The Regional Secretariat for Natural Resources, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, joins this year, for the first time, the celebrations of the European Day of Natural Parks, which will be celebrated on Friday, May 24.

In this celebration, established by the Europarc Federation to promote the sustainable management of protected areas in Europe, the Regional Secretariat for Natural Resources challenges all Azoreans to participate in the contest that will be held under the theme " O meu parque. A Minha Paixão. A Minha História" (My park. My Passion. My Story.).

With this initiative, participants are encouraged to share their passion for nature, either through a story, a song, a photograph, a film, a poem or any other format.

The works may be directly submitted at the services of Natural Parks, sent by email to the addresses [email protected] or [email protected] until June 3.

The European award, to which all works sent to regional Natural Parks were submitted, will be announced on June 5, World Environment Day.
This challenge is also launched to the people who make up the teams working in protected areas.

In the context of this challenge, each Natural Park will celebrate this date with an event to disseminate one or several Protected Areas, which will be released at the following address parquesnaturais.azores.gov.pt.