The Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change, through the LIFE BEETLES project’s team, welcomed a group of students of the Karlsruhe University of Education and promoted a field trip and environmental volunteering action to making them aware of and involving them in the conservation works developed in the Region.
The activity consisted in an interpretive visit to the Mistério da Prainha Intervention Area, where were presented the project’s goals, the principal native flora species and how it is made the monitoring work of the insect species and assessed the Index of Biotic Integrity of the 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵 concerned.
It was followed by an environmental volunteering action in the Lagoa do Caiado Intervention Area, where the renaturalisation of a former pastureland is in progress.
In total, 280 endemic plants were planted, such as Juniper (𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢), Azores Blueberry (𝘝𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘮) and 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘪. Previous planting was also maintained, controlling the advance of weeds and replanting canes to support the planting.
The Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change thanks all the participants and is committed to promoting active citizenship through its environmental education and awareness programmes inserted in the LIFE projects taking place in the Region.
