Project-UP4REHAB – MORECoLAB – Montanhas de Investigação

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The UP4REHAB project – Landscape unit for the restoration of habitats of Algoso da Palombar was approved in October 2022 and is financed with almost 745 thousand euros by the European programme compete 2020 and REACT-EU initiative. Its main objective is to promote the restoration of clay beds and soil conservation.

The project UP4REHAB – Landscape Unit for the Restoration of Habitats of Algoso da Palombar – Nature and Rural Heritage Conservation was approved in October 2022 and is financed with almost 745 thousand euros by the European program COMPETE 2020 and REACT-initiativeEU, created as part of the European Union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in its component Support for climate transition – resilience of territories to risk.

The project has as partners the Association for the Study and Protection of Asinine Cattle (AEPGA), the Bragança Polytechnic Institute (IPB), the Center for Research in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO) of the University of Porto and the MORE – Collaborative Laboratory Mountains of Research.

Promoter: Palombar

Partners: AEPGA, IPB, CIBIO e MORE CoLAB

Territory: Nordeste Transmontano | Rede Natura 2000 | Reserva da Biosfera Transfronteiriça da Meseta Ibérica

The main objectives of this project are:

Promote the restoration of cork oak trees, through the conversion of eucalyptus to this habitat in the area affected;
Improve and conserve the soil of the model area to increase its resilience to climate change and fire risk by combating desertification, through reafforestation and actions that promote the increased fixation of carbon and nutrients in the soil to recover its ecological function;
Create the local Algoso Composting Base Station, in order to increase the organic matter in the soil and enhance its regeneration;
Ensure better and more effective sustainable management and conservation of the territory and its natural resources.

The intervention area of the project is located in the parish of Algoso, in the municipality of Vimioso (district of Bragança), in the Northeast Transmontano, and is integrated into the Special Conservation Zone and Special Protection Zone Rios Sabor e Maçãs of the Natura 2000 as well as in the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve of the Iberian Plateau.

The project will carry out the assessment and monitoring of the soil, habitats and biodiversity of the intervention area to promote the holistic restoration of the local ecosystem.

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