ConnectNatura
ConnectNatura is a bird conservation project run by Palombar that protects necrophagous species such as vultures and eagles by improving hab…
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
Floradata
Floradata is a Porto-based environmental consultancy specialising in biodiversity, ecology, landscape, forestry and risk management, with 15…
NBI - Natural Business Intelligence
NBI – Natural Business Intelligence is a Portuguese consultancy specialised in biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital, helping…
Palombar
Founded in 2000, Palombar is a Portuguese environmental NGO based in Vimioso (Bragança) dedicated to conserving nature and rural heritage in…
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…
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…
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.