A Rocha Portugal

A Rocha projects can make a difference. In Portugal, A Rocha has trained over 400 volunteers and many former students continue to be active in environmental issues.

The database at our centre in Portugal now holds records of over 60,000 birds ringed, while extensive studies of plants and fungi, moths and butterflies have given a firm basis for influential reports and articles on the Algarve's environment.

Thousands of visitors have taken part in the environmental education programmes, and experience gained in these early projects has been invaluable as we have moved into new areas.

The Ria de Alvor and Quinta da Rocha is now a Natura 2000 site, in large part due to research undertaken by our team, and to protect this very special area from damaging developments, we have initiated legal proceedings.

See our Ria de Alvor website.

News

Good news for the Ria de Alvor, Portugal 1 March 2009
A Rocha Portugal has again been successful in court. In 2007 A Rocha began legal proceedings to protect Quinta da Rocha (the headland on which Cruzinha, our field study centre, is located). Part o... (read more)

Studying Stormies in Portugal - would you like to help? 1 March 2009
A Rocha Portugal has been studying the European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus for 20 years. Each May and June they welcome volunteers of all ages, from around the world, to take part in this e... (read more)