Veredas da Estrela
Veredas da Estrela is a community association founded after the 2022 wildfires that devastated 25% of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, wor…
33 projects · 10 focuses
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
The projects giving land back to nature: Rewilding Portugal in the north-east, MONTIS restoring hillsides near Vouzela, ALMARGEM defending the Algarve's natural heritage, and the Biggest Mini Forest movement planting food forests across the country. Rewilding, agroforestry and the montado at the centre.
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
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…
Palombar
Founded in 2000, Palombar is a Portuguese environmental NGO based in Vimioso (Bragança) dedicated to conserving nature and rural heritage in…
Agroflorestal Lameira
Agroflorestal Lameira is an agroforestry initiative based in Samões, Portugal, focused on integrating trees and crops for sustainable land m…
Pangea Trust
Pangea Trust is transforming a thousand-acre estate in Alentejo into Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary. The project provides a n…
Viveiro Campesino
Viveiro Campesino is a small family-run nursery near Marvão, Portugal, producing reforestation, fruit and medicinal plants using regenerativ…
Parque de Natureza de Noudar
Parque de Natureza de Noudar is a 151-hectare conservation and nature tourism project near Barrancos, created by EDIA as an environmental of…
Mud Valley Institute
Mud Valley Institute is a nonprofit regenerative education and action organisation based near Lagos, Portugal, working to combat desertifica…
AIMM – Marine Environment Research Association
AIMM – Marine Environment Research Association is a Portuguese non-profit NGO founded in 2010 and based in the Algarve, dedicated to the sci…
Amigos dos Açores – Associação Ecológica
Amigos dos Açores – Associação Ecológica is a nature conservation NGO based in São Miguel, Azores, dedicated to protecting the region's natu…
Ocean Azores Foundation
Ocean Azores Foundation is a São Miguel-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Azores' ocean environment and cetacean populations. Foun…
A Rocha Portugal
A Rocha Portugal is a Christian environmental NGO founded in 1983, based at the Cruzinha field study centre and bird observatory in the Alga…
Plantar uma Árvore
Plantar uma Árvore is a Portuguese environmental NGO dedicated to native forest conservation and ecological restoration through volunteer-dr…
FAPAS – Associação Portuguesa para a Conservação da Biodiversidade
FAPAS is a long-standing Portuguese NGO dedicated to biodiversity conservation, managing protected natural areas and running educational and…
Quercus – Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza
Quercus is Portugal's largest independent environmental NGO, founded in 1985, dedicated to nature conservation and environmental defence nat…
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 …
Associação Vita Nativa
Associação Vita Nativa is a Portuguese non-profit founded in 2018 in the Ria Formosa region, dedicated to environmental conservation through…
VERDE - Associação para a Conservação Integrada da Natureza
VERDE is a Portuguese nature conservation association based in Lousada that protects old-growth trees, supports biodiversity, and offers car…
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…
Ria Formosa Wetland Protection
The Ria Formosa Natural Park is a protected coastal wetland stretching 60 kilometres along the Algarve, sheltering exceptional biodiversity …
MONTIS – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
MONTIS is a Portuguese environmental NGO founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vouzela, Viseu, that manages 313 hectares across 38 properties…
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 center located in Olhão, within the Ria Formosa Natural Park, dedicated to rescuing and reha…
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…