CIHEAM Press Review

Explore how the SAFER-LANDS project is transforming wildfire prevention in Portuguese community forests through legal reform, participatory tools, and local collaboration for safer, more resilient landscapes.

Discover how Portugal’s sustainable cork oak forests protect rare species and local jobs. Meet the family keeping the Montado alive for future generations.

Portugal's olive oil exports are expected to exceed one billion euros in value in 2024, for the second consecutive year.

De nombreuses adresses franciliennes proposent les traditionnels et roboratifs riz au poulpe, cassoulet de haricots rouges et autre morue au four. Un héritage lusitanien revisité par une nouvelle génération de chefs.

Environmentalists have condemned the unchecked spread of monoculture plantations in Alentejo.

The price of half a dozen eggs rose almost 80% between January 2022 and March 2025, rising from 1.14 to 2.05 euros, and this year it has already risen by almost 30%, according to data from Deco.

Blueberry plantations covered around 3 thousand hectares in Portugal in 2024, a figure that compares with an area of ​​around 43 hectares in 2010, according to the National Association of Blueberry Producers (ANPM).

The president of the Algarve Intermunicipal Community (AMAL) has considered that the water commitments signed last week between Portugal and Spain “are an important step to guarantee” the reinforcement of water supply in the region.

Emergency crews battle to reinforce defences around Wrocław in Poland amid devastating rainfall

La Commission Européenne annonce mobiliser 15 millions d’euros de la réserve agricole pour soutenir les producteurs de vin portugais confrontés, selon

The price of a half dozen eggs has increased by almost 28% since January, reaching €2.06 at the end of June, according to data from DECO PROteste.

The Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, has guaranteed that coastal protection and combating coastal erosion are governmen

The price of the food basket fell by almost €4 during the last week, following four consecutive weeks of increases, according to DECO PROTeste. 

Professionals from various areas are required to meet the seasonal needs of the tomato processing industry.

Civil Protection has warned that this summer, “there are conditions for more intense fires” due to the accumulation of fuel in the woods and forests of the Beiras and Serra da Estrela region.

Sardine fishing will reopen this Monday, with a limit of 34,406 tons for 2025, according to a dispatch published the Official Gazette of the Union.

The president of the Douro Intermunicipal Community (CIM) has warned about the immediate impact of the new 20% US tariffs on the European Union (EU) on the wine business and argued that the region should explore new markets.

The national strategy “Water that Unites”, presented by the Government, foresees the construction of new dams, reduction of losses in the different systems and, as a last resort, interconnection between river basins.

La Plate-forme des Confréries de l'Algarve (PAC) renforce son rôle dans la promotion de la gastronomie régionale.

En Algarve, une région du sud du Portugal régulièrement frappée par la sécheresse, les agriculteurs montrent la voie vers une consommation rationnelle de l'eau qu'ils doivent partager avec des millions de touristes. #WaterMatters

In the Algarve, a region of southern Portugal regularly hit by drought, farmers are showing the way towards rational consumption of the water they have to share with millions of tourists. #WaterMatters

The quantity of water stored in river basins decreased in almost the entire country, including in the south of the country, according to the National Water Resources Information System (SNIRH).