Last updated: November 2021
In 2016 the Municipality of Lisbon started the renovation of the Botanical Garden of Lisbon, declared in 2010 as a national heritage monument. The botanical garden is both a vital urban open space and a significant cultural landscape of the city. This Botanical Garden is home to an important collection of plants with economic value, reflecting the strong links to the Portuguese expansion and the routes of the navigators that spread them across the various continents. The intervention is expected to provide improvements in the irrigation and water circulation systems, in the rainwater harvesting system, in the reorganization and improvement of garden green spaces, and in the restoration of paths. With the objective of requalifying the space, bringing significant improvements in terms of sustainability of resources, visitors safety, new cultural and recreational opportunity spaces (Ref. 3, 4, 8).
Botanical Garden of Lisbon
Source: https://informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt/contactos/diretorio-da-cidade/jardim-botanico-museu-nacional-de-historia-natural-e-da-ciencia
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Botanical gardens
- Blue infrastructure
- Lakes/ponds
- Green areas for water management
- Sustainable urban drainage systems
Key challenges
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Flood protection
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Green space creation and/or management
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Tourism support
- Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Preservation of natural heritage
Focus
Maintenance and management of urban nature, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
The implementation of the winning project of the Participative Budget 2013 will:
Ensure that the Garden fulfils its mission as a Botanical Garden - research, education and ex-situ conservation;
Promote the various historical contexts associated with this space, which date back to the 16th century;
Restore and / or reconstruct the patrimonial elements devalued due to previous interventions, or existing pathologies;
Conserving, recovering and enhancing the current infrastructures;
Infrastructure the Garden with new equipment suitable for increasing diversity and intensity of use;
Implement a signage system that allows for the clear identification of existing botanical specimens and that provides general information about the JBT and its history.
Provide a greater number of experiences and consequently a greater capacity to attract visitors. (8)
Implementation activities
The rehabilitation work of the Botanical Garden is particularly difficult due to the necessary care with the preservation of the vast artistic and biological heritage in presence. For this reason, it was not possible to meet the initial work schedule.
The last planning submitted by the contractor points to the conclusion of the work at the end of November 2017, with the exception of the rehabilitation of the lake that continues even during the month of December 2017.
In 2019 the bed materials and the waterproofing of the Lake and the other channels and tanks of the JBT were recovered, as well as the repair and reformulation of the water circulation systems, in order to minimize its consumption; there was also a group installation, pumping and filtering for the circulation of water, pumping it to the Tank of the Palácio dos Condes da Calheta. In this way, the water in the remaining lakes, channels and waterfalls circulates only by gravity, minimizing energy consumption. (7, 8)
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect species
- Take measures for ex situ conservation
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
- Researchers/University
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
This intervention was the result of a process of the participatory budget.
The requalification of the Lisbon Botanical Garden was one of the winning projects of the Participatory Budget (OP) of Lisbon 2013, in the category up to 500 thousand euros, being the most voted proposal, with 7,500 of the 35,900 votes received in that year's edition. (ref. 1)
The University of Lisbon is responsible for the management of the botanical garden. (ref.2)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(This intervention was the result of the participatory budget consultation - Orçamento Participativo (OP) de Lisboa 2013, promoted annually by the Lisbon City Council, the winning project was entitled "Botanical Garden of Lisbon: Protecting, Valuing and Promoting" (ref. 2, 3).)
Financing
Total cost
€500,000 - €2,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Water management and blue areas
- Improved water quality
- Increased protection against flooding
- Improved stormwater management
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Increased number of protection areas
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Safety
- Increased perception of safety
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Protection of natural heritage
- Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts, Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
(1) SIC Notícias (2016), Jardim Botânico de Lisboa encerra para obras e só reabre dentro de seis meses, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020).
(2) Observador (2016), Jardim Botânico de Lisboa fecha durante seis meses para ter as obras prometidas há três anos, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020).
(3) Wikipedia (2020), Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(4) World Monuments Fund (no date), Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(5) Mais Botanico (2013), Projecto 121 - Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, Proteger, Valorizar e Promover, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(6) Garcia Pereda, I. (2007) Estudo de Organização Interna do Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Lisboa, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(7) Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (2017), Obras de requalificaco do jardim botanico de Lisboa a bom ritmo, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(8) Universidade de Lisboa (2019), ROGRAMA DE RECUPERAÇÃO E BENEFICIAÇÃO JARDIM BOTÂNICO TROPICAL, Available at Source link (Accessed 27-7-2020)
(2) Observador (2016), Jardim Botânico de Lisboa fecha durante seis meses para ter as obras prometidas há três anos, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020).
(3) Wikipedia (2020), Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(4) World Monuments Fund (no date), Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(5) Mais Botanico (2013), Projecto 121 - Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, Proteger, Valorizar e Promover, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(6) Garcia Pereda, I. (2007) Estudo de Organização Interna do Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Lisboa, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(7) Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (2017), Obras de requalificaco do jardim botanico de Lisboa a bom ritmo, Available at Source link (Accessed 22-6-2020)
(8) Universidade de Lisboa (2019), ROGRAMA DE RECUPERAÇÃO E BENEFICIAÇÃO JARDIM BOTÂNICO TROPICAL, Available at Source link (Accessed 27-7-2020)
Botanical Garden of Lisbon
Source: https://informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt/contactos/diretorio-da-cidade/jardim-botanico-museu-nacional-de-historia-natural-e-da-ciencia
Botanical Garden of Lisbon
Source: https://informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt/contactos/diretorio-da-cidade/jardim-botanico-museu-nacional-de-historia-natural-e-da-ciencia
Botanical Garden of Lisbon
Source: https://informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt/contactos/diretorio-da-cidade/jardim-botanico-museu-nacional-de-historia-natural-e-da-ciencia