On December 14th, the Life-Relict Project team organized an interpretative visit to the woodland of Portuguese Laurel in Cabeça, Seia county. The activity consisted of a pedestrian walk with about 3km in the surrounding of the Cabeça village and was part of the event program called Cabeça, Christmas village. For the 30 or so participants, …
During november, the Life-Relict project team has been developing communications at congresses and seminars, which are a integral part of the Project’s communication plan and fundamental to the conservation of nature in general and for the conservation of the Continental Laurissilva Relics in particular. It was in this sense that Life-Relict went to the LIFE …
Our partners in Seia made several field trips with pre-school and 1st cycle students in the Project’s intervention area, in Casal do Rei.
On September 11th, the Life-Relict Scientific Committee met for the second time and, over the course of 3 days, visited all intervention areas of the project. The main objective of this visit is based on the relevance of scientific monitoring, not only directed to concrete conservation actions, but also to the pertinence of specialized advice for the implementation of field management measures aimed at the conservation of the Continental Laurissilva relicts at long term.
As the little ones are the future … Life-Relict is also environmental education! These days, the students of Monchique have been able to learn more about the Rhododendron, a biological heritage that belongs to all of us, but is especially to them! Click on images to enlarge
The 2nd Technical workshop about “Valorization and Management of Mediterranean Rhododendron” took place on June 6th, 2019 in Vale Largo, Monchique. It was attended by the Mayor of Monchique and over 40 people that were interested in learning more about the communities of Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Baeticum. This day offered the opportunity to follow the …
The Life-Relict project raised awareness in the population of Orvalho village (Municipality of Oleiros) and its visitors, about the presence and importance of the Continetal Laurissilva in this location. Here is a refugee of an important nucleus of the Portuguese Laurel (Prunus lusitanica L.) that has survived the fires of recent years. In this event, the …
The 2nd Technical Workshop of the Life-Relict Project will be held in Monchique on June 6, 2019. The theme will be the Valorisation and Management of Mediterranean Rhododendron and will have the guidance of prof. Dr. Carlos Pinto Gomes and Drª Catarina Meireles from University of Évora. Click on the image to enlarge the poster …
The Life-Relict project and the Life PRIOLO project have been in contact since 2018, in order to solve common problems, such as those related to the propagation of native species. The physiognomic and ecological similarities between the Prunus lusitanica and the Prunus azorica led to the exchange of experiences between production methodologies of this species. …
On March 11th, the Life-Relict project promoted an open class about Continental Laurisilva, aimed to students of the University of Évora, but open to all interested parties. 22 students from four different courses were present: Landscape Architecture, Biology, Ecology and Environment and Forest Engineering. In this open class, which most intended to be an informal …
