Others

• 2018

• :: Biodiversity Action Plan – Catalogue of measures to promote biological diversity

  20-11-2018 | Partnership for Biodiversity Protection in Viticulture in Europe (ERASMUS+)
  This brochure brings together the biodiversity knowledge of more than 70 winegrowers in four countries and the project team. The Biodiversity Action Plan is a roadmap to improve biodiversity performance at farm level. It is a catalogue with possible measures for all viticulture-relevant areas such as cultivation and production in the vineyard, harvest, wine bottling etc. By indicating already implemented and other possible activities to promote…
  File: here.

• :: Identification Guide “Species diversity in viticulture”

  20-11-2018 | Partnership for Biodiversity Protection in Viticulture in Europe
  An approximately 60-page booklet that shows vine growers which friends and allies can settle in a biodiverse vineyard. It facilitates the identification and recognition of the most important species or groups of species that occur in the vineyard and gives interesting details about their way of life. In addition, there are many practical tips on how biodiversity and especially beneficial organisms can be promoted by small measures.
  File: here.

• :: Biodiversity check – individual training concepts

  20-11-2018 | Partnership for Biodiversity Protection in Viticulture in Europe
  he Biodiversity Check offers the vine growers a first individual overview over the issue of biodiversity and thus provides the basis for integrating biodiversity in the management and to undertake actions for the sustainable use of resources and the protection of nature. The check is used to examine the different areas of the farm, such as management, vineyard, purchasing, sales etc. with regard to the effects on biodiversity. New is the fact that not…
  File: here.

• :: The soil of Douro Demarcated Region vineyards is alive

  22-03-2018 | Fátima Gonçalves - Cristina Carlos - Rui Pinto - Laura Torres
  This book aims at providing a brief description of the main groups of arthropods identified in the soil of Douro Demarcated Region vineyards, with reference to the ecosystem services they provide. Besides contributing to the sustainable management of the vineyard ecosystem, some of the reported species are endemic and rare and can, therefore, play a role in enhancing the natural value of Douro viticulture landscape.
  File: here.

• 2015

• :: TECHNICAL GUIDE: Conservation actions to promote functional biodiversity in viticulture

  25-02-2015 | Carlos, C.; Gonçalves, I.; Guenser,J.;Maillard, B.; Porte, B.
  File: here.

• :: Handbook: Fauna associated with vineyards in the Douro Demarcated Wine Region

  12-02-2015 | Gonçalves, F.; Carlos, C.; Torres, L
  File: here.

• 2014

• :: ECOVITIS - Leaflets: BIRDS

  18-12-2014 | Laboratório de Ecologa Aplicada - UTAD
  File: here.

• :: ECOVITIS - Leaflets:Bats

  18-12-2014 | Laboratório Aplicado de Ecologia - UTAD
  File: here.

• :: ECOVITIS - Leaflets: Odonatas

  18-12-2014 | Laboratório Aplicado de Ecologia - UTAD
  File: here.

• :: Manual "Natural enemies of vineyard pests: insects and arachnids. Who are they and where are they?"

  01-12-2014 | Fátima Gonçales, Cristina Carlos e Laura Torres.
  This is a practical manual, which sets forth the main groups of insects and arachnids that contribute towards the natural limitation of vine pests; and where conservation practices are also discussed, aimed at maximizing its activity. This manual was prepared under the dissemination activities of the project ECOVITIS - Maximizing vineyard ecosystem services, developed by ADVID in partnership with the Real Companhia Velha, with Sogevinus Fine Wines SA, and…
  File: here.

• :: Survey Report "Reducing phytosanitary inputs"

  05-05-2014 | Coordination: Lien de la Vigne
  Report on the results of the survey to several companies and institutions of the national and international scientific system.
  File: here.

• :: Newsletter No. 2

  07-02-2014 | Real Companhia Velha, ADVID, Sogevinus Fine Wines and UTAD.
  With the aim of promoting and disseminating the on-going activities of the EcoVitis project (Maximization of ecosystem services in DRD vineyards), held within the scope of one of the strategic lines of ADVID, Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture, which partners are the Real Companhia Velha (as the promoter), ADVID, Sogevinus Fine Wines and UTAD, we present newsletter No. 2.
  File: here.