s
developed on Berlenga Island and aredeveloped on Berlenga Island and are
project team. At the office Marta was
environmental campaign targeting first
Nuno Oliveira
SPEA
October 29, 2016
Co-funding
LIFE13 NAT/PT/000458