Reforestation efforts to take place in Cachopo, Tavira

A new project has been launched with the goal of “restoring, recovering and reforesting” around 100 hectares of land in the Algarve’s Serra do Caldeirão mountains.

The project, entitled Plantar Montado, is being carried out by the Portuguese Nature Association (ANP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in partnership with Tavira Council and the Association of Forest Producers of Serra do Caldeirão.

The initiative will follow in the footsteps of Plantar Água, a similar project launched by ANP/WWF in 2019 which saw over 50,000 trees being planted in Serra do Caldeirão until 2022.

The goal this time around will be to recover or plant cork oak and evergreen oak trees in the parish of Cachopo (Tavira) in order to “guarantee the protection and rehabilitation of the soil, with a larger fixation of carbon and nutrients, the conservation of water lines and riparian woodland (a forested or wooded area of land adjacent to a body of water), and the recovery of ecosystems and natural habitats.”

The reforestation efforts will be carried out until March 2024.