Bee Serra da Estrela
Bee Serra da Estrela is a regenerative project in Manteigas that combines syntropic agriculture, forest restoration and nature-based tourism…
Agroforestry
Trees and farming as one system: Herdade do Freixo do Meio's montado agroforestry is a national reference, and projects across the country are following. Old wisdom, new urgency.
Projects in this focus
AIM Forest
AIM Forest is a natural capital investment platform developing sustainable, irrigated cork oak forestry projects in southern Portugal, combi…
NBI - Natural Business Intelligence
NBI – Natural Business Intelligence is a Portuguese consultancy specialised in biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital, helping…
Carvalhal (RH Florestal)
Carvalhal is a 220-hectare forest property near Penha Garcia, Idanha-a-Nova, managed by RH Florestal since 2019, combining cork oak, holm oa…
Broto de bambu
Broto de Bambu is a specialized bamboo nursery and education centre located within Bambuparque at Herdade da Fonte in the Alentejo region of…
REA Alentejo
REA Alentejo is a project led by ADPM – Associação para a Defesa do Património de Mértola that develops and tests a replicable model to rest…
Ilhas de Biodiversidade
Ilhas de Biodiversidade creates dense native mini-forests using the Miyawaki method in industrial, educational and community settings across…
Idanha-à-Vida
Idanha-à-Vida is a large-scale ecological, social and cultural regeneration project spanning 1,600 hectares around the historic village of I…
Regen Waves
Regen Waves is a non-profit movement regenerating the Arrábida bioregion in Portugal through native 'superforests', community-led Regen Walk…
Agroflorestal Lameira
Agroflorestal Lameira is an agroforestry initiative based in Samões, Portugal, focused on integrating trees and crops for sustainable land m…
Viveiro Campesino
Viveiro Campesino is a small family-run nursery near Marvão, Portugal, producing reforestation, fruit and medicinal plants using regenerativ…
Mud Valley Institute
Mud Valley Institute is a nonprofit regenerative education and action organisation based near Lagos, Portugal, working to combat desertifica…
OArborista
OArborista is a certified arboriculture company based in Sesimbra and Lisbon, led by professional arborist Ruben Oliveira with over 15 years…
GEOTA
GEOTA – Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente – is a national non-profit environmental NGO active since 1981, working on …
EcoAtivo
EcoAtivo is a Portuguese nature protection and conservation association based in Fundão that works to improve the relationship between human…
Associação Cabeço Santo
Associação Cabeço Santo is a Portuguese environmental NGO dedicated to the ecological restoration of degraded landscapes on the western slop…
Faia Brava – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
Faia Brava – Associação de Conservação da Natureza is a Portuguese environmental NGO with over 25 years of history, pioneering the recogniti…
Wild Forest Garden
Wild Forest Garden is a registered NGO in southern Alentejo, Portugal, dedicated to creating biodiverse forest gardens using syntropic agric…
Reflorestar Portugal
Reflorestar Portugal is a non-profit NGO dedicated to ecological regeneration, biodiverse reforestation, and agroforestry across Portugal, e…
Terra Agora
Fundação Terra Agora is a Portuguese public-interest foundation pioneering a new land stewardship model in which donated land is permanently…
Biggest Mini Forest
Biggest Mini Forest is a Portuguese movement that has helped plant over 85 mini food forests across Portugal, Spain, and Ecuador since 2023,…
Eternal Forest
Eternal Forest is a long-term art and ecology initiative founded in 2018 by artist and poet Evgenia Emets, dedicated to creating a global ne…
Rewilding Portugal
Rewilding Portugal is a non-profit association dedicated to making Portugal a wilder place by restoring ecosystems and wildlife corridors, w…
Agroforestry in Portugal
Portugal has practised agroforestry for centuries without calling it that. The montado (cork oaks and holm oaks over grazing and cereal) is one of the oldest agroforestry systems in Europe, and it is the reference point for most of the newer work here.
Herdade do Freixo do Meio farms the montado as an integrated system and is widely cited as a national example. Around it, projects are planting tree lines into arable fields, alley-cropping, and adding fruit and nut layers to grazing land.
The economics are slow (trees pay late), so projects often pair it with activities that pay sooner. See also the cork oak and montado, syntropic farming and holistic grazing focuses. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.