Informação: Azores will be able to create biogeographically sensitive areas beyond 100 miles
The Regional Director for Fisheries conveyed today his satisfaction with the approval of the Rules on the new Common Fisheries Policy at the European Parliament. With this new document, the Azorean Government will have the possibility of reserving an area around the seamounts located outside 100 miles of the Azorean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the exclusive access to the regional fishing ... Mais >>

Informação: Azores to coordinate national working group on marine protected areas
From now on, the Autonomous Region of the Azores will coordinate the national working group on protected marine areas. This group will convey the positions taken by the Portuguese delegation at the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Protected Areas (ICG-MPA) of the OSPAR Convention. The decision was taken at the meeting of ICG-MPA of the OSPAR Convention that was held in the city of Vi... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government defends promotion of the "good ecological status" of the sea as differentiation factor
The Government of the Azores defended that the promotion of the "good ecological status" of the Azores Sea and the sustainability of existing and emerging maritime activities are a differentiation factor. This idea was defended at the Atlantic Conference 2013 - Atlantic's Blue Growth that ends today in Lisbon. "As a differentiation factor, the Azores have reiterated their mission to promote and ma... Mais >>

Informação: Luís Neto Viveiros considers Azores Maritime Training School "key initiative" for the development of maritime professions
The Regional Secretary for Natural Resources highlighted today in Horta the importance of the implementation of the Azores Maritime Training School on the island of Faial. The government official considered it "a key initiative for the development of maritime professions" as well as for the promotion of social integration and the creation of jobs. "This training centre is intended to achieve a l... Mais >>

Informação: Maintenance of pedestrian trails to create 37 jobs from January, announced Vítor Fraga
The Regional Secretary for Tourism and Transport announced today in Horta that the Azorean Government will reinforce the maintenance and coordination team in charge of pedestrian trails," thus creating 37 new jobs across the archipelago." Speaking at the Legislative Assembly during the debate of the proposed Regional Plan and Budget for 2014, Vítor Fraga justified this measure for the import... Mais >>

Informação: Azores lead Ponto Verde Society rankings on packaging waste management, reveals Hernâni Jorge
The Government of the Azores has decided to move forward with the investments intended to provide the Region with "effective and appropriate" technological solutions for waste management. The Azores already lead the Ponto Verde Society rankings on packaging waste management with the entry into operation of the Waste Processing Centres (CPR) on Flores and Graciosa. "The data on the first two mont... Mais >>

Informação: Porto Pim Aquarium - Live Fish Station received over five thousand visitors in five months
The Porto Pim Aquarium on the island of Faial has increased the number of species on display. Since its opening to the public on June 20, it has already received over five thousand visitors, thus complying with the Regional Government's goal of enhancing the knowledge on the Sea. Integrated in the Monte da Guia Complex, the Live Fish Station has already displayed species that, otherwise, could h... Mais >>

Informação: Azores Network of Waste Processing Centres to be concluded by 2014, says Luís Neto Viveiros
The Regional Secretary for Natural Resources said today that the works of the Santa Maria Waste Processing Centre concludes in 2014 the construction of all these infrastructures planned under the Regional Waste Management System, a public investment of nearly 200 million Euros. "This work, amounting to 3.7 million Euros, concludes the Azores network of Waste Processing Centres by the first half ... Mais >>

Informação: Environmental education policy promoted by Regional Government already covered 19,000 students
The Regional Secretary for Natural Resources revealed today that nearly 19,000 students from regional schools participated in the hundreds of actions that took place under "Parque Escola" programme, an initiative that encompasses the environmental educational offer provided by the Government of the Azores. "Parque Escola" is a programme that falls within the Regional Plan for Environmental Educat... Mais >>

Informação: Faial Natural Park distinguished once again as European Destination of Excellence - "EDEN"
The Regional Secretary for Natural Resources welcomed the distinction of Faial Natural Park at the EDEN Innovation Awards in the Community Building category. The awards aim to distinguish European destinations of excellence in the areas of marketing, local development and social cohesion. "This award is also intended to highlight the link between the conservation of natural heritage and the cr... Mais >>