The Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) provides 50.000 native trees produced in its nurseries, free of charge, to citizens and rural landowners who wish to plant crops on their properties. The initiative is intended to mark the International Day of Forests, which takes place on the 21st of March.
This distribution will take place between the 19th and 26th of March at selected ICNF service stations throughout the country. In the Algarve, there are three collection sites: the Forest Nursery of Monte Gordo, the Environmental Education Center at Quinta de Marim, in Olhão, and Largo do Infantário, in Chinicato (Lagos).
In Alentejo, trees can be collected in Beja, Mértola, Odemira, Moura, Santo André (Monte do Paio), Alcácer do Sal (Valverde), Évora, Ponte de Sôr and Portalegre (see the addresses in the list below).
What to do to obtain these trees from native species? You must register to collect the trees by contacting the selected location by telephone or by email to [email protected];
You must also identify yourself at the collection points at the agreed time, as well as commit to sending a photo of the plantation to the email [email protected] and also share or allow the sharing of photos with the hashtag #ICNFsomosTODOSnos.
ICNF, in turn, will publicize these plantations on its social networks.
In 1872, in Nebraska (USA), faced with the scarcity of trees and forests, the population decided to dedicate a day to planting trees.
The initiative went international and the Festival went from the Tree to the Forests and, since 2012, the International Day of Forests is celebrated on March 21, marking the beginning of Spring, to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests .
RULES
1 – The collection is made at the following ICNF service stations (see table below), between March 19th and 26th, 2021;
2 – Registration for the collection of trees is mandatory and must be done by telephone contact at the selected location or by email to [email protected];
3 – When registering, it is necessary to indicate the name of the applicant, the place of collection, the day of collection (weekdays between March 19 and 26) and if the trees will be collected in the morning (9:00-13:00 ) or in the afternoon (13:00-17:00);
4 – Citizens over 18 years of age, as well as representatives of private non-profit entities, duly identified, can collect trees for planting;
5 – Commitment to promote its planting within a maximum period of one week after the trees are surveyed;
6 – The species available for collection are: strawberry trees, cork oaks, holm oaks, stone pines, carob trees, pomegranates, chestnut trees, alders, among other hardwoods. Each citizen can collect a maximum of 10 (ten) copies;
7 – Representatives of non-profit private entities can raise up to a maximum of 50 copies;
8 – Withdrawals are subject to availability at each location;
9 – Rural owners, whose objective is to plant in small plots of land (with an area not exceeding 5.000 m2), as long as they identify the plot to be planted, may raise up to a maximum of 100 specimens.
10 – Transporting the trees, choosing the location and obtaining permission for the planting from the person entitled, is the sole responsibility of the citizens who carry out the planting, in compliance with the legislation in force.
11 – Citizens and other representatives of entities that carry out the survey of trees undertake to send ICNF, within 48 hours after planting, the photographs with the identification of the date and place where this planting took place, to ICNFsomosTODOSnos@icnf .pt;
12 – Citizens participating in the plantation actions are invited to share the photographs and videos of these plantations on social media, using the identification of the publication with the hashtag #ICNFsomosTODOSnos.
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