Want to be owner of a Portuguese goat? Know what to do (with video)
Hugo Again, 36 years and graduated in biology and geology â€" and with a postgraduate degree in sustainable agriculture â€" changed the life of professor to fixate, with his wife, in the parish of Sistelo, which belongs to the Peneda-Gerês National Park.His flock has already 40 females â€" of two Portuguese breeds, the bravia and serrana. "We were already facing the creation of Portuguese breeds, but we started thinking about alternative ways to do it," explained the green economy Hugo again. Thus, the entrepreneur has launched a campaign of crowdfunding named Adopt a goat and Save the Peneda.With the development and maturation of the idea, Hugo Again took the concept and thought in the creation of a project which responds to the need of local intervention â€" in terms of sustainable management of ecosystem in terms of fire prevention.Thus was born the 5th logic that, in addition to help prevent fires in this natural park â€" by reducing the Mandal in the forest sub-coberto-also has a component of production of milk and other products derived from goat.The flock folder among the 12 3:0 pm, in summer â€" and less than half in the winter. "They manage the ecosystem by removing the combustible material in this ecosystem. Thus, he becomes more resilient and resistant to its main threats such as wildfires, "explains Hugo again.From this moment, the Flock becomes "balancer of biodiversity", in the words of the teacher become pastor. "In one year, our herd of 40 goats removed 20 tons of bushes, transformed them into fertilizer and left this fertilizer to enrich the soil and allow the ecosystem becomes progressively more productive," concluded Hugo again.The project allows anyone, anywhere to Portugal, to be a shepherd for a day, adopt a goat and follow the herd online. The particular adopter will be the owner of a web community herds. "Here there was vezeiras in which each group of five animals had a different owner. With our scheme, the owner of the animals can live in Lisbon and get his goat in our flock and integrated the environmental service in the Sierra and in the Peneda-Gerês National Park, "he stressed, hoping to reach the 200 goats in the short and medium term.See the episode 228 of the economy â€" and try to resist the charm of the serrania of Minho.Foto: horrapics/Creative Commons
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