Informação: Registration for 11th Azores Waste Week open until November 13 The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, will hold the 11th Azorean Waste Week between November 21 and 29. The initiative is promoted under the 12th European Waste Prevention Week with the aim of including actions organised by public and private entities on all islands of the archipelago.
Held under theme “Invisible... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government invests in improvement of environmental quality of Furnas Lake The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stressed the investment of the Regional Government in the improvement of the environmental quality of Furnas Lake, S. Miguel Island, noting the importance of the reforestation project covering an area over 61 hectares, where more than 250 thousand endemic and native species were planted.
Marta Guerreiro accompanied today the visit of the... Mais >>
Informação: Azores confirm growth trend of urban waste recovery in 2019 The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated today that “the Azores recovered last year more than half of the urban waste produced (55.2%) and, consequently, the fraction disposed of in landfills was less than the amount recovered (44, 8%),” confirming the growth trend in the recovery of this type of waste. “In 2012, 87% of urban waste was forwarded for disp... 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 publishes handbook on use and management of bathing areas in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic The Regional Government, through the Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs, has published the handbook on the use and management of bathing areas in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is aimed not only at managing entities but also at the users of these areas. This document, which contains temporary and exceptional measures, aims to define good practices and guidelines for the use of the R... Mais >> Informação: EEA Grants to finance non-reusable beverage packaging deposit system in the Azores The project for the non-reusable beverage packaging deposit system in the Azores has been approved for funding by the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 under the Environment, Climate Change and Low Carbon Economy programme of the European Economic Area Grants (EEA Grants).
This programme finances innovative and structuring projects in the areas of environment, climate change a... Mais >> Informação: Azores set 40 targets to be achieved in six years to maintain good environmental status of marine waters The Regional Director for Sea Affairs stated in Algés that the Azores "are committed to continuously improving" the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), which is now in its second cycle. Filipe Porteiro stressed that the Region “has been intensifying” monitoring programmes and measures with regional, national and international partners from Macaronesia... Mais >> Informação: Applications for "Eco-Village, Clean Village" programme run from February 1 to March 15 The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism announced today that applications for the "Eco-Village, Clean Village" programme, open to all Azorean parish councils, will run between February 1 and March 15.
Marta Guerreiro stressed that the 2020 Investment Plan provides for an allocation of 450 thousand Euros for financial support under this programme, besides the support for the acq... Mais >>
Informação: Regional Government promotes public session to collect contributions for development of Lagoa do Fogo Viewpoint project The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, promotes a public session on January 27 to present the intervention goals and the prior study of the project for Lagoa do Fogo Viewpoint on São Miguel as well as to collect suggestions and contributions to be considered in the preparation of the final project. This session, open... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government moves forward with specific action plan for agriculture and forestry to tackle climate change The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry stated in Ponta Delgada that the Regional Government, in conjunction with the social partners of the agricultural sector, is committed to defining a specific action plan for agriculture and forestry with objective and feasible measures that will contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. "In... Mais >>
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