LTER Portugal - The Ria de Aveiro site (with EN subtitles)

This is the video presentation of the LTsER platform Ria de Aveiro.
On the northwest coast of Portugal, there is a wetland with more than 11,000 hectares of complex estuarine structure, with unique fauna and flora adapted to living in this of salt and fresh water duality.
This complex and dynamic place is as rich as it is fragile. Separated from the sea by a small piece of sand, the Ria de Aveiro, is threatened by climate change, and suffers from misuse, from invasion by industries and exotic species to over-exploitation.
The selection of this site as a LTER site contributes to preserve the biological richness within its socio-economic context, by monitoring the ecological characteristics of the Ria over the years.
Find out more about LTER Portugal sites at www.lterportugal.pt
Credits:
Directed by Miguel Cortes Costa (vimeo.com/user...) and Carolina Castro Almeida
Music by Miguel Mateus Pinheiro
A production by: Portuguese Society of Ecology - SPECO
Coordination: Maria Amélia Martins-Loução
Team: Helena C. Serrano, Inês Reis dos Santos, Rúben Oliveira
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia - SPECO
www.speco.pt
This video is a result of the project PORBIOTA - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127, supported by Lisboa Portugal Regional Operational Programme (Lisboa2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

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Esta zona humida é tão importante. Por isso é uma loucura dragar a barra de aveiro sem uma solução que modere a força das marés. As marinhas (sapal) estão cada vez mais assoreadas por causa das amplitudes de maré e velocidade das correntes. Os estudos de impacto ambiental não respeitam o equilíbrio necessário à preservação deste ecosistema. Espero que as entidades ambientais deste país comecem a fazer um trabalho de bom senso que permitam um desenvolvimento sustentável pensado na biodiversidade e na economia local.