From Owners to Guardians
Caring for land in Portugal. We protect it across generations.
How the Model
Works
1
Land Comes In
donated, bequeathed, or placed under long-term agreement
2
It is protected in permanence
under the Foundation's statutes, Strategic Assets can never be sold or mortgaged
3
Guardians take care of it
trained local people who live from regenerating it
4
We safeguard the standard
independent governance, public reporting, every year
Generation Owner
Wishes to donate his family’s property but wants to assure his children will have use of the family home on it for the next 100 years.
Entrepreneur
“We are forming an association to regenerate mountain plots donated by owners who can no longer care for them, building a new local economy based on the health of our landscape.”
Farmer
“Terra Agora Foundation gives me the long-term security to invest in the soil, knowing this land will heal for generations.”
Three ways to
connect to this work
Why
Guardianship
Ownership ends. Guardianship continues.
Land is a living system we hold in trust for future generations.
WE GUARANTEE
Perpetual safeguard of strategic landscapes
Transparent, independent governance
Guardianship agreements protecting landscape integrity
Regeneration tracked and measured
A Living Example
Since 2023
1,600 hectares
Idanha-à-Vida
The flagship project, Idanha-à-Vida, is a laboratory of the guardianship model in action
1600 Hectares
Under Permanent Guardianship
Ecological Baseline
Established
Guardian Entity
in Co-Creation
Statutory Asset-Lock
in Place
Terra Agora Foundation
Vision 2030
entities approved
hubs network
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endowment fund
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investment fund
Alongside these, our learning programmes will have trained hundreds of Guardians, individuals who complete our learning pathways and who, in turn, form and strengthen Guardian Entities.
WHO WE ARE
Terra Agora Foundation is a Portuguese foundation serving the public by creating a new model for land stewardship in Portugal.
We receive, safeguard, and regenerate land, in permanence, together with local Guardians and the people and institutions who fund this work.
WE PROMISE
TO GUARDIANS
You receive secure land and the support to build a thriving, regenerative livelihood
TO DONORS
Your capital protects land across generations and ensures responsible guardianship
Guardianship
Stewardship
Conservation
Legacy
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Address:
Rua da Escola 46
2300-013 Tomar
Portugal
Email:
info@terra-agora.org
Phone:
+351 93 506 9537
Opening Hours:
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Monday–Friday)
Tax Identification Number (NIPC):
516946269
IBAN:
PT50 0035 0230 0001 37672301 1
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