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• Ecosystems

  ZERO says new Aljustrel copper mine should be rejected

  ZERO says the mine's waste storage could run out years before the project even finishes operating.

  3 September 2026AlentejoZERO

• Ecosystems

  Madeira's rare seabird population stable a year after wildfire threat

  Five juvenile seabirds were pulled from their nests as flames closed in on Madeira's mountains last August.

  3 September 2026MadeiraIFCN

• Ecosystems

  Foundation warns Portugal's nature restoration plan needs long-term guardians

  A foundation testing land custody models in Idanha-a-Nova says restored ecosystems risk returning to square one without it.

  3 September 2026Terra Agora

• Ecosystems

  Portugal's non-native marine species inventory updated to 231

  Five previously unrecorded species turned up near a single Portuguese port during routine monitoring.

  3 September 2026AlentejoICNF

• Ecosystems

  ZERO opposes new Aljustrel copper mine over transport and waste

  An environmental group says a 250-million-euro copper mine could exhaust its waste storage capacity within years of opening.

  2 September 2026AlentejoZERO

• Ecosystems

  Loulé holds public sessions on four protected areas' management plans

  Four days of meetings across five Algarve villages will shape the future of the region's protected landscapes.

  2 September 2026Algarve

• Ecosystems

  Volunteers collect one tonne of waste in Esposende woodland

  Thirty volunteers spent a Saturday clearing illegal dumping from a wetland rich in lagoons and pilgrim paths.

  2 September 2026NorteICNF

• Ecosystems

  ZERO says Aljustrel copper mine study should be rejected

  A green group says the mine's own numbers show its waste site running out of room 13 years before extraction ends.

  2 September 2026AlentejoZERO

• Ecosystems

  ZERO opposes new Aljustrel copper mine, demands rejection

  Environmentalists say a €250 million mining project never even considered sending ore to port by train.

  2 September 2026AlentejoZERO

• Ecosystems

  Quercus opposes kaolin mining project in Peniche

  An environmental group wants a mining concession blocked over risks to water, air and 471 cork oaks near Peniche.

  1 September 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  Bathing water quality in mainland Portugal worsens in 2026, says ZERO

  Closures due to microbiological contamination more than doubled in July compared with the same month last year.

  1 September 2026ZERO

• Ecosystems

  ZERO reports sharp rise in Portugal's bathing water restrictions

  Interdictions linked to contamination more than doubled in a single year, mostly in July.

  1 September 2026ZERO

• Ecosystems

  Portugal among first EU states to submit nature restoration plan

  The plan packs 386 measures into a single document, from mountain fire zones to urban rivers and pollinators.

  1 September 2026ICNF

• Ecosystems

  Century-old protected pine tree falls in Setúbal

  Nine cars were crushed when the tree's roots gave way in a Setúbal neighbourhood.

  1 September 2026LisbonICNF

• Ecosystems

  Quercus says Covilhã council plans to fell 1,400 cork oaks

  The plan would also mean expropriating 10 homes, even as half the existing industrial park's plots sit empty.

  1 September 2026CentroICNF

• Ecosystems

  Portugal uses land-surface right to permanently protect land for rewilding

  A legal tool once used for construction and farming has been repurposed to bind land to nature restoration forever.

  31 August 2026CentroRewilding Portugal

• Ecosystems

  ADN Madeira demands enforcement of Fanal's 3,000-visitor cap

  A political party wants to know exactly how many people crowded into Fanal on 28 August.

  29 August 2026MadeiraIFCN

• Ecosystems

  Hundreds protest in Setúbal against bid to privatise Arrábida beaches

  Beach towels and parasols turned a Setúbal square into a symbolic protest against a landowner's court bid.

  29 August 2026Lisbon

• Ecosystems

  COP17 ends without drought deal; ZERO urges Portugal to act now

  A small group of countries, the US among them, blocked a global drought framework for the second year running.

  29 August 2026ZERO

• Ecosystems

  Portugal submits nature restoration plan with 386 measures to EU

  Only two other EU countries have reached this stage, and Brussels now has six months to respond.

  28 August 2026ICNF

• Ecosystems

  Rehabilitated leatherback turtle case published as scientific study

  A 300-kilogram turtle rescued off the Algarve is now guiding the rehabilitation of another animal at the same centre.

  28 August 2026AlgarveICNF

• Ecosystems

  Portugal launches survey on public perceptions of its forests

  A ten-minute questionnaire aims to reveal how ordinary people actually see Portugal's forests.

  28 August 2026

• Ecosystems

  Soure awards contract to clean Arunca river after storm damage

  A Portuguese council has hired a firm to clear tonnes of wood left behind by a January storm on the Arunca river.

  27 August 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  Setúbal square to become mock 'beach' against Arrábida privatisation bid

  Organisers are calling on residents to bring towels, umbrellas and inflatables to Setúbal's main square.

  27 August 2026LisbonQuinta da Comenda

• Ecosystems

  56 black vulture chicks now tracked by GPS in Portugal

  Field teams spent months tracking nests before fitting trackers on vulture chicks aged just 80 to 90 days.

  27 August 2026LPN

• Ecosystems

  Oleander hawk-moth confirmed in Portugal for the first time

  Five sightings over a decade, one nest of pupae found under a chewed-up oleander bush in Montijo.

  27 August 2026LisbonTAGIS

• Ecosystems

  Deer damage over 100 chestnut trees in Bragança village

  Farmers say they warned authorities months ago, yet the ICNF authorised the culling of just one deer.

  27 August 2026NorteICNF

• Ecosystems

  Portugal trout hatchery rewilds fish before river release

  Genetic studies found almost none of the trout released into Portuguese rivers survived to adulthood.

  27 August 2026CentroICNF

• Ecosystems

  Man dies after wild boar collision causes fatal crash in Cuba, Alentejo

  A father burned to death after his car hit a wild boar and caught fire on an Alentejo road.

  27 August 2026AlentejoICNF

• Ecosystems

  PS urges Albuquerque to back its grazing plan for Madeira's hills

  A Madeira opposition party says it has a ready-made fix for wildfire prevention — and dares the government to finally use it.

  26 August 2026Madeira