On 5 June 1974, a few days after taking office as Undersecretary of State for the Environment, Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles gave an interview to RTP journalist Luís Filipe Costa and identified his government objectives: a commitment to basic sanitation and the protection of exceptional agricultural land. At the time, few spoke about ecology and the environment was not a priority. Discover the biography of one of the greatest figures in landscape architecture in this 'Retratos de Abril' podcast, originally released for the 50th anniversary of the Revolution in Portugal in 2024.