Portugal is the world’s leading producer of cork. In 2023, cork exports achieved a record value of €1.2 billion, 75 percent of which came from cork stoppers, according to APCOR, the Portuguese ...

This summer António Ferreira is harvesting the cork trees of his grandparents under a hot Iberian sun. Taking a break from the labour-intensive activity to survey his farm, which has been in his ...

The future of many cork oak forests, identified by WWF as an international conservation priority, has been freshened up by the launch of a new partnership in Portugal between WWF and one of the ...

At dawn in the Alentejo, the fields glow gold and the air hums with cicadas. Men with axes move through the cork oaks, slicing into the bark with surgical precision. The first strike is quiet, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cassell Ferere founded PAGE magazine covering circularity in menswear. Portugal has been a place for fashion manufacturing for ...

Will cork survive the threat from plastic stoppers in wine bottles? It's a question that preoccupies Antonio Jose Boneco as he strips bark from cork trees in southern Portugal, just as he has done ...

Cork cladding creates a "camouflaged" upper storey at this home near Lisbon, Portugal, designed by local studio Inês Brandão Arquitectura. Appropriately named Cork House, the dwelling is located in ...

Cork is Portugal’s great success story. It is exported to 133 countries and used for bottle stoppers, building material and by the fashion industry. But this path to success started with a German ...