11/11/2025
🇬🇧 NatureTwins: University of Madeira launches FCT-funded project for sustainable tourism with digital twins
The University of Madeira (UMa), together with ARDITI and four FCT research centres — NOVA LINCS, CiTUR, CONSTRUCT and CIBIO — announces the launch of NatureTwins – Restorative and Sustainable Tourism with Madeira’s Nature Digital Twins, funded by the FCT.
💡 The project develops an innovative and inclusive model of sustainable tourism using Digital Twin technology — real-time virtual replicas of Madeira’s natural sites.
It combines 3D mapping, biodiversity modelling, environmental monitoring and virtual reality to:
• raise environmental awareness;
• support conservation and sustainable management;
• promote well-being and inclusive access.
🧭 Coordinated by NeuroRehabLab (UMa / ARDITI / NOVA LINCS), the project runs 2026–2028.
👥 We’re recruiting collaborators to start in January 2026.
📩 Contact: sergi.bermudez@uma.pt