quarta-feira, 2 de novembro de 2016
domingo, 17 de março de 2013
Park Douro Selvagem está a recrutar colaboradores eventuais para os seus PERCURSOS TEMÁTICOS no Douro - Foz do rio Tua - Foz do rio Sabor
- Percursos fluviais (barco)
- Percursos Pedestres
* As visitas poderão ficar hospedadas e degustar a culinária regional, nos nossos hotéis e restaurantes.
Contatos: douroselvagem@gmail.com
969991727
935083881
917212004
- Percursos fluviais (barco)
- Percursos Pedestres
* As visitas poderão ficar hospedadas e degustar a culinária regional, nos nossos hotéis e restaurantes.
Contatos: douroselvagem@gmail.com
969991727
935083881
917212004
quarta-feira, 13 de março de 2013
O
documentário que meu colega Carlos Reis e eu elaboramos em 2007 sobre a
importância dos ecossistemas de sobreiro e azinheira foi apresentado no New
York Times pelo editor Stanley Reed. Na manha de 28 de Janeiro recebi um
telefonema do jornalista, directamente de Nova Iorque, na altura gracejei,
pensei que era alguém a brincar comigo :)))..mas não era! A entrevista completa
encontra-se na pagina do jornal online ( acessível na totalidade para os
subscritores
Buying wine with real corks helps
preserve the cork forests of Portugal and the wider western Mediterranean,
which are, it turns out, ecological marvels. I write about the discovery, on a
recent trip to Portugal, in my latest Green column.
Cork oaks and their scrubby cousins,
holm oaks, are well adapted to the hot dry summers of the region. They help
prevent these places from turning into deserts. Their stands are rich in plants
and — when the farmers restrain themselves from shooting everything in sight —
animals, especially birds.
What’s unique about cork is that the
thick bark can be harvested from the trees without cutting them down. A skilled
crew hacks the bark off with axes. If done right, it grows back. You can see
the process in this introduction to cork forests by Luisa Nunes and Carlos
Reis:
So the cork oaks form the basis of a
sustainable industry that has existed for centuries. The cork is harvested
every summer for wine stoppers and other uses. The trees don’t need fertilizer.
They are hard not to love.
Synthetic corks are the enemy of this
ecologist’s heaven. They have slashed the world market share of real cork by
perhaps 20 percent in the last decade, according to Wine Intelligence, a London
research concern. That has brought down prices, reducing incentives to grow and
maintain cork groves.
One needs a lot of patience and
dedication to grow cork. The trees can only be harvested every decade or so and
require years—some people say up to 50—from the time they are originally
planted to when they can be first harvested. You are doing it for your
grandchildren or for the ecosystem, and that is not always an easy sell in the
21st century.
Fortunately,
cork trees are protected in Portugal, the leading producer.
sexta-feira, 8 de março de 2013
domingo, 2 de outubro de 2011
Subscrever:
Mensagens (Atom)