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As the UK's biggest environmental volunteering charity, our aim is to make the maximum contribution to the communities and places we work in and we always work with a local partner organisation. These are unique holidays in unique places. Working directly with the local people you'll have the chance to experience Portugal in a way no other holiday can offer. Living, laughing and working as a group, you're not only changing the world, you'll change your life.
Conservation and History in Portugal
Our work is helping local systems of sustainable production in conjunction with efforts of the park and local community. The haquea removal is a critical part of the project directly helping to maintain the semi-natural habitats characteristic of the area and preserving traditional grazing lands. Work on way-marking and trails is an important part of visitor management in the park ensuring that the area can be enjoyed with minimal disturbance to wildlife and the environment. Portugal is far more than the Algarve, and much of it's beauty lies hidden in the mountains. This holiday will bring you away from the usual tourist areas and attractions and contribute directly to the preservation of some of Europe's finest original landscape.
Coastal conservation in Portugal
Removal of the invasive species Acacia longifolia and Carpobrotus edulis is a critical part of the project directly helping to maintain the unusual and delicate natural habitat characteristics of the area and preserving the high biodiversity of the area. Both these species agressively compete with local native plants crowding them out and creating biodiversity deserts. Sand dunes are notoriously prone to erosion and disturbance meaning that removal by hand is the only viable method. 'Visitor management' in the park is equally important in ensuring that the area can be enjoyable and educational with minimal disturbance to wildlife and the environment.
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