Portugal is the world’s leading producer of cork. In 2023, cork exports achieved a record value of €1.2 billion, 75 percent of which came from cork stoppers, according to APCOR, the Portuguese ...

Following the announcement that cork oak forests in Portugal, Spain, and Italy have become FSC-certified, WWF is calling on all cork producing countries to adopt similar measures. Rome, Italy – WWF, ...

WWF is restoring areas in Portugual destroyed by forest fires by planting fire-resistant cork oak trees. Lisbon, Portugal – WWF, together with the Reforestation Commision in Algarve, launched the ...

CORUCHE, Portugal – The rhythmic noise of axes whacking trees echoes in the depths of the cork oak forest. But in Coruche, a rural area south of the Tagus River known as Portugal’s “cork capital,” the ...

LISBON (Reuters) - The WWF environmental group urged Portugal on Tuesday to expand its cork forests to act as a barrier against accelerating desertification of its south due to global warming.