Student Competition on the Guimarães Green Belt in Portugal starts now

The 15th Landscape Forum of the LE:NOTRE Institute will take place in the European Green Capital 2026: the beautiful town of Guimarães in Portugal.

The competition has started – register your teams now 

Guimarães Green Infrastructure – Bairro C
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Competition dates: September 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026

Guimarães is internationally recognized for its cultural heritage, and now increasingly committed to shaping a sustainable future through innovative landscape strategies. The forum and the competition will explore the city’s urban and peri-urban green infrastructure, with a particular focus on the Costa-Couros river corridor and the social-ecological challenges and transformative potential of Bairro C, a central area facing both degradation and opportunity.

Forum hosts are the Landscape Laboratory of Guimarães and UTAD, University de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Guimarães is the elected European Green Capital 2026.

Save the forum dates:  May 6 – 9, 2026

For updates and more information: https://forum.ln-institute.org


ECLAS Conference 2025: agriCULTURAL landscapes
We are excited to invite you to the 2025 ECLAS Conference, which will be held from 6 to 10 September in Nitra, Slovakia. Submit your abstract by February 15, 2025.