The Eucaliptal do Algar do CarvΓ£o is one of the intervention areas of the LIFE BEETLES project on the island of Terceira, where the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change intends to increase and improve the habitat conditions of the project’s target species, the Ground Beetle (ππ³π¦π€π©πΆπ΄ π΅π¦π³π³π’π£π³π’π·π¦π―π΄πͺπ΄).
This area has shown positive indicators of regeneration of native flora following the project’s interventions in cutting down and taking to pieces eucalyptus trees. By removing these exotic trees, the native vegetation had the necessary soil, light and space conditions to begin propagating.
It is already possible to observe the sprouting of new seedlings of endemic species in the space where the eucalyptus trees were removed. There is also considerable development of young trees of species such as Buckthorn (ππ³π’π―π¨πΆππ’ π’π»π°π³πͺπ€π’), Holly (πππ¦πΉ π’π»π°π³πͺπ€π’) and Azorean Laurel (ππ’πΆπ³πΆπ΄ π’π»π°π³πͺπ€π’).
The Regional Secretariat and the Project team welcome the evident success of the conservation actions of the LIFE BEETLES, of which the natural regeneration of this π©π’π£πͺπ΅π’π΅ is an example.
