Informação: Regional Government recognises strategic interest of 4.2 million euro investment in microalgae production
The Government of the Azores recognised the strategic interest to the Region regarding the investment project for the production of microalgae, antioxidant supplements and the construction of a unit for the removal of microalgae and cyanobacteria from eutrophic water bodies. This project represents a global investment of 4.2 million Euros and will be implemented by the company Algicel Indústr... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government, EDA and MIT-Portugal "connect" Corvo island to solar energy
The houses and public buildings on the island of Corvo are being equipped with solar panels and heat pumps. This one million Euro investment is being carried out by the Government with the "know how" of Azorean electricity company EDA and Green Islands Consortium, one of the main research programmes of MIT-Portugal programme. The first phase of the installation of solar panels is almost complete... Mais >>

Informação: Natural Park monitors "birth" of new "Fajã" on Corvo
The evolution of the landslide that occurred in late October on the Northwest coast of Corvo island is being monitored by the Natural Park of the smallest island in the Azores. The natural process that transformed the newly formed islets into a peninsula continues to move forward and, apparently, it will result in a small "fajã" (geological formation) with a small lake. "After the formation... Mais >>

Informação: Recovery project of Furnas Crater Lake basin distinguished with national award
The Ecological Recovery Project of Furnas Crater Lake Hydrographic Basin on the island of São Miguel was awarded the National Landscape Award 2012, a distinction awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning, through the Directorate-General of Planning, revealed the Regional Secretary for Natural Resources. With this prize, the Ecological Recovery Project of ... Mais >>

Informação: Environmental Quality in the Azores is "important driving force for investment," says Secretary for Natural Resources
The Regional Secretary for Natural Resources said today at the Legislative Assembly in Horta that environmental quality in the Azores is an "important driving force for investment" in the archipelago. For this reason, Luís Neto Viveiros spoke at the debate on the Programme of the XI Regional Government, stressing that the Government's actions in this area will be based on an Action Plan for... Mais >>

Informação: 41 endemic species preserved in Azores Seed Bank
This year, the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea, through Faial Botanical Garden, has increased the number of seed stored in the Azores Seed Bank by 82%. A seed bank is an "ex-situ" plant conservation method (outside natural habitat); seeds are preserved by being dried at low temperatures, which ensures their viability for long periods of time. This is one of the methods wi... Mais >>

Informação: New contents available on SIARAM site
The Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea, provides, starting today, new contents and themes under the SIARAM project - "Feeling and Interpreting the Azores Environment." In fulfilment of Article 82 of Regional Legislative Decree no.15/2012/A of April 2 establishing the legal framework for nature conservation and biodiversity, the lists containi... 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: Exhibition by Nuno Sá at the marina of Horta
A photography exhibition titled "Oásis" by Nuno Sá will be open to the public at the marina of Horta in front of the bar. The collection on display consists of thirty photographs depicting some of most distinctive species of the Azores sea, including whales, dolphins, sharks as well as other marine species. Nuno Sá is an international award-winning photographer who lives on the is... Mais >>

Informação: Registration period for Myosotis Azores award open
For the second consecutive year and with the possibility of renewal every two years, the registration period for the Myosotis Azores award will be open until October 19 at http://portal.sram.azores.gov.pt. Myosotis Azores is an award that recognises good environmental behaviour in regional tourist accommodations. The Azores have distinguished 17 accommodations on 7 seven islands of the archipel... Mais >>