Saturday 17th August 2024. If a strip of land on the south coast of Portugal has been designated as a nature reserve, surely there should be no power on Earth …
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Monchique: Without water everything is NOTHING
Saturday 10th August 2024. In the southernmost mountains of Portugal, the groundwater is beginning to run out. Monchique’s springs and streams have already dried up. The situation has never before …
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The invaders are coming… Episode 3 by Uwe Heitkamp
Saturday 3rd August 2024. I imagine a friend of mine is celebrating his birthday and invites his 20 best friends to his birthday party. He prepares a cold buffet and …
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Acacias and mimosas are conquering Portugal. What does the ICNF have to say on the subject?
Saturday 27th July 2024. A pocketknife can be a friendly companion in the forest of Monchique. Monchique is a village in the mountain range of the same name in south-west …
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The Australian acacia conquers Portugal. The hopelessness of the ICNF’s efforts to rid forests of invasive tree species.
Saturday 20th July 2024. Do you have to love nature to be able to protect it? Or is it enough simply to calculate the value of a forest in economic …
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Saturday, the 13th of July 2024. It’s obvious that the Algarve and its inhabitants are faced with a serious problem. Until now, everyone had assumed that the supply of water …
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“Operation successful – patient dead…” Portugal’s ailing healthcare system
Saturday 6th July 2024. There are no limits to the imagination, are there? I can just envisage the first major European tour operator cancelling all trips to Portugal this year, …
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“This is everyone’s job” Continuation of last week’s interview
Saturday 22 June 2024. Continuation of last week’s interview: Eco123: There are still people who don’t care about their ecological footprint. LR: People who really don’t care at all… Eco123: …
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“This is everyone’s job”The first municipality in Portugal to develop a serious climate action plan.
Saturday, 15th june 2024. Portugal has 308 municipalities. One of them is the medium-sized city of Torres Vedras, located 54 kilometres to the north-west of Lisbon and covering an area …
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Saturday 8th june 2024. The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) is pleased to announce that Rui Borralho was appointed as Executive Director in May. Replacing the outgoing …
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