This area consists of a forest of about 5000 common eucalyptus (𝘌𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴) 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: 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴.
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 Carvão 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.
