How the Model
Works
1
Land comes in
donated, bequeathed, or placed under
long-term agreement.
2
It's locked forever
by law, it can never be sold or mortgaged.
3
Guardians take care of it
trained local people who live from regenerating it.
4
We watch over everything
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
20 Jobs
Created
Economic Return
Biodiversity Recovery
Natural Return
Local Market Revived
Social Return
Community Involvement
Inspirational Return
Vision 2030
protected
stewards
patrons
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, forever, together with local Guardians and the people and institutions who fund this work.