SCI Peneda-Gerês.
The SCI Peneda-Gerês is located on a mountain region, with heights ranging from above the 700 m to the 1500 m in Nevosa, on the Ser...
Taxus baccta Woods.
These woods are tree formations, dominated by the Common Yew (Taxus baccata), usually subordinated to other species or existing i...
SCI Serra da Estrela.
On the SCI we can find the highest place in Continental Portugal and an important part of three of the main Portuguese river ba...
The project.
The project LIFE TAXUS, with the contribution of LIFE+ financial instruments of European Community, intends to contribute to the restora...
Aim of the project.
The main objective is to contribute to the restoration of this priority habitat, yew thickets [9580 *Mediterranean Taxus baccata ...
Actions.
Actions being carried out throughout the project include the improvement of the Yew thickets conservation status, the increase of the habita...
The LIFE Program will mark its 25th anniversary on 21 May 2017 and the Portuguese Environment Agency, as the National Contact Point, invited all Portuguese LIFE projects to participate in this celebration. The Life Taxus project joins the celebrations of the 25 years of the LIFE Program, with a post-LIFE activity in the Vale do Zêzere - Manteigas, on May 22, 2017. The activity consists of a symbolic plantation / retancha in one of the project areas for the increment of the yew grove. This will be attended by the ICNF, the Sapadores Florestais of São Pedro and the Municipal…
