FUTURO – Projeto das 100.000 Árvores na Área Metropolitana do Porto
FUTURO has planted native trees across the Porto Metropolitan Area since 2011 and passed its target of 100,000 trees. It is run by the CRE.P…
Habitat Restoration
The heart of the ecosystems collection: MONTIS restoring native woodland near Vouzela, Rewilding Portugal in the Greater Côa Valley, and the Miyawaki mini-forests of Ilhas de Biodiversidade. Giving degraded and abandoned land a second life.
Projects in this focus
Pro Nativa
Pro Nativa is a rewilding and habitat management business based in Aljezur that restores native forest in south-west Portugal. It removes in…
Awakened Forest Project
Awakened Forest Project is a reforestation and landscape restoration initiative in the Serra do Açor, working to transform former pine monoc…
Causas de Raiz
Causas de Raiz is an independent, non-profit citizen map tracking environmental conflicts in Portugal, with over 100 documented and sourced …
Os Montanheiros – Sociedade de Exploração Espeleológica
Os Montanheiros is an environmental NGO founded in 1963 on Terceira Island, Azores, dedicated to speleological exploration and the protectio…
Faixas Vivas
Faixas Vivas is a Portuguese movement of NGOs, companies and citizens pushing to reform fire-prevention rules so they preserve native vegeta…
ICNF - Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas
ICNF is the Portuguese public institute responsible for nature conservation and forest management, including the national network of protect…
Milvoz – Associação de Proteção e Conservação da Natureza
Milvoz is a nature conservation association based in Coimbra that manages a network of Bio-Reservas protecting native forest and biodiversit…
Associação NATIVA – Natureza, Invasoras e Valorização Ambiental
NATIVA is a Portuguese association based in Coimbra dedicated to fighting invasive species, especially the Asian hornet, through information…
EVOA – Espaço de Visitação e Observação de Aves
EVOA is a bird-watching and nature interpretation centre in the Tagus estuary, near Vila Franca de Xira, 30 minutes from Lisbon. It combines…
Parque Biológico de Gaia
Parque Biológico de Gaia is a permanent environmental education centre in Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia, built around former farms and a 3-kilo…
Associação ALDEIA
Associação ALDEIA is a Portuguese environmental NGO dedicated to nature conservation and rural cultural heritage, running a wildlife recover…
IFCN – Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, IP-RAM
IFCN is the public institute responsible for forest management and nature conservation in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. It runs a wildli…
BioLiving – Associação para a Conservação da Natureza
BioLiving is a Portuguese environmental NGO based in Albergaria-a-Velha, founded in 2016, working on ecological restoration, environmental e…
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Nature and Biodiversity Protection Programme
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Nature and Biodiversity Protection Programme provides core funding to eight environmental NGOs across P…
IPR — Instituto de Planeamento Regenerativo
IPR — Instituto de Planeamento Regenerativo is a Southern Portugal-based technical organisation that designs and implements regenerative ter…
Reservas da Biosfera de Portugal
Reservas da Biosfera de Portugal is a digital territorial platform that showcases Portugal's 13 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, promoting their n…
Movimento ALP — Ajude a Limpar a Praia
Movimento ALP is a registered national initiative that has been organising community beach clean-ups and eco team-building activities across…
MARE-Madeira (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre)
MARE-Madeira is the Madeira pole of the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, dedicated to research on marine biodiversity and environme…
SPEA – Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves
SPEA is a Portuguese non-profit environmental NGO, founded in 1993 and affiliated with BirdLife International, dedicated to the study and co…
Sciaena
Sciaena is a Portuguese NGO founded in 2006 dedicated to marine conservation, sustainable fisheries and public awareness of ocean issues. It…
Quinta do Despertar Arcaico
Quinta do Despertar Arcaico is a certified permaculture farm and reforestation project nestled in a valley between the Algarve and Alentejo,…
ANP | WWF – Associação Natureza Portugal
ANP | WWF is a Portuguese environmental NGO working in association with WWF to conserve nature, restore ecosystems and influence environment…
ConnectNatura
ConnectNatura is a bird conservation project run by Palombar that protects necrophagous species such as vultures and eagles by improving hab…
Floradata
Floradata is a Porto-based environmental consultancy specialising in biodiversity, ecology, landscape, forestry and risk management, with 15…
Bee Serra da Estrela
Bee Serra da Estrela is a regenerative project in Manteigas that combines syntropic agriculture, forest restoration and nature-based tourism…
Movimento Estrela Viva
Movimento Estrela Viva is a non-partisan, non-profit citizen movement born after the 2017 wildfires, dedicated to protecting and restoring t…
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…
Azores UNESCO Global Geopark
The Azores UNESCO Global Geopark encompasses a network of 121 geosites across the nine Azorean islands, celebrating the archipelago's unique…
Blue Azores
Blue Azores is a marine conservation programme born in 2019 from a partnership between the Regional Government of the Azores, the Oceano Azu…
TAGIS – Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal
TAGIS is a Portuguese non-profit association working on the scientific study and conservation of butterflies and other insects. It runs nati…
Quinta do Pisão (Parque da Natureza de Cascais)
Quinta do Pisão, officially the Parque da Natureza de Cascais, is a municipal nature park in Alcabideche for biodiversity conservation, outd…
Reserva do Vale Velho
On a 100-hectare former farm in the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Reserva do Vale Velho combines organic farming, rewilding and archaeology…
Oásis Biosistema
Oásis Biosistema is a Portuguese company founded in 2022 by Alberto Tassi, specialising in the design and construction of natural pools, orn…
CCMAR – Centre of Marine Sciences (Universidade do Algarve)
CCMAR is a non-profit marine research centre at the University of Algarve in Faro that works to understand, protect and explore the ocean th…
LPN – Liga para a Protecção da Natureza
LPN – Liga para a Protecção da Natureza is the oldest environmental NGO in the Iberian Peninsula, founded in 1948, dedicated to nature conse…
Oceano Azul Foundation
An international foundation based in Lisbon that works on ocean conservation through science, policy advocacy and collaboration with decisio…
REA Alentejo
Led by ADPM (Associação para a Defesa do Património de Mértola), REA Alentejo develops and tests a replicable model for restoring degraded s…
Ocean Alive
Ocean Alive is Portugal's first cooperative dedicated to protecting the ocean. It works with coastal and fishing communities to conserve sea…
Grupo Lobo
Grupo Lobo is a Portuguese association that has worked to conserve the Iberian wolf since 1985. It combines scientific research, environment…
Tapada Nacional de Mafra
A historic walled forest in Mafra used for biodiversity conservation, research and public nature activities. It is part of the Real Edifício…
Associação Dunas Livres
A Portuguese citizen movement campaigning to preserve the wild dunes, lagoons and wetlands of the Costa Azul, from Tróia to Melides, against…
RWSW Rewilding Sudoeste
RWSW Rewilding Sudoeste is a non-profit association founded in 2021 and based in Aljezur. It works to protect and develop native forests and…
Brigada do Mar
Brigada do Mar is a Portuguese environmental NGO, founded in 2009, that works to decontaminate the coastline and teaches communities about p…
Ilhas de Biodiversidade
Ilhas de Biodiversidade plants dense native mini-forests with the Miyawaki method in industrial, educational and community settings across P…
Veredas da Estrela
Veredas da Estrela is a community association founded after the 2022 wildfires destroyed 25% of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. It works …
Idanha-à-Vida
Idanha-à-Vida is a large-scale ecological, social and cultural regeneration project covering 1,600 hectares around the historic village of I…
Regen Waves
Regen Waves is a non-profit movement working to regenerate the Arrábida bioregion through native “superforests”, community-led Regen Walks a…
Palombar
Palombar is a Portuguese environmental NGO founded in 2000 and based in Vimioso, Bragança. It works to conserve nature and rural heritage in…
Viveiro Campesino
A small family-run nursery near Marvão, Portugal, growing reforestation, fruit and medicinal plants with regenerative agriculture techniques…
Parque de Natureza de Noudar
Parque de Natureza de Noudar is a 151-hectare conservation and nature tourism project near Barrancos, Alentejo, created by EDIA as an enviro…
Mud Valley Institute
Mud Valley Institute is a nonprofit near Lagos that uses regenerative education and action to combat desertification and restore ecosystems …
AIMM – Marine Environment Research Association
AIMM is a Portuguese not-for-profit NGO, founded in 2010 and based in the Algarve, that researches and conserves marine species and ecosyste…
Amigos dos Açores – Associação Ecológica
Amigos dos Açores – Associação Ecológica is a nature conservation NGO based on São Miguel, Azores. It works to protect the region's natural …
A Rocha Portugal
A Christian environmental NGO founded in 1983, A Rocha Portugal works on conservation, scientific research and environmental education from …
Plantar uma Árvore
Plantar uma Árvore is a Portuguese environmental NGO that conserves native forest and restores habitats through volunteer tree planting and …
FAPAS – Associação Portuguesa para a Conservação da Biodiversidade
FAPAS is a long-standing Portuguese NGO for biodiversity conservation. It manages protected natural areas and runs education and advocacy pr…
Quercus – Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza
Founded in 1985, Quercus is Portugal's largest independent environmental NGO, working on nature conservation and environmental defence natio…
OArborista
OArborista is a certified arboriculture company based in Sesimbra and Lisbon, led by the professional arborist Ruben Oliveira, who has over …
GEOTA
GEOTA (Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente) is a national non-profit environmental NGO, active since 1981, working on e…
Associação Vita Nativa
Associação Vita Nativa is a Portuguese non-profit founded in 2018 in the Ria Formosa area. It works on environmental conservation through re…
VERDE - Associação para a Conservação Integrada da Natureza
VERDE is a nature conservation association in Lousada, Portugal. It protects old-growth trees, supports biodiversity and offers carbon offse…
EcoAtivo
EcoAtivo is a nature protection and conservation association in Fundão that works to improve the relationship between people and the environ…
Associação Cabeço Santo
Associação Cabeço Santo is a Portuguese environmental NGO working to restore degraded landscapes on the western slopes of the Serra do Caram…
Faia Brava – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
Faia Brava - Associação de Conservação da Natureza is a Portuguese environmental NGO with more than 25 years of history, and a pioneer in th…
Wild Forest Garden
A registered NGO in southern Alentejo, Wild Forest Garden creates biodiverse forest gardens using syntropic agriculture and no-dig methods, …
Ria Formosa Wetland Protection
The Ria Formosa Natural Park is a protected coastal wetland running 60 km along the Algarve, with wildlife that includes flamingos, seahorse…
MONTIS – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
MONTIS is a Portuguese environmental NGO founded in 2014 and based in Vouzela, Viseu. It manages 313 hectares across 38 properties in centra…
Associação ALMARGEM
ALMARGEM is a non-governmental, non-profit environmental association dedicated to defending the natural, historical, and cultural heritage o…
RIAS/ALDEIA
RIAS/ALDEIA is a wildlife recovery and research centre at Quinta de Marim in Olhão, within the Ria Formosa Natural Park, which rescues and r…
Reflorestar Portugal
A non-profit NGO working on ecological regeneration, biodiverse reforestation and agroforestry across Portugal, helping communities restore …
Terra Agora
Fundação Terra Agora is a Portuguese public-interest foundation working on a land stewardship model in which donated land is permanently pro…
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 project founded in 2018 by artist and poet Evgenia Emets, working towards a global network of …
Rewilding Portugal
Rewilding Portugal is a non-profit association working to make Portugal a wilder place by restoring ecosystems and wildlife corridors, with …
Habitat restoration in Portugal
Restoration here usually starts from one of three inheritances: eucalyptus planted where oak woodland stood, land burned in one of the big fire years, or a hillside abandoned when the village emptied. Each needs a different intervention, and all of them need patience measured in decades.
MONTIS buys and restores native woodland around Vouzela. Faia Brava does long-term work in the Côa. ALMARGEM and Vita Nativa restore habitat in the Algarve, VERDE protects old-growth trees near Lousada, and Parque de Natureza de Noudar runs a restored estate on the Spanish border.
Planting days and monitoring work are practical ways to volunteer; project pages show where they happen. Related focuses: rewilding, tree planting and land stewardship and trusts; dated field days are on our events calendar.