{"id":229,"date":"2026-01-06T11:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinglabmontado.uevora.pt\/fullscreen-fashion-english\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:15:06","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livinglabmontado.uevora.pt\/?page_id=229&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Montado Living Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover has-parallax\" id=\"banner-300390468\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" data-parallax=\"-2\" data-parallax-container=\".banner\" data-parallax-background>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglabmontado.uevora.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Provere_montado.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1753211213\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x5 lg-x5 y90 md-y85 lg-y85 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"blurIn\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-left\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-230597849\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3><strong>Cooperating for the resilience of the Montado<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Solutions designed through collaboration between research and practice<\/b><\/h4>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-230597849 {\n  font-size: 0.9rem;\n  line-height: 1.35;\n  text-align: left;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-230597849 {\n    font-size: 1.1rem;\n    line-height: 1.2;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>                     \n<style>\n#text-box-1753211213 {\n  width: 86%;\n}\n#text-box-1753211213 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1753211213 {\n    width: 53%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-300390468 {\n  padding-top: 664px;\n}\n#banner-300390468 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 79% 41%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_814690734\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ux-shape-divider ux-shape-divider--top ux-shape-divider--style-triangle\">\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n  <path class=\"ux-shape-fill\" d=\"M1025 103H-25L500 3L1025 103Z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-shape-divider ux-shape-divider--bottom ux-shape-divider--style-triangle\">\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n  <path class=\"ux-shape-fill\" d=\"M1025 103H-25L500 3L1025 103Z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1807251060\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2018296604\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1482313793\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>The Montado is a unique agro-silvopastoral system, characteristic of Southern Portugal, particularly the Alentejo region. It is similar to the Dehesa in southern Spain. The Montado is characterized by open woodlands of cork oak <strong>(<\/strong><em>Quercus suber<\/em>) and holm oak (<em>Quercus rotundifolia<\/em>) with heterogeneous density patterns. The understory is occupied by pastures that support livestock production (sheep, cattle and Iberian pig). In addition to livestock, the Montado provides cork and wood, and supports high levels of biodiversity and related activities, such as hunting, honey production, harvesting of aromatic plants, mushroom picking, among others.<\/p>\n<p>In the past decades, the area occupied by the Montado has been declining at an accelerated rate. On average, across its total distribution area, 5000 ha per year were lost between 1990 to 2006, and 3000 ha per year since 2006. This loss results from the death of mature trees without replacement by new ones, creating clearings that progressively increase in size. Loss of tree regeneration, soil degradation and less adapted agricultural practices, combined with climate change, have contributed to this decline of the Montado. 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