Portugal’s ecological utopia - a podcast by KUOW News and Information

I do love a good border crossing, so join me as I travel to Northeast Portugal, into the Coa River Valley, to witness a really interesting story that is unfolding there.

The dense old forests thatwerethere are now mostly gone. Cut down and replaced with pastures for sheep and olive groves generations ago. Andnowthe shepherds and other farmers are abandoning this region in droves. This checkered history has led to a poor economy, brush instead of treesandan explosion of wildfires.

Join me as I meet passionate, young biologists who are bringing back the forest, ecosystems and wild animals, and creating a new, healthy space for all. To create an ecologicalutopiain the Coa Valley of Portugal.

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