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At nine in the morning on a Friday in October, more than 100 activists from the Flamingo association from Corroios and A Nossa Terra from Monchique met on the 902-metre-high peak of Foía in the Monchique mountains. They had brought around 1,000 young oak trees (carvalho canariensis) from their nursery with them. In the woods that had earlier been destroyed by forest fires, Luís Grade, the deputy mayor, had prepared four 15-hectare areas of forest with colleagues from the town council (see photo) where new trees were to be planted. The roots of the eucalyptus trees that dominate all other species had been dug up some days earlier. Then, in the course of the day, the mostly young citizens took part in the first campaign to introduce more indigenous and sustainable trees into the woods. It is planned to continue planting soon, during the winter.
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