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Portugal’s cork forests are major carbon sinks - but they face threats from climate change

Portugal is the world’s leading producer of cork. In 2023, cork exports achieved a record value of €1.2 billion, 75 percent of which came from cork stoppers, according to APCOR, the Portuguese ...
Panda

Fighting forest fires with cork in Portugal

WWF is restoring areas in Portugual destroyed by forest fires by planting fire-resistant cork oak trees. Lisbon, Portugal – WWF, together with the Reforestation Commision in Algarve, launched the ...
Panda

Forest Producers Join GFTN-Iberia to Protect Cork Oak Habitats

APF Certifica Group Scheme, a group of forest producers committed to responsible forest management joined GFTN-Iberia, formalizing their pledge to responsibly manage Portugal’s cork oak forests. This ...
The Spokesman-Review

This ancient material is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry

CORUCHE, Portugal – The rhythmic noise of axes whacking trees echoes in the depths of the cork oak forest. But in Coruche, a rural area south of the Tagus River known as Portugal’s “cork capital,” the ...
SanLuisObispo

That cork from your wine bottle might come from Cal Poly. Here’s a look at how it’s harvested

Ever seen where corks for wine bottles come from? Neither had plenty of attendees at a Cal Poly event Tuesday, until a team from Portugal hacked off a slab of cork from a tree at the San Luis Obispo ...
Reuters

Portuguese cork firm uncaps campaign to save trees

LISBON (Reuters Life!) - The world's leading cork maker has launched a campaign against the increasing use of screw caps and plastic stoppers in wine bottles, which it says is a threat to Portugal's ...