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Country
Portugal
Protected area
Highest peak
Torre · 1,993 m
Partner team(s)
UC
About the site
Serra da Estrela reaches 1,993 m at Torre, the highest point of mainland Portugal. It is protected as a Natural Park and recognised as a UNESCO Global Geopark. Its granite plateaus, carved by Pleistocene glaciers, hold lagoons, peatlands and wet grasslands that are the headwaters of major rivers such as the Mondego and the Zêzere.
The mountain combines Atlantic and Mediterranean influences and a long tradition of transhumant sheep grazing. Wildfires, changes in grazing and growing tourism make it a key contrast to the drier Mediterranean sites of the project.
PRESINMED at Serra da Estrela
- Lead of WP1 activities with UGR: biodiversity of plants, arthropods and birds (T1.3)
- Herbivory and tourism pressure on wet meadows (T1.1, T1.2)
- Remote monitoring and essential variables (T1.5–T1.8)
- Irrigation and keystone-species restoration pilots (T2.2.1, T2.2.4)
The study plots, the Nature-based Solutions implemented and the local stakeholders involved will be described here as the project progresses.
Location
Tasks with this site’s teams
- T1.1 Impact of herbivory by domestic and wild ungulates under a drought scenario
- T1.2 Impact of tourism pressure under a drought scenario
- T1.3 Spatial and temporal analysis of biodiversity (plants, arthropods and birds)
- T1.4 Quantification of soil respiration
- T1.5 Remote monitoring of ecosystem variables
- T1.6 Identification of essential compositional, structural and functional variables and metrics
- T1.7 Characterisation of reference dynamics, spatial variability, trends and anomalies
- T1.8 Assessing conservation status of endemic and threatened species and habitats
- T2.1 Application of remote-sensing-derived variables and metrics to decision making and management
- T2.2.1 Irrigation systems reclamation
- T2.2.4 Active restoration of keystone species
- T3.1 Stakeholder engagement
- T3.3 Pasture production model
- T3.5 Local and international collaboration, participation, training and shared governance
Team at Serra da Estrela
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