CONTINUUM PLATEAU
-Life as heritage in the Miranda Plateau
-"Villages crumbling down, large extensions of wild abandoned land, old people getting older and no children to take their place. An entire region doomed to disappear—so might think the unknowing".
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Rock Pigeon & Douro Cliffs II - Rock pigeons (Columba livia) breed close to Douro river’s cliffs and feed endangered eagle species.
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Miranda Donkey & Farmer Resting Under a Cork Tree - Donkeys and Men have shaped the Plateau’s landscape together, for centuries.
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Hand-built world - An old, hard-working hand, moved by traditional knowledge, over one of the many stone walls it has built.
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Miranda Donkey Foal & Cork Trees - The Miranda Donkey is an endangered native breed, and it is thus important to find new roles for it: maintaining healthy and clean forests through grazing is one of them.
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From Cork Seedling to Forest - From the early days to the adult life of a native species (Quercus suber) that, despite being essential at both ecological and economical levels, must fight to keep being planted.
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From Cork Seedling to Forest II - From the early days to the adult life of a native species (Quercus suber) that, despite being essential at both ecological and economical levels, must fight to keep being planted.
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Soon to Fly Owl - A rescued Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba). This species plays a role in maintaining the pigeon house’s ecological balance, as it eats potentially harmful small mammals, such as mice.
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Soon to Fly Black Kite - A rescued, recovering Black Kite (Milvus migrans), a pigeon predator.
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Miranda Donkey Foal & Ash Trees - Lameiros are very biodiverse traditional pastures, bordered by Ash trees (Fraxinus angustifolia), in which the Miranda Donkey frequently feeds. Their symbiosis contributes to avoid each other’s extinction.
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Bosca’s Newt & Pond II - A newt (Lissotriton boscai) jumbled with its habitat, necessarily fresh and clean, which makes this species an indicator of healthy, unpolluted environments.
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Black Kite & Douro Cliffs - A rescued, recovering Black Kite (Milvus migrans), one of the main pigeon predators.
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Villager & Village - People have been leaving their villages since the 1950s, in search for more modern lives. But a few resist, and Spring always comes.
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Miranda Donkey & Family Generations - The Miranda Donkey breed has been shaped by the local population for generations. It is now time for the youngest and the oldest to protect it, together.
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Grandfather, Grandchild & Cork Tree Forest - Traditionally, knowledge on the environment and its management passed down from generation to generation; today, that link must be revitalised.
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Rock Pigeon & Douro Cliffs - Rock pigeons (Columba livia) breed close to Douro river’s cliffs and feed endangered eagle species.
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Stone House & Husband - As youth leaves to the cities, it’s mostly the older who bring life to the villages’ stone houses.
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Stone House & Wife - As youth leaves to the cities, it’s mostly the older who bring life to the villages’ stone houses.
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Heads and Tails: the Village and the Hill - Villages and hills – both ploughed and wild – are the two sides of the Plateau’s landscape.
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