As part of Action C4.1’ Good practices for the conservation of terrestrial 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴, the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project, in collaboration with the Pico Island Environment and Climate Action Service, took advantage of this time of year to continue planting native species in the project’s intervention areas.

At the beginning of March, the project planted following in Caveiro:

_ 440 individuals of Azorean Blueberry (𝘝𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘮);

_ 20 Short Leafed Juniper (𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢);

_ 30 individuals of Scotch Heather (𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘢 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴);

_ 3 individuals of Azorean Wild Lettuce (𝘓𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢).

The Caveiro intervention area is one of the five intervention areas of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project on the island of Pico. In this area, the project aims to restore existing 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴 by excluding cattle from grazing, removing alien and invasive species and planting native species.