Awakened Forest Project
Awakened Forest Project is a reforestation and landscape restoration initiative in the Serra do Açor, working to transform former pine monoc…
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Schist villages, serra forests and some of the country's most hands-on regeneration work: MONTIS restoring native woodland, ecovillages like Quinta do Vale da Páscoa and Loura, carbon-negative building at Cânhamor, and revived places like Cerdeira in the Serra da Lousã. Central Portugal is where land is affordable and the work is visible.
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BLC3 – Campus de Tecnologia e Inovação
BLC3 is a non-profit research and innovation association based in Oliveira do Hospital, with hubs in Alfândega da Fé and Ourique, focused on…
Faixas Vivas
Faixas Vivas is a Portuguese movement of NGOs, companies and citizens pushing to reform fire-prevention rules so they preserve native vegeta…
Milvoz – Associação de Proteção e Conservação da Natureza
Milvoz is a nature conservation association based in Coimbra that manages a network of Bio-Reservas protecting native forest and biodiversit…
Associação NATIVA – Natureza, Invasoras e Valorização Ambiental
NATIVA is a Portuguese association based in Coimbra dedicated to fighting invasive species, especially the Asian hornet, through information…
SerQ – Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta
SerQ is a scientific and technological association based in Sertã that drives research, development and innovation for the forestry and wood…
BioLiving – Associação para a Conservação da Natureza
BioLiving is a Portuguese environmental NGO based in Albergaria-a-Velha, founded in 2016, working on ecological restoration, environmental e…
Bee Serra da Estrela
Bee Serra da Estrela is a regenerative project in Manteigas that combines syntropic agriculture, forest restoration and nature-based tourism…
Carvalhal (RH Florestal)
Carvalhal is a 220-hectare forest property near Penha Garcia, Idanha-a-Nova, managed by RH Florestal since 2019, combining cork oak, holm oa…
Reserva do Vale Velho
On a 100-hectare former farm in the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Reserva do Vale Velho combines organic farming, rewilding and archaeology…
Veredas da Estrela
Veredas da Estrela is a community association founded after the 2022 wildfires destroyed 25% of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. It works …
Idanha-à-Vida
Idanha-à-Vida is a large-scale ecological, social and cultural regeneration project covering 1,600 hectares around the historic village of I…
EcoAtivo
EcoAtivo is a nature protection and conservation association in Fundão that works to improve the relationship between people and the environ…
Associação Cabeço Santo
Associação Cabeço Santo is a Portuguese environmental NGO working to restore degraded landscapes on the western slopes of the Serra do Caram…
Faia Brava – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
Faia Brava - Associação de Conservação da Natureza is a Portuguese environmental NGO with more than 25 years of history, and a pioneer in th…
MONTIS – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
MONTIS is a Portuguese environmental NGO founded in 2014 and based in Vouzela, Viseu. It manages 313 hectares across 38 properties in centra…
Reflorestar Portugal
A non-profit NGO working on ecological regeneration, biodiverse reforestation and agroforestry across Portugal, helping communities restore …
Terra Agora
Fundação Terra Agora is a Portuguese public-interest foundation working on a land stewardship model in which donated land is permanently pro…
Eternal Forest
Eternal Forest is a long-term art and ecology project founded in 2018 by artist and poet Evgenia Emets, working towards a global network of …
Rewilding Portugal
Rewilding Portugal is a non-profit association working to make Portugal a wilder place by restoring ecosystems and wildlife corridors, with …