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Our own articles and interviews, and our summaries of what the Portuguese press reported on sustainability. The Pulse is the daily edition; this is the lasting entrance — every story on its own page.

What was reported

Ecosystems
ICNF offers payments to hunting zones for culling extra wild boar
The payment is not for every boar shot, only for those above each zone's own recent average, a threshold meant to push hunters beyond their usual numbers.
ICNF
Ecosystems
Paredes de Coura hosts session on living alongside wolves on 20 October
A local platform is turning months of earlier discussions into a single afternoon of practical thinking about sharing the land with wolves.
Norte
Ecosystems
Forestry institute attends National Forest Congress in Coimbra
Portugal's forestry authority joins hundreds of experts gathering in Coimbra this week.
CentroIFCN
Ecosystems
Bussaco forest given "therapeutic forest" status
A European Parliament group with dozens of MEPs helped secure a new status for this centuries-old Portuguese forest.
CentroMata Nacional do Bussaco
Ecosystems
Madeira to switch off lights for one night to save seabird
For one night, parts of Madeira will go dark to help a rare seabird find its way to the ocean.
Madeira
Ecosystems
Ocean heat hits new record, scientists warn of shift
A report on record ocean heat could not be accessed, leaving key details unconfirmed.
Coopérnico
Ecosystems
Caminha council receives new tractor for land management
The handover took place not in Caminha itself, but at a ceremony in Amares.
NorteICNF
Ecosystems
ICNF proposes expanding Aire and Candeeiros nature park
Portugal's nature conservation institute wants to redraw the boundaries of a protected limestone massif park.
CentroICNF
Ecosystems
PAN party condemns official approval of deer cull in Bragança
A chestnut-growing dispute in Bragança has put deer culling back on Portugal's political agenda.
NorteICNF