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…
Rewilding
Rewilding Portugal is restoring wild corridors in the Greater Côa Valley, while smaller projects let nature take the lead on abandoned land. Portugal's emptiness is its opportunity.
Projects in this focus
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,…
Mediterranean Gardening Association Portugal (MGAP)
MGAP is a not-for-profit educational association that works to promote Mediterranean gardening, drought-resilient landscaping and the conser…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Rewilding in Portugal
Rewilding starts from a fact most countries do not have: the Portuguese interior is emptying. Villages that held hundreds now hold dozens, and the fields around them are going back to scrub on their own. Rewilding is the decision to steer that instead of fighting it, restoring grazing herbivores, water and connectivity, then stepping back.
Rewilding Portugal works in the Greater Côa Valley, building a wildlife corridor between the Malcata range and the Douro. Smaller projects do the same thing on a single abandoned property.
Wolf, Iberian lynx, vulture and wild horse all figure in this work, which makes it slow and politically delicate, most of the land is private and grazed. Several organisations take volunteers and run field visits. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar. Related focuses: habitat restoration, land stewardship and tree planting.