Informação: The Regional Director for the Environment highlights importance of safeguarding wildlife
The Regional Director for the Environment stressed the importance of biodiversity and wildlife protection on occasion of the release of a goshawk into the wild; the bird received care and recovered at Pico Wild Birds Recovery Centre. Hernâni Jorge highlighted the fact that the Region "has a permanent and toll-free telephone line for the reporting of environmental occurrences, the SOS Environ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government continues to focus biodiversity and habitat recovery
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated on the island of Flores that the Regional Government continues to focus on the safeguarding of biodiversity and the recovery of habitats, promoting "several measures aimed at nature conservation throughout the archipelago." Marta Guerreiro spoke during the visit of the Regional Government's statutory visit. She took part in an initi... Mais >>

Informação: Marta Guerreiro says opening of Corvo Wild Birds Interpretation Centre will contribute to the island's tourism dynamics
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated today that the Corvo Wild Birds Interpretation Centre (CIASC) represents a "very important contribution to the island's dynamics." It is focused on bird watching and reconciles the tourist interest with environmental concerns in an extraordinary manner." "Corvo has been increasingly sought after by those interested in this matter," ... Mais >>

Informação: Miosótis Award distinguishes 19 new tourism accommodation establishments in the Azores
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated today that 19 new tourism accommodation establishments in the Azores were distinguished with the "Miosótis" award, "making up a total of 124 distinctions" awarded under this programme. Created in 2012, it distinguishes the accommodations "reconciling" environmental practices with the concern for "a balanced development of touri... Mais >>

Informação: Marta Guerreiro reinforces need to change consumption options detrimental to the environment
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism reinforced in Ponta Delgada "the need to change current consumption options that are detrimental to the environment." Marta Guerreiro pointed out that the policies of the Regional Government's policies in these matters are based on "lines of action geared towards the prevention and reduction of waste production," through "the adoption of m... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government at 4th ITLA World Congress - Terraced Territories
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism, Marta Guerreiro, participates in the 4th ITLA World Congress - Terraced Territories to take place on La Gomera, Canary Islands, next Tuesday, March 19, an event focused on the specificities of Macaronesian archipelagos: Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde. This edition will address the theme of landscape construction, the ways ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government expresses solidarity with student climate strike, says Gui Menezes
The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology stated in Horta that the Regional Government "expresses its solidarity" with the Student Climate Strike that is currently taking place all over the world and on six islands of the archipelago. Gui Menezes spoke to several students at Manuel de Arriaga Secondary School who joined the protest, mentioning that the Government has taken politi... Mais >>

Informação: Vasco Cordeiro wants EU to value the work of regions on sustainable development and the fight against climate change
The President of the Government presented in Bucharest the Azores as a good example in Europe concerning the adaptation of policies and measures to ensure sustainability in various areas, defending that the European Union should value the role of regions in accomplishing this common goal. "The carried out by many European regions in areas related to sustainable development and climate change is im... Mais >>

Informação: Azores want to become world reference in sustainable use of the sea, says Gui Menezes
The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology announced in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, that the Azores will count on the collaboration of an international network of partners with the aim of improving marine conservation, the "Blue Prosperity Coalition." Gui Menezes spoke on the sidelines of the World Oceans Summit. On the occasion, he stressed that the Blue Prosperity Coalition,... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Environment Inspectorate makes positive assessment of 2018 activities
The Regional Environment Inspectorate (IRA) carried out 157 inspection actions last year: 137 in programmed actions and the remaining 20 in non-programmed actions. Unplanned inspections accounted for about 13% of the overall number of inspections conducted, being the result complaints, environmental incidents or institutional requests. Regarding the inspections covered by planned actions, the area... Mais >>