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Maria Clara Costa Duarte is a retired Associate Professor of Economics in the Social Science faculty at Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s Nova School of Business and Economics. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics in 1991 and Master’s in Economics in 1985, both from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her academic career at Nova School of Business and Economics included serving as President of the Pedagogical Council and Director of undergraduate and master’s programs. She has acted as a consultant to various institutions and government agencies and participated in multiple international research projects funded by the European Union and Portugal’s FCT. Duarte continues to teach "Principles of Microeconomics" at the undergraduate level and "Environmental Policy and Tools for Applied Policy Analysis" in master’s programs. Her research focuses on microeconomics, natural resources modeling and management in fisheries and forestry, environmental policy analysis, and bioeconomics.
Duarte’s scholarly contributions appear in leading journals, influencing discussions on resource management and environmental policy. Notable publications include "Natural carbon capture and storage (NCCS): forests, land use and carbon accounting" (Resource and Energy Economics, 2013, with Maria A. Cunha-e-Sá and Renato Rosa), which explores carbon sequestration in forests; "Optimal management of the northern Atlantic bluefin tuna" (Marine Resource Economics, 2002, with Pedro Pintassilgo); "Management of the Northern Atlantic bluefin tuna: An application of C-games" (Marine Resource Economics, 2000, with Ana Brasão and Pedro Pintassilgo); "Managing the Northern Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries: The stability of the UN fish stock agreement solution" (Marine Resource Economics, 2000, with Ana Brasão and Maria A. Cunha-e-Sá); and "Endogenous future preferences and conservation" (Environmental & Resource Economics, 2000, with Maria A. Cunha-e-Sá). These works, particularly those on bluefin tuna fisheries, have received significant citations, demonstrating her impact in environmental and natural resources economics. She has supervised doctoral theses and contributed to bio-economic modeling of fisheries.