Makeover on the cards for Portugal’s cork forests
The future of many cork oak forests, identified by WWF as an international conservation priority, has been freshened up by the launch of a new partnership in Portugal between WWF and one of the world’s leading health and beauty specialists.
Sustainability to leave mark on wine
There is a unique opportunity in South Africa this week for the wine industry to engage with the conservation community and put sustainability on the global wine agenda.
Abandoning wine corks risks screwing up landscape in Portugal
Abandoning wine corks for screw tops and plastic substitutes is not only flying in the face of tradition, it is also damaging to the environment.
Future of cork oak forests hangs in the balance
According to a new WWF report, three-quarters of the western Mediterranean’s cork oak forests could be lost within ten years, threatening an economic and environmental crisis.
Cork Oak Landscapes threatened by EU funds
As the EU is shaping new funding regulations for the period 2007-2013, a new WWF report reveals how plans funded by the EU are actively damaging biodiversity. One clear example is cork oak areas in Portugal.
The Prospect for Payments for Environmental Services in Europe and the NIS
A 2-day workshop was organised in October by the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme in cooperation with the WWF Macroeconomic Policy for Sustainable Development Office in Washington, D.C. to examine the prospects for developing payments for environmental services in Europe and the Newly Independent States.
Preserving Portugal’s cork heritage for the next generation
This summer António Ferreira is harvesting the cork trees of his grandparents under a hot Iberian sun. Taking a break from the labour-intensive activity to survey his farm, which has been in his family for five generations, he is quickly reminded of the age-old adage of his ancestors – Eucalyptus trees are for us, pine trees for our children, and cork trees for our grandchildren. Find out more about forest fires and cork production in Portugal.
Fighting forest fires with cork in Portugal
WWF is restoring areas in Portugual destroyed by forest fires by planting fire-resistant cork oak trees.