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(Português) O 2º Seminário Life-Relict será dia 16 de julho em Monchique

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From the tree to the forest: Environmental education programme ongoing in Seia

“From the tree to the forest” is the environmental education project that CISE is developing with students from the Seia School Center, within the scope of Life-Relict project. In the last weeks, four classes from the third and fourth year of school held the first activity “How am I and who am I”. In addition …

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NEEMO visits Life-Relict intervention areas

On the 27th and 28th of May, we received a NEEMO visit, through the monitor Sara Barceló, who came to see on the spot the interventions carried out by the Life-Relict team, more precisely, in Mata da Margaraça and in the surrounding areas of Cabeça and Casal do Rei villages. Click on images to enlarge

Life-Relict visits Mata Nacional do Bussaco

On May 17th, the team of Life-Relict visited the Bussaco National Forest and the intervention areas of the Life Bright Project. Here, it was possible to learn about the management actions carried out to control of invasive alien species and the recovery of the habitats that this iconic National Forest hosts.         …

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The Environmental Education Plan is now available

In order to fulfill the 5th objective of the Life-Relict, that is, to increase the motivation, skills and cooperation of the local population and the regional authorities for the preservation of the Continental Laurissilva Relicts, several dissemination actions are being developed. It include the dissemination of the Project to the general public; communication and promotion …

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National Day for Nature Conservation

The National Day for Nature Conservation was instituted by the Portuguese Government in July 28th, 1998, through Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 73/98, which aims to create an annual moment of special reflection on issues related to nature, whether in Portugal or in the world. It is also a day of recognition of …

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Survey about Life-Relict Website

We kindly ask for your collaboration in this short survey about the Life-Relict Website and, if you please, disseminate it throughout your contacts. It aims to understand the scope of the Project’ communication and dissemination actions. Coordinated by the University of Évora, this is a project that aims to substantially improve the conservation status of …

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3rd Technical Workshop on Propagation of Vulnerable Species at CICYTEX

On February 14 (2020), the 3rd technical workshop was held under Life-Relict, this time about the propagation of vulnerable species. The event took place at the Instituto de Investigaciones Agrarias Finca La Orden-Valdesequera, in Badajoz. Here, the participants had the opportunity to get to know more closely the work that the partner CICYTEX has been …

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University of Évora and GEOTA join efforts to restore natural Habitats in the Monchique

The University of Évora and the Study Group on Spatial Planning and Environment (GEOTA in Portuguese) signed a mutual collaboration protocol at the beginning of January (2020) with the objective of creating synergies between the conservation projects that each entity coordinates in Monchique. In order to conserve one of the rarest natural habitats in Europe …

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The 3rd Technical Day will be about the Propagation of Vulnerable Species at CICYTEX

Next 14th of February, another Technical Workshop will take place, this time related to the Propagation of Vulnerable Species at the Center for Scientific and Technological Research of Extremadura (CICYTEX). The trainers will be the CICYTEX technicians themselves, namely David Garcia Alonso, Maria José Guerra and Francisco Vasquez Pardo, who will present the germination processes, …

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