https:\/\/www.renaturemonchique.org\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9 um projeto liderado pelo Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Territ\u00f3rio e Ambiente (GEOTA), uma associa\u00e7\u00e3o de defesa do ambiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[blockquote text=\"Whenever invasive specie are detected, it is very important to perform an early intervention, with the appropriate techniques and timings, in order to contain their expansion.\" author=\"according to Pedro Serafim\"]\n\n\n\n
\u201cDepois do inc\u00eandio de 2018 em Monchique, que atingiu de forma bastante intensa a propriedade da Altri Florestal nessa localidade, o GEOTA lan\u00e7ou o desafio para restaurar a \u00e1rea. \u201cEssa propriedade j\u00e1 estava identificada no nosso patrim\u00f3nio como um hotspot de biodiversidade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Est\u00e1 classificada como tendo alto valor de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e foi muito atingida pelo inc\u00eandio\u201d, conta Pedro Serafim. \u00c9 uma \u00e1rea que se est\u00e1 a regenerar, mas s\u00e3o necess\u00e1rias a\u00e7\u00f5es de engenharia natural para recuperar as encostas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
V\u00e3o ser removidas algumas \u00e1reas que tinham eucalipto na cabeceira da linha de \u00e1gua e promover toda a vegeta\u00e7\u00e3o rip\u00edcola e ribeirinha que ali se encontra, como, por exemplo, a adelfeira (Rhododendron ponticum), uma esp\u00e9cie muito rara que \u00e9 considerada uma rel\u00edquia da flora da serra de Monchique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[image format=\"img-header-large\" id=\"3796\"]\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u00c9 um local muito relevante para promover a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o de uma esp\u00e9cie amea\u00e7ada e que \u00e9, de longe, o carvalho mais amea\u00e7ado do Pa\u00eds: o carvalho-de-Monchique.\u201d Por esse motivo \u00e9 importante o trabalho de produ\u00e7\u00e3o do Quercus canariensis nos Viveiros do Furadouro para depois levar as plantas para a serra de Monchique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O projeto de refloresta\u00e7\u00e3o j\u00e1 se iniciou na propriedade da Altri Florestal, mas, num futuro pr\u00f3ximo, as plantas ser\u00e3o cedidas a outras institui\u00e7\u00f5es que queiram fazer restauro na \u00e1rea mais atingida pelo fogo de 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Projeto Renature Monchique<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nA Altri Florestal assinou em 2019 um protocolo com o GEOTA (Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Territ\u00f3rio e Ambiente) no \u00e2mbito do projeto Renature Monchique, onde assumiu o compromisso de trabalhar em parceria com o objetivo de restaurar os ecossistemas da Rede Natura 2000 no concelho de Monchique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Este territ\u00f3rio foi afetado pelo maior inc\u00eandio na Europa em 2018, que atingiu a propriedade Barranco do Corgo, \u00e1rea classificada como Alto Valor de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e sob gest\u00e3o da Altri Florestal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a\u00e7\u00f5es de restauro ecol\u00f3gico incidem sobre a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o dos habitats de medronhal, sobreiral e carvalhal e, particularmente, na recupera\u00e7\u00e3o e prote\u00e7\u00e3o das forma\u00e7\u00f5es raras de Adelfeiras \u2013 Rhododendron ponticum.<\/p>\n","_pt_post_name":"conservar-e-restaurar-os-ecossistemas","_pt_post_excerpt":"As principais amea\u00e7as \u00e0s \u00e1reas de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o s\u00e3o os inc\u00eandios florestais e a presen\u00e7a de invasoras lenhosas. ","_pt_post_title":"Conservar e restaurar os ecossistemas","_en_post_content":"\n
[lead]The main threats to conservation areas are forest fires and the presence of invasive woody species. The best way of protecting conservation areas is to ensure good management of spaces used for forest production.[\/lead]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Parque Natural de S\u00e3o Mamede, the serra de Monchique mountain, the serra do Caramulo mountain, and the areas of Arouca and G\u00f3is, are all areas where Altri Florestal has significant amounts of land and where there are very relevant conservation areas which sometimes require more robust intervention and restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These areas of high conservation value will host projects with careful restoration sized in accordance with the landscape, which will mitigate specific threats to the habitats and species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actions will include controlling and eradicating invasive plants, and promoting threatened indigenous species whose conservation is very important, such as forest birds of prey and the Algerian oak. The main threat to conservation areas is forest fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[image format=\"img-header-large\" id=\"3793\"]\n\n\n\n
This is why the good management of forest production areas is also the best way of protecting conservation areas. The eradication of invasive species is the main pillar of action of one of the operational goals. If acacias, for example, are present, they end up disturbing the natural habitats, and we have to intervene to remove them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pedro Serafim, Altri Florestal\u2019s head of Biodiversity and Forest Certification, tells us that \u201cWe have had some success. It\u2019s an ongoing job, it\u2019s not something we can achieve quickly.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He goes on to explain that in order to eradicate an invasive species in a certain location, work has to be done prior to starting the task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The natural value of the location has to be analysed first, to realise whether the cost of this intervention is beneficial. If the analysis reveals that it is, given the natural value of the area, then a medium to long-term plan of intervention is drawn up, because if work is scaled back at a certain time then things will quickly unravel and the conditions achieved by the previous interventions will deteriorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[blockquote text=\"Whenever invasive specie are detected, it is very important to perform an early intervention, with the appropriate techniques and timings, in order to contain their expansion.\" author=\"according to Pedro Serafim\"]\n\n\n\n
He claims it is possible to eradicate an invasive species, but it requires continuous effort. Work must not stop. There are many methods which can be applied, and Altri Florestal works with various different institutions to test the different restoration and eradication techniques, such as the Instituto Superior de Agronomia and other research colleges and local environmental organisations which support these efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of the landscape, these small restoration efforts are extremely important for biodiversity, but \u201cit needs to be a much broader project so that we can act more effectively in terms of the landscape\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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