As plantas aromáticas e medicinais do Anjo da Guarda

16-05-2009

A ADILCAN e o Município de Ansião vão promover, a 16 de Maio, um percurso pedestre dedicado às plantas aromáticas e medicinais na Serra do Anjo da Guarda.
Será uma caminhada moderada, indicada para todo o tipo de público e que contará, durante o percurso, com o acompanhamento de um monitor especializado que fará uma abordagem às diferentes espécies e propriedades das plantas aromáticas e medicinais encontradas. Para além deste aliciante existem, claro, a paisagem única e a flora luxuriante que a serra apresenta na Primavera. No final do percurso os participantes terão a oportunidade de degustar alguns produtos endógenos da região. Pode fazer a sua inscrição, seguindo este link|.

Programa

14h30m – Ponto de Encontro - Centro de Interpretação Ambiental do Nabão
15h00m – Saída para a Serra do Anjo da Guarda – Pousaflores
15h15m – Início do percurso pedestre com a interpretação das diferentes espécies de P.A.M.
17h30m – Fim do percurso. Lanche de produtos endógenos
18h30m – Regresso ao Centro de Interpretação Ambiental do Nabão

Para mais informações poderá contactar o número 236 677 144, do Posto de Turismo de Ansião.

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Caros amigos e ex-participantes dos ateliers de plantas medicinais, aromáticas e condimentares.
Aqui vai a informação das próximas datas de ateliers dia 21 de Fevereiro e 15 de Março aqui em Tojeira/Sintra, 6,7, 8 de Março, Algarve, 21 de Março Alcobaça e 22 Leiria, 25 e 26 de Abril no jardim
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Environmental and Agronomic Benefits of Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Strips for Rainfed Almond Orchards in Semiarid Slopes (SE, Spain)

In the Mediterranean zone semi-natural vegetation and diverse mountain-cropping systems have been converted into monocultures with low tree densities, leaving the soil unprotected. Soil loss and runoff over a three-year period were monitored in hillside erosion plots (35% slope and 144 m2 in area) with almond (Prunus amygdalus) trees under three soil-management systems: no-tillage with sage (Salvia lavandulifolia L.) strips 3 m wide (NTSS); no-tillage with rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) strips (NTRS), and no-tillage with thyme (Thymus baeticus L.) strips (NTTS) in south-eastern Spain. Also, the nut yield from almond trees, and the biomass and essential oils from aromatic-shrub strips were measured. According to our findings, the NTTS, NTRS and NTSS reduced erosion with respect to the common local conventional tillage by 95, 94, and 77%, and the runoff by 85, 84, and 60%, respectively. In comparative terms among the plant strips, thyme and rosemary reduced soil loss by 78 and 73%, and runoff by 61 and 63%, respectively, with respect to sage. Significant differences (P < 0.01) were found for both soil erosion and runoff values in sage and rosemary strips respect to thyme strip. The mean nut yield from NTSS, NTRS, and NTTS during the study period was 546.4, 658.8, and 829.6 kg ha-1, and the essential oil yield from sage, rosemary, and thyme was 5.0, 5.1, and 7.1 l ha-1, respectively. The nut yield from almond orchards without plant strips in the study zone is about 1,075 kg ha-1, therefore, the production was reduced by plant strips probably due to the water competition. However, the thyme strips controlled the erosion and agricultural runoff and thus had a beneficial effect on the environment as well as a less negative impact on almond yields. In addition, the essential oils from herbs can offset the loss of profits from almond trees for farmers. Thus, this paper highlights the beneficial impact of cultivated plant strips in hilly areas by the association the soil- and water-conservation measures with production in traditional almond orchards.
Palavras-chave em Inglês: almond orchards, aromatic-medicinal plants (AMP), agriculture runoff, mountainous agriculture, soil-management systems, mediterranean . Link