Opinion piece calls for landscape-based approach to forests
In an opinion article, landscape architect Miguel Jerónimo, coordinator of GEOTA's Renature projects, argues that Portugal's forest problems cannot be solved through forestry policy alone. He contends that fires, water scarcity, biodiversity loss and low agricultural productivity all stem from fragmented, sector-based management of land that ignores how landscapes function as integrated systems. Rather than adding new strategies or programmes, he calls for policies on agriculture, water, nature conservation and spatial planning to converge around a shared vision of landscape as one interdependent whole.
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