Conservation actions consist of a set of necessary measures required to maintain or restore favorable conditions for the natural habitats, as well as the populations of wild flora and fauna.

Several measures have been developed in recent years in conjugation with various institutions under the project LIFE, as well as other projects that resulted in a considerable improvement in the conditions mentioned above.

• LIFE "Priolo Conservation" (November 1994 - December 1996)
• LIFE "Study and Conservation of the Natural Patrimony of the Azores" (January 1997 - June 2000)
• LIFE "Priolo" (2003 - October 2008)
• LIFE "Sustainable Laurel Forest" (2009 - 2012)
• LIFE "Lands of Priolo" (2013 - 2018)
• Furnas Lake Land Development and Watershed Plan (since January 2007)

The LIFE Sustainable Laurel project emerged as an effort to continue the work accomplished through the LIFE Priolo project and the Spatial Plan for the River Basin of Lagoa das Furnas, both conservation projects which are currently being developed in the Lands of Priolo.
Learn more about the actions developed in the Lands of Priolo:

• SPA Pico da Vara/ Ribeira do Guilherme, present Nature Reserve of Pico da Vara and Protected Area for the Management of Habitat or Species of Tronqueira and Planalto dos Graminhais
• Furnas Lake Land Development and Watershed Plan

Discover the fauna and flora found on this territory:       

• Fauna
• Flora