This area consists of a forest of about 5000 common eucalyptus (๐๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด) that can reach 14 metres in height. Here it is possible to find an understorey filled with native plants and a great diversity of mosses and lichens. For its potential, the LIFE BEETLES intends to reconvert this site into a native forest, helping to increase the quantity and quality of the natural habitat of the Terceira island’s endemic beetle, target species of the project: ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด.
This way, the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change proceed to the selective cutting of eucalyptus in the intervention area of the Algar do Carvรฃo eucalyptus forest, through a specialised team for this purpose, as foreseen in Action C2: Pilot works for increasing habitat connectivity for Trechus terrabravensis under a climate change context, of the LIFE BEETLES project.
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