Coordinated by the Mud Valley Foundation, the Ecosystem Regeneration Community of Southwest Algarve (ERC Barlavento) is a network of local organizations with a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, skill sets, and experiences who have come together to address the ongoing challenges related to ecosystem degradation in the southwestern Algarve. Through effective planning, taking action, and growing our impact, we are working to assure improved soil quality, water availability, biodiversity, and local livelihoods.
We first came together in late 2024 to begin this regenerative journey, with an initial meeting and collaborative ideation session to kick start our work. Now in 2025, we will becoming increasingly active and engaged as we work to define and implement our collective impact strategy for our bioregion.
By scaling up agroforestry and applying indigenous microorganisms to degraded soil, the collective works to secure water availability and enhance regional biodiversity across dozens of hectares, creating a real, replicable blueprint for Mediterranean climate resilience.
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