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…
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
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…
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…
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.