Project — www.renature.co/projects/quinta-das-abelhas-portugal
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Climate Resilience and Adaptation (SDG 13.1) |
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Nature-Based Solutions |
| Progress to Date: | NA Increase climate resilience |
| Services Needed: | Other |
| Desired Partner: | Business |
| Language: | English |
| Start & End Dates: | Jan. 2019 » Ongoing |
| Project Website: | www.renature.co/projects/quinta-das-abelhas-portugal |
| Contextual Condition(s): | PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation |
| Additional Benefits: | Raised awareness of challenges among water users |
| Beneficiaries: | Manufacturers |
| Planning & Implementation Time: | More than 3 years |
| Primary Funding Source: | corporate |
| Project Source: | Admin |
| Profile Completion: | 82% |
Quinta das Abelhas (ÔA farm for the BeesÕ) is a learning and research project to develop, test, and study complex Agroforestry systems in the Portuguese Alentejo, with the focus on techniques taught by renegade farmer Ernst Gtsch (Syntropic Farming). This project has been started and implemented in December 2019 out of the initiative of Marc Leiber / GrowBack, student of Gtsch for more than three years. The project is supported by Agenda Gtsch through consultancy on Desi…
Leonardo Rodriguez
Water Action Hub Staff
Pacific Institute
| Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: | PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation |
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| Project Benefits: | Raised awareness of challenges among water users |
| Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: | Manufacturers |
| Months & Implementing: | More than 3 years |
| Primary Funding Source: | Corporate funding |
reNature (Organization)
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