João Freitas

Montis hosted a BioBlitz on Lichens, Mosses and Mushrooms

A weekend full of biodiversity, citizen science and knowledge sharing. This is how we can describe the Bioblitzs project partner Montis organised on the 12th and 13th of November 2022 joined by 30 participants. On the 12th, we started the activity by analyzing a branch of dead wood that was on the ground in the vicinity …

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Montis hosts national meeting on private land conservation in Portugal

In November 2022, MONTIS organized the Colloquium “Nature Conservation on Private Land”, within the scope of the LIFE ENPLC project. With a total of 19 people, including participants and speakers, this event allowed everyone involved to get to know seven different nature conservation projects on private land.MONTIS represented the LIFE ENPLC project, presenting the work …

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Fireflies? A bioblitz in Malveira went on the hunt

Fireflies, these little enchanted beetles we all know from childhood, still fascinate us over and over again when they play their bioluminescence spectacle on an early summer night for a few weeks. Fireflies are distasteful to predators and warn them with their glowing ends. Making nature conservation a successful community effort MONTIS learned in the …

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