CORUCHE, Portugal — The rhythmic noise of axes whacking trees echoes in the depths of the cork oak forest. But in Coruche, a rural area south of the Tagus River known as Portugal’s “cork ...

How cork — the same material used to seal wine bottles — could save the planet Lisbon, Portugal — The sound of a cork popping out of the end of a bottle is known across the world. It often ...

The cork oak is unique in its ability to regenerate its bark. Once it is removed, workers write the last number of that year with white paint on the exposed golden brown trunk – a three means it ...

Objectives 1. Ensure that key actors from the cork producing countries are able to address key issues in the cork oak landscapes: good practice, policy and advocacy, and the market chain. 2. Develop, ...

Cork is the traditional and leading wine bottle stopper. Just like glass, it can be recycled. The cork oak forests are also important contributors to biodiversity and to capturing greenhouse gases ...

Cork trees can live for up to 200 years, harvested again and again over the decades, she said. "Cork oak trees are a barrier to the desertification that comes from the south. This is the forest ...

The Portuguese forest alone, which holds 32% of the global cork oak forest area, has sequestered 4.8 million tons of carbon dioxide, according to a study on cork sustainability.

Cork grows as a thick protective layer of outer bark, much thicker in the cork oak than in any other tree. Strange as it is to see a stripped cork oak with its lower 12 or 15 feet of dark inner ...

Cork has been part of winemaking history for centuries, but today it is helping to shape a more sustainable future. At the heart of this transformation is Corticeira Amorim, the world’s largest ...

The desire by businesses to make the most out of every single ounce of the natural material can be explained by its biggest caveat: Cork is a layer of bark that grows only on the Quercus Suber oak ...