In the context of the Business & Biodiversity initiative accorded top priority by the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union and in the framework of the Action Programme for the Recovery of Cork Oak and Holm Oak Forests, an innovative agreement was signed between Corticeira Amorim, the Direcção Geral de Recursos Florestais (General Forestry Resources Directorate), the Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade (Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Institute), QUERCUS and the WWF.