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My name is Ana. I am from Croatia and I am studying business economy.

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Hello, my name is André Martins and I'm from Santa Maria de Lamas. I have already completed my degree in Tourism Management and Planning and I am currently studying for a master's degree in the same course.

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My name is Inês and I am from Aveiro. I have a Baechelor's Degree in Translation, so my main contribuition to the team is languages and communication. I offered to be the spokesperson in the team because that's the part I am the most comfortable with!

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My name is Juliana and I'm from Vila Nova de Gaia. I have a Baechelor's Degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

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While meeting for the first time as team members, we discussed our goals and priorities when it comes to group work.

The purpose was the only thing we did not know how to define, as we have yet to discover what our big idea is.

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This is the description of our brainstorming questions to guide us during the project and the methodology we will use to answer them.

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We will use two methods to answer our guiding questions:

1 - Desktop research, in the websites attached on the powerpoint

2 - An interview to CESAM and APARA regarding the peculiarities of Ílhavo specifically regarding this topic

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In this presentation, we show the solution we came up with after a small benchmarking analysis and brainstorming.

We decided it would be a good idea to create a Tour Guide company where visitors can learn about the invasive species in Ílhavo and all the problems agregated to them. Besides this, at the end of the tours there are practical workshops of removal of the clams and other species from the invaded waters in Ílhavo.

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How does our Solution connect with our Big Idea?

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How does our Solution connect with our Big Idea?

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How could tourism help preserve biodiversity?

1) As a way to raise awareness among the local population and the visitors who may not know about the issue to begin with or might not even have any idea how they are negatively contributing to it. As we saw, tour guides and initiatives like the ones mentioned in the benchmarking analysis are a very common way to raise awareness.

2) Tourism is something that motivates people to take action and be physically involved in activities that will provide them unique travelling experiences. This is something that, like the derbies in the Caribbean or the workshops from our own project, can be fun for the visitors while also being beneficial for the ecosystems they are implemented in.

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For our project, we will focus on biodiversity - the loss of it, and the invading species in ecosystems -, particularly in the municipality of Ílhavo. This is directly tied to the SDGs number 14 and 15. We hope to be able to provide a good answer to the question "How could tourism help preserve biodiversity?"

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In our final report we present a written description of the overall process of developing a solution prototype for our big idea.