Informação: Environmental communications system covers entire archipelago and facilitates surveillance, enhancing population's safety against natural hazards The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated in Ponta Delgada that the Integrated Communication System of Environmental Services (SICAM) already covers all islands of the archipelago. It is another tool available to those who, on a daily basis, take care of the natural and landscape heritage and guarantee the safety of populations against natural and environmental risks, facil... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government provides land for planting of endemic or indigenous flora The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism announced today that the Regional Government, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, will provide land within the Network of Protected Areas for the planting of endemic or indigenous flora on all islands. Marta Guerreiro pointed out that this measure will be implemented through protocols signed with interested companies. Th... Mais >> Informação: Azorean bathing waters under public consultation until January 31 The list containing the bathing waters to be identified in the Azores in 2019 is under public consultation until January 31. This public consultation arises under the regional legislation and aims to provide citizens with the opportunity to express their opinions, suggestions, complaints and comments on this matter. Next year's proposal expects to maintain the seventy coastal bathing areas identif... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government implements "pioneering document" in landscape policies, says Marta Guerreiro The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated on Pico that the Regional Government published today a "pioneering document" regarding the territorial policies in the scope of landscape protection and management in the Azores. Marta Guerreiro spoke at the presentation of quality goals and guidelines for the Management of the Azores Landscape, which have been drawn up in a Resolut... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government raises awareness of school community for importance of protecting the oceans The Regional Director for Fisheries stated in Vila do Porto that climate change "may condition the abundance of fish" in the Azores Sea "by changing the sea currents and the distribution of resources." Luís Rodrigues spoke to about one hundred students and teachers at Santa Maria Basic Education and Secondary School during the lecture on "Climate Change - Saving the Oceans," an initiative hel... Mais >> Informação: School Park is "reference" programme in environmental education for children and young people, says Marta Guerreiro The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism highlighted today the School Park as a "reference" programme in the promotion of environmental education. In this regard, she highlighted that the initiative promoted more than 1,000 activities in the 2017/2018 school year, namely the "park goes to school" or the "school goes to protected areas." Both involved more than 21 thousand partici... Mais >> Informação: SOS Cory's Shearwater campaign contributes to study the impact of marine litter on birds, says Regional Director for Sea Affairs The Regional Director for Sea Affairs stated in Horta that the SOS Cory's Shearwater campaign is an opportunity to "maximise the research towards results to support decision-making in public policies for nature conservation." In this regard, Felipe Porteiro pointed out that all juvenile specimens that are found lifeless and "in good condition are preserved to be used in subsequent research," which... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government promotes training for sustainability The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism is holding an information session in Ribeira Grande under the Sustainability Charter of the Azores, following similar initiatives already held in Ponta Delgada and Lagoa. These local information sessions will be held in all municipalities of the Azores until 2019. Currently, they are taking place on São Miguel Island, followed by Te... Mais >> Informação: Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs prepares 2019 bathing season The Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs held the fourth regional meeting on coastal bathing areas in Lagoa, S. Miguel Island, with the aim of assessing this year's bathing season and prepare the upcoming 2019 season, special emphasis will be given to the environmental education programme designated as "Blue Flag." The promotion of public health, well-being and accessibility for people with reduce... Mais >> Informação: SOS Cory's Shearwater 2018 saved 4,780 juveniles in the Azores The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology announced in Vila Franca do Campo that 4,780 birds were saved during the SOS Cory's Shearwater campaign 2018, which ended Thursday. However, he noted that these figures are preliminary. Since the beginning of this initiative in 1995, this is the fourth year with the largest record of incidents involving juvenile Cory's Shearwater specimen... Mais >>
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