Portugal has a complicated relationship with its territory. It loves it in tourism brochures, lets it burn in the summer, authorises it to be cut down in the winter, and then is surprised by the floods, the erosion, and the water that either does not arrive or arrives in excess.
Meco is not a forest. It is an argument
Wednesday, 25 March 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
Sustainability (sustentabilidade) means meeting present needs without reducing the ability of future generations to meet theirs, covering environmental, economic and social dimensions. For residents it affects local planning, jobs and services—look for municipal or company targets, timelines and measurable actions when assessing how sustainable a place or employer is.
