Informação: Regional Government awards 28 awards of excellence in "Eco Village 2019" programme The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism highlighted the awarding of 28 awards of excellence under the "Eco-Village, Clean Village 2019," involving the participation of all islands of the archipelago: one on Corvo Island, one on Flores Island, seven on Faial Island, two on Pico Island, one on São Jorge Island, one on Graciosa Island, seven on Terceira Island, five on Sã... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government promotes marine litter mapping on the islands of Faial and Pico under LIFE Azores Natura project The Regional Director for Sea Affairs revealed that the initial conservation works at sea have already begun as part of the "Coastal Habitats Management" action under LIFE IP Azores Natura, the largest conservation project ever created for the Azores.
Exploratory dives are being carried out for the mapping of litter on the seabed of three classified marine areas, namely the Caldeirinhas Natural ... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government classifies Serra da Tronqueira Range and Graminhais Plateau as Special Area of Conservation The Government of the Azores has approved a Regional Implementing Decree that classifies the "Serra da Tronqueira Range/Graminhais Plateau" Site of Community Importance, São Miguel Island, as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) within Natura 2000 Network. It covers a land area of about 2,010 hectares that stretches over the municipalities of Nordeste, Povoação and Ribeira Grande
The... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government intends to classify Serra da Tronqueira Range and Graminhais Plateau as Special Conservation Area The Regional Government placed today a preliminary draft of the Regional Regulatory Decree aimed at the classification of the Serra da Tronqueira Range and the Graminhais Plateau, São Miguel Island, as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) for public consultation on the www.legisgra.azores.gov.pt platform.
The Serra da Tronqueira Range/Graminhais Plateau Site of Community Importance (SCI) cov... Mais >> Informação: Regional Director for the Environment highlights importance of habitat recovery for a unique population of "Azorina vidalii" The Regional Director for the Environment stressed that the Regional Government "has been successful" in channelling financial resources to strengthen the conservation policies for natural heritage, namely through the three LIFE projects under way in the archipelago, representing a direct investment of approximately 23 million Euros.
Hernâni Jorge also highlighted “the growing investm... Mais >> Informação: Vasco Cordeiro challenges young people to be responsible for “taking care of what is ours” The President of the Government challenged today young Azoreans to get involved in initiatives for the preservation the Region's environmental heritage as a way of becoming aware that it is everyone's responsibility to “take care of what is ours."
“The idea of taking care of what is ours concerns the need to safeguard this environmental heritage that belongs to everyone and, therefo... Mais >> Informação: Graciosa doubles areas applying for support to the maintenance of traditional landscapes The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stressed today that the island of Graciosa has registered a "significant growth" of the areas applying for the incentive system for the maintenance of traditional landscapes, which have practically doubled over the last two years.
The areas currently benefiting from maintenance support correspond to 21.5 hectares, including 17.1 hectares... Mais >> Informação: Government of the Azores begins mechanical control of invasive species in Monte da Guia, Faial Island The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, has begun, under the Life Vidália project, a significant intervention of mechanical control of invasive species in the area of Entre-Montes in Monte da Guia, Faial Island.
This control intervention will focus on the eradication of buffalo grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), origi... Mais >> Informação: Azores can contribute to testing solutions to global problems such as climate change and marine litter, says Regional Director for Science and Technology The Regional Director for Science and Technology highlighted in Brussels the importance of archipelagos such as the Azores as "living laboratories in the search for new solutions that contribute to facing global challenges related to climate change or marine litter."
In this regard, Bruno Pacheco, highlighted a recent project that is being developed under the scope of the AIR Centre. It intends t... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government raises school community's awareness for the importance of protecting the oceans The Regional Director for Fisheries stated in Santa Cruz da Graciosa that climate change “can condition the abundance of fish” in the Azores Sea, “altering sea currents and the distribution of resources.”
Luís Rodrigues spoke Tuesday to about a hundred and a half students and teachers at Graciosa Basic Education and Secondary School during the lecture on "Climate Cha... Mais >>
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