]> 2026-04-07T12:42:59+00:00 Case study:TerraSeixe 500 en Approved GEOTA 11 partners: Câmara Municipal de Aljezur  Câmara Municipal de Monchique  Câmara Municipal de Odemira  Junta de Freguesia de Odeceixe  Associação Vicentina  ICNF-DCN Algarve  APA-ARH Algarve  Universidade do Algarve – Centro de Estudos em Património Paisagem e Construção  Universidade de Évora - Polo de Évora do Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO)  Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS) - Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa - Grupo de Investigação Ambiente Território e Sociedade e Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia ERDF (70%); Municipalities (30%) Yes No Yes false Z.png X.png Y.png Location of the Seixe river catchment basin and biodiversity indicators Seixe river No Important Bird Area and National Network of Protected Areas 37.48472206142,-8.727889227626 GEOTA Miguel GEOTA Jeronimo definition and implementation of good management practices that ensure the conservation of biodiversity and the restoration of ecosystems in the context of emerging global change ,, ,definition and implementation of good management practices that ensure the conservation of biodiversity and the restoration of ecosystems in the context of emerging global change,Set up a support center for environmental education, ecotourism, research and scientific tourism at international level, contributing to rural development and the promotion of the local economy,create a climate refuge as an experimental and demonstrative area of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures 25033 11 partners: Câmara Municipal de Aljezur, Câmara Municipal de Monchique, Câmara Municipal de Odemira, Junta de Freguesia de Odeceixe, Associação Vicentina, ICNF-DCN Algarve, APA-ARH Algarve, Universidade do Algarve – Centro de Estudos em Património, Paisagem e Construção, Universidade de Évora - Polo de Évora do Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS) - Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa - Grupo de Investigação Ambiente, Território e Sociedade e Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Tierra Seixe 2019-02-28Z 2458542.5 Logo-large-header.png 2017-12-04Z 2458091.5 In progress Green infrastructures (GI) are fundamental for territorial development. The Seixe river catchment basin (BHRS) is a microclimatic refuge with biogeographic characteristics , in particular fauna and flora with protection status. The aim of the project is to define GI and good management practices that are fundamental for ecological restoration and connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the promotion of nature tourism, based on climate change adaptation. In 2004, the Cordão Verde project in the south of Portugal defined the main ecological corridors that would ensure the ecological connectivity between the Alentejo coast and the Guadiana river valley, identifying the Monchique mountain and BHRS as the main hotspot in southern Portugal for biodiversity conservation. The combination of geographical and orographic characteristics created conditions for the existence of a microclimate refuge where some species typical of landscapes common at the end of the Tertiary period still persist, although today they are almost nonexistent in mainland Portugal. One of the representative species of these landscapes is the Quercus canariensis (Monchique oak). This species, together with other endemic flora and fauna of the region, gives a unique value to the native forests of this basin. This is formally recognized by the integration of almost 90% of this territory into the Natura 2000 Network, Important Bird Area (IBA) and the National Network of Protected Areas. The project is being developed as a transdisciplinary pilot project in the area of biodiversity conservation, land use and climate change. In particular, it focueses the protection and conservation of species of restricted distribution, such as endemic species, and the need to organize and manage this territory to make it more resilient to climate change, in which southern Portugal is particularly vulnerable. The overall objectives are: (i) definition and implementation of good management practices that ensure the conservation of biodiversity and the restoration of ecosystems in the context of emerging global change; (ii) create a climate refuge as an experimental and demonstrative area of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures; (iii) set up a support center for environmental education, ecotourism, research and scientific tourism at international level, contributing to rural development and the promotion of the local economy. TerraSeixe terraseixe http://www.terraseixe.org/localizacao/#/en/introduction/ Yes Seixe river Sado and Mira Seixe seixe Seixe river seixe river Set up a support center for environmental education ecotourism research and scientific tourism at international level contributing to rural development and the promotion of the local economy Quercus canariensis (Monchique oak) Sado and Mira - Seixe Economic aspects Habitat and biodiversity Land use management - forestry 75000 5000 - 10000 k€ create a climate refuge as an experimental and demonstrative area of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures 2019-10-25T10:43:04Z 2458781.9465741 2020-02-25T11:19:03Z 2458904.9715625 TerraSeixe 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!TerraSeixe]] [[Subcatchment title::Sado and Mira - Seixe]] TerraSeixe# QUERY7be65fd553889efc4fe93ec67f4a68b6