The project will be conducted in the geographical area of the municipality of Tavira, Algarve.

Tavira is a municipality with 607 km2 (INE, 2004) and it is divided into nine administrative regions: Cachopo, Santa Catarina Fonte Bispo, Santa Maria, Conceição, Santa Maria, Santiago, Luz, Santa Luzia and Cabanas having a large number of villages with reduced human occupation.

The forest is one of the greatest symbols of nature existing in the municipality providing a diverse range of products and services with environmental, social and economic development value.

These products are strategic priority for the county. It can be mentioned: the cork production, olive oil production, the hunting activities, the harvesting of mushrooms, leisure activities, not underestimating the indirect resources such as: carbon sequestration, water quality, soil and enrichment of the landscape.

JavaScript must be enabled in order for you to use Google Maps.
However, it seems JavaScript is either disabled or not supported by your browser.
To view Google Maps, enable JavaScript by changing your browser options, and then try again.