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Portugal Ecosystem Services Remuneration Programme — Serra do Açor & Tejo Internacional

Portugal · Coimbra · See the Portugal profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 9% 67/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Portugal's national PES pilot (Resolução 121/2019): Fundo Ambiental pays 14 landowners €3.7M over 20 years to conserve 27,674 ha — Serra do Açor (1,190 ha) and Tejo Internacional NP (26,484 ha) — for carbon, water, biodiversity and wildfire susceptibility reduction.

14
Landowners paid
€3.7M over 20 yr
Payment commitment
27,674 ha
Area conserved
Portugal Ecosystem Services Remuneration Programme — Serra do Açor & Tejo Internacional

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Fundo Ambiental / ICNF (Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas)
Period
2019-present
Keywords
Mediterranean woodland, montado, carbon, wildfire, watershed, biodiversity

Context

Portugal's national PES pilot (Resolução do Conselho de Ministros 121/2019) uses the Fundo Ambiental to pay landowners for conserving ecosystems for carbon, water, biodiversity and wildfire-susceptibility reduction in Serra do Açor and Tejo Internacional Natural Park.

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