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Workshop: The Use of Fire and Pyrrhic Grazing – Green Infrastructures for Wildfire Risk Reduction
Registration for the Workshop “ The Use of Fire and Pyrrhic Grazing - Green Infrastructures for Wildfire Risk Reduction” are FREE, so places are limited to the maximum capacity of the Auditório da casa do Conhecimento de Paredes de Coura. Date: February 06, 2025 Time:...
Cross-border Congress on Green Infrastructures and Sustainability held in Paredes de Coura
Last week, the Paredes de Coura Cultural Center hosted the Cross-Border Congress on Green Infrastructure: the importance of nature in humanized areas, an event that brought together experts, local authorities and citizens interested in sustainable development and the...
The Xunta will invest about 200,000 € to improve the landscape values and resilience to climate change of the Miño river estuary.
The works will begin this autumn and are part of the European Green Gap project, led by Galicia, to promote green infrastructures in the cross-border area. Ángeles Vázquez explains that the actions will benefit the municipalities of Tomiño, A Guarda and O Rosal,...
Galicia and Portugal collaborate in the development of seven green infrastructure pilot projects in the Euroregion within the framework of the “Green Gap” project.
During the sixth coordination meeting of the initiative, held in Paredes de Coura, representatives of the Instituto de Estudos do Territorio presented the latest advances in the design of the future Plan transfronteirizo da paisaxe para o Baixo Miño. Galicia and...
Green Gap project present at Radio Fundação de Guimarães
Taking advantage of the space of the program “Ambientalmente falando”, the project coordinator, Sara Terroso, highlighted the 10 years of Laboratório da Paisagem and the value of their projects. In the talk, the architect explained a little more about Green Gap,...
Green Gap begins field studies
As part of the project “Green Gap: Renaturalization and Recovery of the Ribeira da Agrela”, in Guimarães, field studies were carried out in the last fortnight of April. The Agrela stream crosses three parishes over a length of approximately 9 kilometers. This stream,...
Galicia and Portugal are promoting a training action to train public personnel for the development of green infrastructure.
Galicia and Portugal are going to promote a training course for public personnel in the development of green infrastructures within the Poctep Green Gap project, presented today. During her speech, the second vice-president and conselleira of Environment, Ángeles...
The Xunta leads the Green Gap project, a fundamental step to promote green infrastructures in Galicia and the North of Portugal, involving the Local Administration.
Ángeles Vázquez stresses that green infrastructure is one of the main tools to ensure the preservation of biodiversity and to strengthen the resilience of territories in the face of climate change. The Green Gap initiative, which has a budget of more than €2.1...
Galicia and Portugal promote a training action for capacity building in the development of green infrastructure
Galicia and Portugal will promote a training action to train public personnel for the development of green infrastructure in the framework of the Poctep Green Gap project, in whose presentation day participated this Monday the second vice-president and conselleira of...
The Galician Institute of Territorial Studies presents the Green Gap project for the promotion of green infrastructures and for the restoration of biodiversity and landscape design in Galicia and Northern Portugal.
The presentation day will be held on Monday, December 18, at 10:15 a.m., at the Galician School of Public Administration in Santiago de Compostela. This European project is part of the Xunta de Galicia's commitment to promote the involvement of local administrations...
