Quinta-Nova, L., Gomes, P., Almeida, C.M., Santos, D., 2021. A proposed biodiversity observatory in the context of governance change for the Natural Park of Tejo Internacional. III International Congress on Sustainable Development, Landscape Planning and Territorial Governance. Portalegre. Comunicação oral.
Title
A proposed biodiversity observatory in the context of governance change for the Natural Park of Tejo Internacional
Subject
Biodiversity Tejo Internacional Land management
Relation
This work is funded by National Funds through the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project UIDB/00681/2020.
Date
2021-11-29T14:49:06Z 2021-11-29T14:49:06Z 2021
Description
Straddling the frontiers of two neighboring countries around the Tagus River, Portugal and Spain, the Tejo Internacional Natural Park extends over an area of 26,484 hectares in the district of Castelo Branco, Portugal.
The pilot project for collaborative management of the Natural Park of Tejo Internacional, beginning in 2017, is an initiative of the Portuguese Ministry of Environment and Energy Transition, which consists on a participatory and collaborative form of management of a protected area, involving the three municipalities of the area (Castelo Branco, Idanha-a-Nova and Vila Velha de Ródão), ICNF, Quercus, the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco and the Business Association of Beira Baixa, with a total of seven partners. To monitor the new governance model effects on land use and on biodiversity, is important to identify the relation between land management options and the state of the environment indicators. In this study we analyze the past trends and the current state of the Natural Park of Tejo Internacional in terms of protected species and habitats, and we propose a set of indicators to monitor the possible impact of governance change in the natural values. N/A
