Coa Valley, Reintroducing Lynx and Rewilding Communally

International rewilding: Portugal's rural Coa Valley has seen decades of depopulation, resulting in the right conditions for natural rewilding, and setting the stage to reintroduce the Iberian Lynx.

As a part of our coverage of rewilding projects of note and urban rewilding, for a while we have wanted to better understand Portugal’s rural Coa Valley. It is a fascinating example of how rewilding can restore nature, community and understanding about new approaches to the biodiversity crisis in a semi-abandoned setting.

Located near the Spanish-Portugu…