Humanity ‘missed a step’ at COP27 – Quercus
Portuguese environmental NGO recognises the cop-out of COP Humanity “missed a step” at the UN climate conference, because “it failed to move towards new and more demanding goals and even
Environmental NGO goes all out to save hundreds of hectares of cork oak forest
Forests to be felled for construction of Pisão dam One of Portugal’s leading environmental associations, Quercus, has warned of “major negative environmental impacts” arising from the construction of the Pisão
Golden beaches: environmental NGO classifies 392 beaches with “Quality of Gold”
Quercus, one of Portugal’s most established environmental NGOs has classified 392 beaches this year with “Quality of Gold”. This is six more beaches than in 2020, with the Tejo region
United Arab Emirates’ mining bid for Alentejo “against populations’ interests”
Among the hundreds of applications under consideration for mining across the country – many already under fierce local opposition – one coming from Exchange Minerals of the United Arab Emirates
Quercus to hold beach clean-up in Albufeira
Environmental NGO Quercus is organising a clean-up initiative at Albufeira’s Inatel beach on Saturday, December 9. The event will take place between 11am and 1pm and is open to anyone
Quercus strips D. Ana of “gold” flag
Environmental organisation Quercus has officially stripped Lagos’ Dona Ana beach of its “gold quality” flag over its controversial sand replenishment project. The threat had already been made earlier this month
Quercus to remove Dona Ana’s “gold flag”
In the latest chapter of the Dona Ana beach controversy, environmental organisation Quercus has said it is ready to strip the Lagos beach of its “gold quality” classification due to
Anti-oil group “very motivated” by first public meeting
Around 70 people turned up for the first public meeting of Algarve anti-oil group PALP held on Saturday afternoon (May 30) at the Faro Spot Café. PALP representative João Eduardo
Quercus “names and shames” Portugal’s transgenic cornfields
From today, anyone worrying about where Portugal is cultivating genetically-modified crops can access an online website, giving all the information. Environmental group Quercus has set up the site after exhaustive
Lagos council collects 222 kilos of cork stoppers for ‘Green Cork’ project
Over 222 kilos of cork stoppers have been collected by Lagos council since the authority joined Quercus’ ‘Green Cork’ project four years ago. The cork stoppers have been recycled at