On June 28^th, was known the winning team of the National Stage of YPEF – Young People in European Forests Contest. The victory was given to the team of Ana Marques, Inês Oliveira and Joana Barbosa, from the 10th grade, of the Penafiel’s High School, in Oporto district.
The winning team will represent Portugal in the European Stage Contest, which will be held on September 28^th and 29^th, in Poland, where 13 European teams will compete.
The first edition of the YPEF Contest in Portugal, counted with the participation of 36 teams and about 102 students, who performed at 14h30, on May 27^th, the written test of the National Stage Contest. The results were very positive, given the absence of a competition of this type in Portugal and the need to learn all the information about forests in the European countries in a foreign language.

Photo 1 – Winning team and teachers of the Portuguese National Stage Contest

Due to a tie between two groups from Penafiel’s High School, there was the need to do a run-off test on June 21^st. Despite the non-attendance of one of the groups, the winning team made the exam, qualifying for the European Stage of the Contest.