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This initiative by the LIFE Aegypius Return project aims to strengthen the country’s most fragile and isolated Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus) colony of. The action has gained renewed urgency following the devastating wildfire that swept through the region last August. New group of Cinereous Vultures in the acclimatization programme ©Palombar Four juveniles and a familiar face The 2026 acclimatisation cohort consists of five Cinereous Vultures: four juveniles born in

The LIFE Aegypius Return project presented the diplomatic and scientific approach adopted in Portugal to harmonise the energy transition with the protection of biodiversity. Participants at the Free Sky for Birds 2026 Conference ©Jozef Chavko, Tomáš Veselovský Electrical infrastructure is a major cause of bird mortality Electrical infrastructure – including transmission and distribution lines and their supporting structures – represents one of the greatest threats to bird co

The soft release programme of the LIFE Aegypius Return project has already completed the acclimatisation of ten Cinereous Vultures ( Aegypius monachus ) in the Douro InternacionalNatural Park, in Northern Portugal. With just a few weeks to go before another group arrives, let's find out where these birds are. Cinereous Vultures acclimatising in the Douro International. ©LIFE Aegypius Return     A - The founding group The Douro Internacional acclimatisation station was inaugu

The National Republican Guard (GNR) has inaugurated a new K9 laboratory to reinforce the fight against environmental crime, at a time when Portugal is registering a record number in environmental complaints. In 2025, the SOS Environment and Territory hotline received more than 15,500 complaints from citizens, highlighting the strategic importance of this new infrastructure in combating environmental crime and protecting biodiversity.   The new laboratory for GNR’s Canine Inte