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Nature and Rural Heritage Conservation

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PALOMBAR

Palombar - Conservação da Natureza e do Património Rural (Nature and Rural Heritage Conservation) is a non-profit environmental non-governmental organisation established in 2000. Our mission is to conserve biodiversity, natural ecosystems and material and immaterial rural heritage. 
We do science and provide environmental education. We promote the development of local communities and the revitalisation of rural areas. Our main area of intervention is northern Portugal.

AWARDS

SUSTAINABLE DOURO AWARD 2025
We were honoured with this award in the ‘Revelation’ category for our work in the recovery and conservation of the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) in the Douro region, as part of the LIFE Aegypius Return project. Awarded by the Douro and Port Wine Institute. 
MOBILE WORLD CAPITAL AWARDS 2025: TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
We were finalists and received a ‘Recognition’ award for the development of the Natura 2000 Passport mobile application. Awarded by Mobile World Capital Barcelona, GSMA Foundry, B Lab Spain and several European and international entities. 
VERDE VISÃO 2023 AWARDS
We received an ‘Honourable Mention’ in the ‘Nature Conservation’ category for the campaign to save and rescue the Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) in the northeast of Trás-os-Montes and for the ‘Searas com Biodiversidade’ (Fields with Biodiversity) project. Awarded by VISÃO magazine, in partnership with the Águas de Portugal Group, with the high patronage of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic.
EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS GOOD PRACTICE AWARD 2023
We were awarded this prize for the project ‘Hands on - Volunteering Teams for Rural and Natural Heritage’. Awarded by the National Agency Erasmus+ Youth and Sport and the European Union European Solidarity Corps.

Palombar, history and roots in the territory.

We were founded in 2000 as the Association of Traditional Dovecote Owners of the Northeast. ‘Palombar’ derives from ‘palumbar’, a word from Mirandese, the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Mirandese Plateau, in the district of Bragança, which survived hundreds of years in isolation and, in 1999, obtained the status of second official language in Portugal. 
Its meaning, dovecote, refers to one of the most emblematic architectural icons of the Northeast region of Trás-os-Montes and is intrinsically linked to the rural community. These structures also contribute to the promotion and conservation of biodiversity. The word ‘Palombar’ is, therefore, a conceptual synthesis of the organisation's mission. 

SOCIAL BODIES

BOARD
 

President José Pereira 
Vice-President Miguel Nóvoa
Treasurer Américo Guedes
1st Secretary Joana Braga
2nd Secretary António Brandão

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 

President Rui Dias
1st Secretary Cláudia Costa
2nd Secretary Aline Domingues

SUPERVISORY BOARD


President Violeta Fritz Vilaça 
Secretary Sandra Esther Delgado Martín
Member Emanuel Catarino