In Portugal, project activities will take place in two areas designated by the two partner organizations.

Raiz Minhota Cooperativa’s project events will focus on the Alto Minho region, which is a Portuguese sub-region located in the northwest, belonging to the North region. It is bordered to the south by the District of Braga, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north and east by Spain. Classified as a rural area, it comprises of ten municipalities and 208 parishes with a total extension of 2,219 km2, 231,293 inhabitants in 2021, and a population density of 104 inhabitants per km2. Alto Minho is in the set of European NUTS III with greater environmental sensitivity to climate change. Forest fires, coastal erosion, cold waves, and floods are some of the risks associated with the region's environmental problems. In Alto Minho, municipalities have been mobilizing to invest in surveillance systems, risk assessment, prevention, and response to the phenomenon of climate change. However, and observing the main risks, the programming of local actions should consider the establishment of participatory models based on access to public information about the different risks, monitoring at the territorial level, as well as empowering communities to intervene in their territory, mostly of forest occupation.