The Melgaço City Council today launched a public tender to improve the conservation of natural habitats and to combat invasive species in the Peneda-Gerês National Park (PNPG) for around 300,000 euros.
The announcement, published in the Diário da República (DR), indicates that proposals may be submitted until September 12 for “services to improve the conservation status of natural habitats and to combat the spread of exotic invasive species in the PNPG area”.
The contract duration in that municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo is 10 months.
The place for the provision of the service is the União das Freguesias de Vila e Roussas, the DR specifies.
The PNPG traverses 22 parishes, is located in the far northwest of Portugal, in the border area between Minho, Trás-os-Montes and Galicia, crossing the districts of Braga (Terras de Bouro), Viana do Castelo (Melgaço, Arcos de Valdevez and Ponte da Barca) and Vila Real (Montalegre), with a total area of 70,290 hectares.
It forms, together with the Baixa Limia/Serra do Xurés Natural Park in Galicia, the Gerês-Xurés Transboundary Park and, together with that Spanish natural park, has been part of the World Biosphere Reserve since 2009.
