The site selected for afforestation is a vacant lot (Santo António), located in the parish of Tangil, Monção, Viana do Castelo. It falls within the homogeneous sub-region of Vez of the PROF AM – Regional Forest Management Plan of Alto Minho and within the Soajo-Peneda forest perimeter. The site is a mountainous terrain, covered mainly by spontaneous vegetation (broom, gorse, ferns).

The land occupies a total area of 9.50 hectares. A protocol was signed between the Tangil Common Land Management Council and ACHLI. During the term of the protocol, several habitat management actions will be developed with a view to its improvement. The first intervention was to plant native species in the area, specifically Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) and birch (Betula celtiberica). Due to the strong presence of livestock in this location, we opted to place a fence around the entire perimeter of the plot in order to increase the success of the establishment of the young plants.