Water
Portugal is a very dry country of which a big part is desertifying. Without water plants can not grow and animals can not live, which means for us there wouldn’t be a reason to stick around either.
We are lucky to have our own water source on the land. A natural spring in which perfectly clear water flows out of the hill. This water we use for our own facilities.
To increase the water available on our land we want to increase the water retention of the land. When it rains most of the water just flows down the hill, eroding the topsoil and causing floods. This is a waste of precious sweet water, so we want to make small swales, ponds, terraces and other measures that will slow water down and will increase infiltration. This way we store the water in the land and are able to grow a more diverse and resilient ecosystem.