Alentejo - The song of the Earth

Neves-Corvo, Alentejo. The most active mining region in Portugal, where it is located one of the largest copper mines in Europe. However, the wealth of these lands is not just underground. On the surface, the biodiversity thrives between the cereal steppes and holm oak montado. A voyage through the various habitats of the region, revealing some of its most characteristic animals and plants and how they have adapted to an environment of extremes. The relationship between Man and Nature and how it has been shaped for centuries. A story of cooperation told in the first person.

Alentejo - The song of the Earth
Wildlife documentary directed by Daniel Pinheiro, part of a project for the dissemination of Neves Corvo biodiversity. A production for Somincor - Lundin Mining Corporation, adherent to the Business and Biodiversity Initiative, with the scientific partnership of the Centre for Environmental Biology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.

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