Informação: LIFE BEETLES with 1.8 million Euro investment on the islands of Pico, Terceira and Flores
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism highlighted the investment in nature conservation through LIFE BEETLES. With an allocation of 1.8 million Euros, it is aimed at increasing beetle populations and the distribution areas as well as at improving the state of three endemic beetles (Tarphius floresensis, Pseudanchomenus aptinoides and Trechus terrabravensis). These species are ... Mais >>

Informação: 2020 Common Tern Census registers 7,950 breeding birds in the Azores
The Regional Director for Sea Affairs revealed that the 2020 Common Tern Census, which were conducted during the month of June, concluded that there are currently around 7,950 breeding birds in the archipelago of the Azores. According to Filipe Porteiro, there were an estimated 3,347 common tern couples (Sterna hirundo), spread over 167 colonies across the archipelago, 630 roseate tern couples (St... Mais >>

Informação: LIFE VIDALIA Project already increased populations of native and endemic species of the Azores with 20 thousand plants
The LIFE VIDALIA project, implemented since July 1, 2018, aims to improve the conservation status of the endemic species Azorina vidalii (Azorean Bellflower) and Lotus azoricus on the islands of Faial, Pico and S. Jorge. In just two years, it contributed to the population growth of these Azorean native and endemic species in about 20,000 plants. The results of this project, designed by the Regio... Mais >>

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 >>