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Martina Tosi was born in Italy in 1998. She has just finished her studies in Communication Sciences and as a tireless dreamer is still searching for her way. But one thing is certain: her passion for nature and ethnography have always been her faithful travelling companions. Since October 2023, she has been a long term volunteer at Rota Vicentina, where she will spend a year participating in the 'Regenerate Odemira II' project (European Solidarity Corps).
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Nina was born in 1998 and raised in Chartres in France. She studied theater and visual arts. She worked with children and teenagers in a school and in summer camps. She is a ECS volunteer for one year in Rota Vicentina, as part of the Regenerar Odemira II project. She takes care of the walking trails, their maintenance and communicates on social networks about it. She loves artistic fields, cooking, travel and nature.
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Born and raised in Alentejo, she loves nature in all its colours and forms. In the Rota Vicentina team she is Associates Manager.
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A RWSW Rewilding Sudoeste – Associação de desenvolvimento da natureza e ambiente é uma associação sem fins lucrativos, constituída no ano de 2021, em Aljezur.
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Biologist, Master’s degree in Conservation Biology, teacher at the Secundary School of Odemira.
She has has been living in the municipality Odemira since 1987. Her main interests are the knowledge, dissemination and preservation of the natural values of southwest Portugal. She has participated in numerous environmental studies, ecological monitoring works and natural values mapping. She collaborates, among other projects, in the Red List of the Flora of Portugal and in the Flora-on portal (Portuguese Society of Botany). She is a co-author of several science publications.
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Born and raised in Lisbon, with her heart on the Alentejo coast. She runs away from the city whenever she can, or whenever she needs to. Rita is working with Rota Vicentina on communication and production of Semana ID event. After 25 years of journalism, she decided to change direction. She works as a freelancer and writes children's books.
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Graduated in Landscape Architecture, she has always been connected to Nature. Leonor loves plants, music, crafts, drawing and walking. The Alentejo is your home.
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Born in Montpellier, France southern, in 1982. In 2005, he radically changes her life and settles in the Alentejo. In Rota Vicentina, she manages the ID project, with the aim of bringing the tourism sector and the local community closer together. She likes sewing, reading but also outdoor activities!
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Has coordinated several nature conservation, environmental education and ecotourism projects in the Algarve, such as Via Algarviana or the Birdwatching Festival in Sagres. Founder of Proactivetur, a tourist company and tour operator / DMC specialising in ecotourism, creative tourism and local development.
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He was born in 1997 and has a degree in tourism. He likes the surroundings of nature, especially when there are water courses nearby!
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Born in Lisbon in 1978. He loves nature, walking, mountain biking, music and friends!
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Irene Nunes was born in France, in 1986. She graduated in International Relations, but it was in Ecotourism and Environmental Education that she found her path.
Various experiences in tourism, nature, and culture inspired her journey and brought her to the Southwest of Portugal. Since 2017, she has been responsible for the Walking Trails and Volunteering areas at Rota Vicentina Association.
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Born and raised in Odemira in the summer of '94. She loves smiles, animals and people. In Rota Vicentina team she is marketing and communication manager.
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Born in Lisbon in 1975. She is CEO of Rota Vicentina Association. In his free time, he enjoys walking, cycling, reading, yoga, silence and ...parties!
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