The Protected Landscape of Montado do Freixo do Meio is a space open to the community, waiting for you! Discover the unique fauna and flora of the Alentejo and celebrate this heritage that belongs to everyone.

We invite you to appreciate and witness the diversity of this unique ecosystem. A landscape alive with flavors, colors, scents, stories, sounds, and beings that surprise us with each season.

Private Protected Landscape
of Montado do Freixo do Meio

NATIONAL NETWORK OF PROTECTED LANDSCAPES

We value Nature

The natural values present in this area have significant scientific, ecological, and landscape importance, which justifies its recognition and inclusion in the National Network of Protected Landscapes, as outlined in the ICNF (Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests) Dispatch prcd_nb/003/2022 of April 19, 2022.

Covering the entire Herdade do Freixo do Meio, with an area of approximately 584 hectares, it is a space of:

Conservation and research
Productive community (7 independent projects)
A living laboratory, open to sharing in the fields of ecological regeneration, agroecology, and prehistory
Preservation of native breeds and varieties
Gastronomy, with a focus on acorn-based dishes

HECTARES OF PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

SPECIES REPRESENTED

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DYNAMIC AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

YEARS OF HUMAN PRESENCE

The Montado do Freixo do Meio

The Montado do Freixo do Meio features a complex structure, offering a vantage point where multiple constructive elements interact.

What the Montado is

The Montado is an agro-silvo-pastoral system managed at various levels—arboreal, shrub, and herbaceous—according to the potential of each region.

Biodiversity preservation

The Protected Landscape of Montado do Freixo do Meio houses over 1,000 cataloged species, both wild and domestic, of high ecological importance.

Autochthonous species

The Protected Landscape of Montado do Freixo do Meio is a living system, rich and complex, formed by interactions among beings from all five kingdoms.

Agroforestry

The Montado we benefit from is undoubtedly the most prominent agroforestry system, but there is an urgent need to develop more updated systemic approaches.

Reports

2023 Annual Report of the Private Protected Landscape of Montado do Freixo do Meio (only in Portuguese)

2022 Annual Report of the Private Protected Landscape of Montado do Freixo do Meio (only in Portuguese)

Partilha do Conhecimento

NATURDATA

A biodiversidade da Herdade Freixo do Meio

As espécies presentes na Herdade Freixo do Meio estão catalogadas na base de dados on-line Naturdata.

ARCGIS

ATLAS Montado do Freixo do Meio

No âmbito de um estágio alumnISA e ESRI Portugal, foi implementada uma nova abordagem webSIG em Story Maps Series para exposição e acompanhamento das geografias e atividades do Montado do Freixo do Meio.