📋 Tender Overview
In order to continue to minimize the risk of running over Iberian lynx Portugal Infrastructures has provided an endeavor to install protection seals in places in Alentejo and Algarve.
These interventions with community financing under the Life program take place in IP8 (EN260) between km 22 and km 23.100 in the municipality of Serpa IC27 between km 27500 and km 31500 in the municipality of Alcoutim and EN122 between km 44500 and km 46500 in the municipality of Mertola.
Performance and responsibility of IP in protecting the species
Being running over one of the major causes of mortality from Iberian lynx Portugals infrastructures (IP) as the LynxConnect project partner has been implementing measures on the most critical roads such as the installation of alert and road signage panels the adaptation of secure passages under the roads the installation of the species the installation of speed controllers and the cleaning of the speed controllers and the cleaning of the speed controllers Vegetation in bems to increase the visibility of conductors and animals.
In 2024 taking advantage of the monitoring of lynx through the Lora System which allows you to locate the O Lites in real time IP established a partnership with the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests - ICNF and the Waze Portugal community in order to alert drivers who use the application for the proximity of animals with the roads.
The system is operating in EN122 EN123 and IC27 in the Guadiana Valley area. The alerts are triggered as soon as the animals enter the virtual areas of territory 200 meters wide adjacent to the roads for both sides of the lane. It is expected that this technology may play a determining role in reducing accidents safeguarding the well-being of the species and road safety.
Know more about Life - LynxConnect
LynxConnect Project
IP is a partner of the Life LynxConnect project which follows Life Iberlince and which brings together 22 Iberian entities aimed at creating a functional lynx metapopulation reinforcing genetic connection between the nuclei of Portugal and Spain.
Since 2015 the population reintroduced in the Guadiana Valley went from 107 to 354 in 2024 of which 67 are reproductive females and 110 offspring. The expansion from the area of reintroduction in the municipality of Mertola to adjacent regions such as the municipalities of Almodovar Serpa Ferreira do Alentejo Alcoutim and Castro Marim confirms the success of the plan.
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