Informação: Government opens international public tender for the cutting, sale and reforestation of 92 hectares of cryptomeria forest in the Azores The Government of the Azores opened a new international tender for the cutting, sale and reforestation of seven regional public cryptomeria plots on the island of São Miguel. This measure was implemented to revitalise the timber industry under the Azorean Agenda for Employment Creation and Business Competitiveness.
The 92.1 hectare area put to tender is located in the forests of Tronqueira... Mais >> Informação: Anabela Isidoro visits public forests to be cut down on the island of Terceira The Regional Director for Forest Resources visited today some of the areas within the 60 hectares of public forests on Terceira Island that, having reached the end of their useful life, will be put to public tender. This initiative represents an "opportunity" to "enhance the Region's endogenous resources" and contribute to the "generation of wealth and jobs" in the private sector.
"The management... Mais >> Informação: Creation of "Azores Forests" brand to promote controlled sources of forest products and services The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and the Environment stressed in Horta that the consolidation of the "Azores Cryptomeria" and the creation of the "Azores Forests" brand next year will promote "the controlled sources of endogenous forest products and services."
Speaking at the Legislative Assembly, Luís Neto Viveiros pointed out, as examples "woody materials, the production of fruits, h... Mais >> Informação: Planting of endemic species marks Autochthonous Forest Day in the Azores The Government of the Azores marked the Autochthonous Forest Day in the Azores with the planting of endemic and native species near the access road to Pico Bartolomeu in Nordeste, São Miguel Island.
This activity will take place in an area of about 20,000 square metres located within the Forest Perimeter. This area is being redeveloped by the Government with the cutting of pine trees, crypt... Mais >> Informação: Region provides over 3,900 hectares of uncultivated grazing lands to Azorean farmers The Regional Director for Forest Resources stressed today on the island of Graciosa the fact that the Government is providing over 3,908 hectares of uncultivated grazing lands is of "great relevance" to over 1,450 regional farmers
"The role played by these lands is very important, particularly on smaller islands, where, sometimes, the survival of small farms depends on the availability of these a... Mais >> Informação: Trials to enhance Azorean cryptomeria deliver genetic gains The plants produced from seeds resulting from provenance/progeny trials conducted with cryptomeria under the Azores Forest Improvement Programme already evidence, after a decade, genetic gains between five and seven percent.
The data were revealed on Friday during a technical and scientific visit made by programme coordinating team to the experimental fields installed on the island of São M... Mais >> Informação: Government collaborates with Lagoa Lions Club
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry will collaborate with the Board of Lagoa Lions Club in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of this institution by providing a space within the Chã da Macela Recreational Forest Reserve. The celebrations include the symbolic planting of Azorean endemic trees.
The planting of an endemic tree for each year of existence of Lagoa Lions C... Mais >> Informação: Azorean forest is source of pride for the Regional Government The Government of the Azores has improved, maintained and recovered nearly 1400 kilometres of rural and forest roads in order to facilitate the access to forest areas and other productive activities, such as livestock farms, contributing to the improvement to one of the most important sectors of regional economy.
For these reasons, the Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry praised the ... Mais >> Informação: Government maintains its position on the production of genetically modified organisms in the Region The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry considers that the Azores should not continue to allow the production of genetically modified organisms as long as the scientific community does not adopt a unanimous position on this matter.
Noé Rodrigues spoke at the end of a hearing with the Committee on Economic Affair of the Regional Assembly, conveying his belief that "this is the pos... Mais >> Informação: Wild rabbit hunting forbidden on Santa Maria The Government decided to ban, with immediate effect, the hunting of wild rabbits on the island of Santa Maria.
Under the terms of an ordinance issued by the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry, published in the Official Journal today, this prohibition is justified by "the need to adopt measures to control wild rabbit populations" due to an outbreak of Viral Haemorrhagic Disease in ... Mais >>
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