Hunting zones in 65 municipalities can now sign up to an ICNF pilot that pays for every wild boar killed above their own three-season average, up to 2,000 euros a zone. The rules demand seals, three photos and a hair sample for each animal.
A midge-borne cattle virus new to Portugal is now on five farms in Odemira, Vimioso, Loures, Crato and Montijo. The DGAV says there is no evidence it infects people, no vaccine exists, and suspected cases should be reported.
Tuesday's consignment of common bean, cowpea and maize brings the Portuguese samples kept in Norway's "doomsday vault" to 1,861, as safety copies of the national collections.
About 150 association leaders gather outside the Assembleia da República at 11:30 with a document and a basket of Portuguese food. The CAP points to fuel and fertiliser costs and to the 1.1 billion euros Spain has given.
An order signed by the environment minister on Saturday also calls for more wild prey, pilot detection projects and a map of attacks. No budget or opening date for the funding has been announced.
The ICNF register shows nests destroyed from Braga to Faro in 2026, after about 28,500 in 2025. Autumn is when new queens leave to overwinter, so every nest found now counts. Who destroys them, how to report one, and why not to touch it.
A Council of Ministers resolution pushes the Crato dam's spending calendar from 2027 to 2030 without raising the ceiling. The project left the Recovery Plan in 2025, and four environmental groups have it tied up in the administrative courts.
