Improving soils in Portuguese Montado ecosystems

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Publication date	Friday, 5 February, 2021
Keywords	soil biodiversity soil soil health soil quality

The Portuguese EIP-AGRI Operational Group ECOMONTADO XXI is one of the innovative projects that tries to find a solution to the challenges it's facing, due to climate change. The project is developing a novel forest management practice to restore vitality and productivity by applying the Keyline design. The technique is applied by a special plough and creates a water flow system to move water from wet areas to dry areas.

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