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• Ecosystems

  Madeira marks Bat Night with ultrasound listening session

  Visitors to a Garajau viewpoint will hear bat sounds no human ear can normally pick up.

  26 August 2026MadeiraIFCN

• Ecosystems

  Portuguese scientist joins Arctic expedition on ocean carbon storage

  A Lisbon researcher is the sole Portuguese aboard a month-long voyage from Iceland to Svalbard tracking tiny plankton's role in carbon storage.

  26 August 2026

• Ecosystems

  SPEA says Portugal's nature restoration plan lacks ambition and funding clarity

  Bird conservation group SPEA says a €500 million-a-year plan may still fail to bring species back.

  25 August 2026SPEA

• Ecosystems

  Madeira's Forest Police force grows to 100 officers

  Thirty-six new recruits joined Madeira's forest police in what officials call the biggest reinforcement the force has ever seen.

  24 August 2026MadeiraIFCN

• Ecosystems

  Portugal reopens public consultation on Ovar, Leiria beach plans

  Storms at the start of 2026 forced Portugal to redraw beach plans it had only just finished consulting on.

  24 August 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  Quercus opposes renewal of Panasqueira mine's environmental licence

  A landslide six months ago suspended a water intake near the mine that has still not been reactivated.

  24 August 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  Rewilding Europe official praises Côa Valley business network

  A Rewilding Europe director explains why he sees Portugal's Côa Valley network as a model for the rest of Europe.

  24 August 2026CentroRewilding Portugal

• Ecosystems

  Pombal sets 18 September deadline for storm-damage forest aid

  Pombal landowners get a simplified path to storm aid, needing only photos, not invoices.

  23 August 2026CentroICNF

• Ecosystems

  Portugal's burnt area down fourfold so far in 2026

  Fires are up 14% this year, yet the area they consumed has shrunk to a quarter of last year's total.

  22 August 2026ICNF

• Ecosystems

  Nine environmental NGOs demand fixes to Portugal's nature restoration plan

  188 of the plan's 406 restoration measures have no defined area of application, nine NGOs warn.

  21 August 2026GEOTA

• Ecosystems

  Wolf conservation group discusses ecosystem role at Pinhel talk

  At Pinhel Castle, a conservationist explained how guard dogs fit into the picture alongside Portugal's largest predator.

  21 August 2026CentroGrupo Lobo

• Ecosystems

  Environmental campaign returns to Agroal river beach today

  The initiative that launched on the Nabão river a month ago now heads to two more river beaches.

  21 August 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  Quercus demands eucalyptus moratorium after major 2026 wildfires

  One fire in Vouzela this July burned as much land as half of Portugal's entire wildfire season so far.

  20 August 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  NGOs blame eucalyptus and El Niño for worsening wildfire risk

  One July wildfire alone accounted for half of Portugal's burnt area this year, environmental groups say.

  20 August 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  GEOTA calls for stricter policing at Castelo do Bode reservoir

  Swimmers complain of boats and jet skis edging dangerously close at a reservoir that supplies drinking water to much of the country.

  20 August 2026CentroGEOTA

• Ecosystems

  ZERO says coastal plan ignores river sediment loss at source

  Only 0.16% of a €1.4 billion coastal plan targets the river basins where sediment loss actually begins.

  19 August 2026ZERO

• Ecosystems

  River group demands binding targets in Portugal's nature restoration plan

  A river conservation group says Portugal wants to remove thousands of barriers while planning over €5 billion in new dams on the Tagus.

  19 August 2026CentroICNF

• Ecosystems

  Rewilding business network in Côa Valley grows to 64 firms

  Revenue generated through a network of nature-based businesses in the Côa Valley jumped 138% in a single year.

  19 August 2026CentroRewilding Portugal

• Ecosystems

  Loulé unveils guide to turn natural capital into investment

  Seven areas in Loulé, from 1,095 to 7,674 hectares, have been mapped for investment involving water firms, insurers and hotels.

  19 August 2026AlgarveNBI

• Ecosystems

  Century-old tulip tree in Vieira do Minho declared of public interest

  A tree in a Braga district garden now has a 25-metre protection zone around its base.

  19 August 2026NorteICNF

• Ecosystems

  ZERO says coastal plan ignores river-basin sediment loss

  Only 0.16% of a €1.4 billion coastal plan targets the rivers that supply sand to Portugal's beaches.

  19 August 2026ZERO

• Ecosystems

  Portugal's burnt area in 2026 a quarter of last year's

  Luís Montenegro points to a record firefighting deployment but flags a worrying new pattern in how fires are starting.

  18 August 2026

• Ecosystems

  Botanical society challenges impact approval for Comporta farming project

  Botanists say a key environmental study on groundwater risk was left out when officials cleared the project.

  18 August 2026AlentejoICNF

• Ecosystems

  Rehabilitated leatherback turtle tracked swimming to Canary Islands

  After 48 days of care, the rescued turtle swam more than 1,200km in just three weeks.

  18 August 2026AlgarveICNF

• Ecosystems

  13 black vulture chicks fitted with GPS trackers in Portugal

  Field teams braved early summer heatwaves to reach nests before the chicks grew too old to tag safely.

  18 August 2026AlentejoFaia Brava

• Ecosystems

  Nature group praises ICNF response to Volta cycling race

  An environmental group praised officials' handling of a cycling race through a protected forest, but still isn't satisfied.

  18 August 2026NorteLPN

• Ecosystems

  CAP to hold two events on EU wildfire risk report

  Farmers' confederation CAP is bringing a European wildfire report to Coimbra and Vila Real this September.

  17 August 2026Centro

• Ecosystems

  Six detained in Matosinhos over illegal hunting in protected area

  Weapons, licences and ammunition were seized when officers caught six men hunting where it is banned.

  17 August 2026Norte

• Ecosystems

  Melgaço opens tender to fight invasive species in Peneda-Gerês

  A ten-month contract worth roughly 300,000 euros targets one parish inside Portugal's only national park.

  17 August 2026Norte

• Ecosystems

  Mértola opens funding drive for water and ecosystem projects

  An Alentejo association is now guiding local groups through open funding lines for water and landscape projects near the Algarve border.

  17 August 2026AlentejoADPM