Quinta Dos Murças, Wine, Tourism and Sustainability
Located in Peso da Régua, district of Vila Real, Quinta dos Murças is an example of environmental preservation, in Alto Douro Vinhateiro. It was well known due to the production of Port Wine and, since it was bought by “Esporão Group”, in 2008, it began producing also wines, in Biological and Integrated Agriculture.
Odete Melo
Pollinators, the queens of life
Everyone knows that if there is an essential living being to the human race, this being is the bee. Bees, like the bumblebee in the photography (Bombus), perform pollination, transporting the pollen between the plants. It is known that 2% of the bees in the world are responsible for pollinating 80% of the plantations on a global scale. For this reason, bees support life on Earth as we know it. Bee populations are declining. This is due to several reasons, such as: intensive agriculture, pesticide use, pollution, the introduction of invasive species, diseases and climate change.
Manuel João Ribeiro Nunes dos Santos Farias
Troca e renova a Aldeia Circular
Vinte seis elementos de associações parcerias e alunos voluntários conheceram o projeto Aldeia Circular, promovido pela União de Freguesias de Seide . Colaboram com um centro comunitário de compostagem, com horta biológica pedagógica associada. A iniciativa ocorreu em Seide, pertencente ao município de Vila Nova de Famalicão. Esta foi a 3ª, e última ação de voluntariado ambiental local, que decorreu no âmbito da iniciativa Mais Voluntariado Jovem, promovido pela YUPI, EDUPA e Associação Famalicão em Transição, com a parceria de várias entidades, nas quais se inclui a, Agrupamento de Escolas D.Sanho I, Didáxis de Riba D’Ave, Agrupamento de Escolas de Pedome e OFICINA.
Bruno De Sousa
Wasp Velutina: A Lost Battle?
In 2019 in the northern area of Portugal (not only in Portugal) the situation of the Velutian wasps is uncontrolled, creating pressure on biodiversity and to its ecosystems and According to one of the responsible for the creation of the SOS VESPAS platform the battle fought to contain the advance of the Velutina wasps lacks awareness on the part of the political power. The Vespa Vellutina is a major predator of bees and questioning the economic viability of beekeeping as well as the pollination of the flowers that sustain agriculture, is an alarming issue for all of us.
Luís Martins
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