Informação: World Environment Day celebrated on all islands with alerts for plastic pollution
The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, promotes today a series of actions for the cleaning of streams on all the islands of the Azores to mark the World Environment Day. This year's edition is focused on the theme "Beat Plastic Pollution." This initiative is carried out in partnership with the villages that have applied f... Mais >>

Informação: Azores Natural Parks celebrate 10 years with initiatives between July 2018 and April 2019
The Regional Director for the Environment revealed in Horta that the Government will develop several initiatives between July this year and April 2019 to mark the 10 years of existence of Natural Parks in the Azores as well as to assess the main environmental education programmes. "The Azores Natural Parks ensure the internal and external projection of protected areas and the archipelago's natural... Mais >>

Informação: Eco-School Programme involves 75 Azorean school in favour of environmental sustainability
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated Horta that the Eco-School programme is one of the main assets in the efforts developed with the school community on environmental sustainability, involving the participation of 75 Azorean schools in the 2017/2018 school year. "Today, we have 75 participating schools, which contrasts with the first four in 1999, the year when the old... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores marks World Wetlands Day on all islands of the archipelago
The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, promotes a series of environmental awareness-raising and educational activities to take place on February 2 and 3 under the celebrations of the World Wetlands Day. The Regional Delegation of the National Scouts Corp has joined these celebrations by promoting an international activit... Mais >>

Informação: Courses for Natural Park Guides cover all islands
The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, promotes courses for Natural Park Guides on the islands of Santa Maria, Flores and Corvo during the month of March. The initiative intends the enhance the knowledge on protected areas and services provided by professionals who guide groups of visitors to these areas. With a registra... Mais >>

Informação: Linha SOS Ambiente contribui para uma cidadania ambiental mais ativa
O Diretor Regional do Ambiente afirmou que “a linha SOS Ambiente é um importante contributo para a promoção de uma cidadania ambiental cada vez mais ativa, constituindo uma forma simples, e de acesso generalizado, para a denúncia de ocorrências de cariz ambiental”. Hernâni Jorge falava, esta manhã, na Associação de Bombeiros Voluntá... Mais >>

Informação: Educating for the Environment and Sustainability Portal is another step in dissemination of good practices and active participation of the population, says Marta Guerreiro
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated this afternoon that the Educating for the Environment and Sustainability Portal is a platform that facilitates access to information with the aim of promoting environmental sensitivity through greater public, individual and collective participation. Marta Guerreiro spoke in Ponta Delgada at the launch of the portal, explaining tha... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores promotes another three courses for Natural Park Guides
The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, promotes courses for Natural Park Guides on the islands of Terceira, São Jorge and Graciosa. The courses are intended to promote natural heritage as well as to enhance the qualification of human resources and services rendered to visitors in protected areas, always with a view t... Mais >>

Informação: Marta Guerreiro highlights commitment of local authorities to the cleaning and maintenance of public spaces
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism highlighted today the importance of the "Eco-village, clean village" programme and the commitment of local authorities, namely through villages, to the cleaning and maintenance of public spaces. Marta Guerreiro spoke at the delivery ceremony of the maintenance kits of the "My Stream" project under the Eco-village 2017 programme. At the ev... Mais >>

Informação: School Park programme involves more than 17,500 students throughout the Region, reveals Neto Viveiros
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and the Environment revealed in Madalena that, between the school year 2014/2015 and 2015/2016, there was "an increase of 41% in the number of actions and an increase of 27% in the number of participants "in the School Park Programme, an initiative promoted by the Government of the Azores. "We increased the number of actions from 520 to 731 and the number of ... Mais >>