Jorge Cancela

Jorge Cancela possesses extensive experience in landscape management and education, currently serving as Gestor de paisagens at Ecostatus, Agronomia e Produtos Agro-alimentares, Lda since January 2000 and as a Professor Auxiliar at Faculdade de Arquitetura - Universidade de Lisboa since September 2015. Additionally, Jorge Cancela holds the position of Director at DECO Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor since January 2012 and has long-standing experience as an agricultor-paisagista at Ecostatus, Agronomia e Produtos Alimentares, Lda since January 1995. Jorge Cancela has also played significant leadership roles, including serving as Director at Biodesign Lda and as Presidente Direção of APAP from January 2017 to December 2020. Further contributions include a term as Chairman of AVAAL from September 2009 to May 2016 and as an Invited Professor at Faculdade de Arquitectura UTL from September 2005 to September 2011. Jorge Cancela's academic background includes an MSc in Environmental Management from Imperial College London and a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Évora, with ongoing doctoral studies in Urbanism at the University of Lisbon.