LIFE BEETLES | Volunteering Action

March 4, 2021

On the past 3rd of March, the LIFE BEETLES project celebrated World Wildlife Day with the volunteering activity “Acacia Hunting”, in Ribeira do Fundão, one of the intervention areas of the project, in Flores Island.
The event counted with the participation of volunteers from the touristic company Experience OC, the Lajes Town Hall, the Lajes Parish Council and the Rangers.

On the scope of this activity, actions of IAS control were performed, essentially of 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘹𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 through the debarking method, as well as a plantation of endemic flora, namely: 𝘝𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘮, 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘪, 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘺𝘢, 𝘐𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰 subsp. 𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 and 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.

Along the next 4 years, the LIFE BEETLES project intends to promote more volunteering actions, allowing to contribute to the improvement on quality and quantity of available habitat for the 3 endemic beetles of the project, currently Critically Endangered.

The community involvement in the scope of wildlife preservation and biodiversity conservation is crucial for the success of projects such as LIFE BEETLES as well as for the ecosystems’ resilience in a long term.
We thank all of the participants that have accepted to join this challenge. We hope that you have enjoyed it and that we can collaborate again in the future!