CORK CORK AND WINE PORTFOLIO SUSTAINABILITY MEDIA CENTER WHERE TO FIND US AMORIM UNIVERSE EN PT ES FR SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CORK OAK FOREST SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CORK OAK FOREST REACHING BALANCE The cork oak forests, Montado in Portuguese, are living ambassadors of sustainability and a driving force of sustainable development. They play a crucial role in the world’s ecological balance, fighting climate change and desertification and sustaining biodiversity. Over 200 animal species and 135 plant species, some of them endangered, find their preferred habitat in the cork oak forest. Because it’s biologically rich and varied, but also extremely vulnerable, the cork oak forest is one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots, on a par with Amazonia and the African Savanna. In the Mediterranean basin, cork oak forests occupy an area of over 2,2 million hectares. In more than one way, they are the lung of the region. Because they are crucial to maintain a fragile ecological balance, but also because they play a decisive role in shaping a unique social, economic and cultural landscapes. In Portugal, which has the largest cork oak forest area in the world, cork oaks have been protected by law since the 13th century This amazing tree is so respected and revered that in 2011 it was unanimously declared by the Portuguese Parliament Portugal’s National Tree, and in 2018, the majestic Whistler, the largest and oldest cork oak tree in the world, was chosen as European Tree of the Year. SHARE FOLLOW AMORIM CORK FOLLOW 100% CORK SITEMAP TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY CORK UPDATES I'd like to receive Amorim Cork newsletter I agree to the Privacy Policy of Amorim Cork, S.A., which I have read and understood. Copyright 2020 - 2021 © Amorim Cork. All rights reserved. Created by SOFTWAY.