In Portugal, EDP and MONTIS planted 168 oak trees.
In the Soalheira property, in Pampilhosa da Serra, EDP and MONTIS joined efforts and, with the support of 23 volunteers, planted 168 oak trees and prepared land to facilitate the installation and development of native vegetation.
EDP and MONTIS join efforts for native vegetation in Pampilhosa da Serra
On November 25, 2022, EDP and MONTIS - Nature Conservation Association, carried out an ecological valuation action, with the support of volunteers, at the Soalheira property, in Souto do Brejo.
As part of the collaboration protocol signed between the two entities, this initiative aimed to strengthen the natural processes to enhance renaturalization and increase biodiversity.
The partnership between EDP and MONTIS
In late 2020, MONTIS - a Portuguese non-profit Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) - and EDP signed a collaboration protocol, with the following objectives over three years:
1. Finance management activities in the areas managed by MONTIS in Pampilhosa da Serra;
2. Put into practice a set of work to characterize and identify management opportunities in EDP’s fuel management strips in Pampilhosa da Serra;
This collaboration arose from EDP’s desire to seek alternative ways to manage its fuel management strips, with solutions based on natural processes that, in addition to reducing the associated costs, increase biodiversity in these areas.
With this partnership, MONTIS has accessed direct financing for the management of its land and has also had an opportunity to find new land and new management opportunities that may, in the future, enable the expansion of the area managed in Pampilhosa da Serra.
For its part, EDP had the opportunity to find more efficient management solutions for its fuel management strips.
At the Soalheira property in Pampilhosa da Serra, efforts have been made to manage erosive processes, through natural engineering in drainage lines, for the accumulation of sediments and organic matter. The goal is to facilitate the installation and development of native vegetation in these areas.
Main results
From the 161 volunteer hours, carried out by 23 volunteers, resulted:
- Bush cutting (60 meters of an open path to access the property);
- Construction of 15 natural engineering structures for sediment accumulation (equivalent to 50 meters);
- Planting of 168 oak trees (Quercus robur).
