At the end of August, students and teachers from the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom were on the island of São Miguel to take part in a volunteering activity at Pico do Carvão. This activity, carried out by the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project in collaboration with the São Miguel Environment and Climate Change Service, consisted of removing around 2.5 tonnes of one of the invasive species with the most threatening impact on the island of São Miguel, the Chilean Rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria).