Informação: Azores Sea highlighted in UK documentary
The Regional Director for Sea Affairs welcomed today with the success of the documentary "Life at the Extreme - Deep / Azores" in the UK. It consists of a series of four episodes depicting life forms in extreme conditions and one of them, titled as "Deep," was produced on the islands of Faial and Pico. In this documentary, with 52-minute duration, we can see British presenter Davina McCall, accomp... Mais >>

Informação: Pico Mountain has new access rules
The new Natural Reserve of Pico Mountain came into force Sunday with the aim to enhance the safety of visitors and raise awareness for the conservation and promotion of natural heritage. In this context, the Regional Government decided to extend the operating hours of "Casa da Montanha" (Mountain House), providing a new online booking platform and the redefinition of access fees. Between May 1-31... Mais >>

Informação: Vasco Cordeiro highlights availability for solutions to grant the Region with powers to propose and decide on the exploration of marine resources
The President of the Government highlighted today the availability of the National Government to reopen the case on the ordinance establishing the Basic Law on the Planning and Management of National Maritime Space in order to ensure that the Region has power to propose, decide and benefit from managing its maritime space. "The fact that the National Government is available to amend the ordinance... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores reinforces allocation of funds to "Eco-Village, Clean Village" programme
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and the Environment announced today on Corvo that the Government of the Azores has decided to increase the funds for the "Eco-Village, Clean Village" programme, which surpass, for the first time, over half a million Euros. "While in 2013, the programme budget was set at 325 thousand Euros, we will invest 600 thousand Euros in 2015," revealed Luís Neto Vi... Mais >>

Informação: Azores to have Ornithological Guides and Interpretive Itineraries by Species and Habitats
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and the Environment stressed in Horta the importance of the ROA Project - Azores Birdwatching Network. It provides the establishment of a Code of Good Practice and an Ornithological Guide as well as the development of interpretive itineraries by species or habitats for all the islands. Speaking at the opening of the seminar "Good Practices in Ornithological T... Mais >>

Informação: Luís Neto Viveiros defends water management policies that take into account the specificities of the islands
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and the Environment defended in Horta that public water management policies in the Azores must take into account "the specificities of the archipelago, such as territorial discontinuity, biophysical balance and economic dependence of certain production sectors." Luís Neto Viveiros spoke at the Legislative Assembly during the presentation of the diploma e... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores promotes clarification sessions on Community Directive "INSPIRE"
The Government of the Azores promotes a series of technical sessions aimed at clarifying the EU Directive "INSPIRE" that will take place on the islands of S. Miguel, Faial and Terceira between April 13 and June 9. These sessions aim to provide regional authorities with the necessary tools to implement this Community Directive stipulating the general rules for the establishment of geographic infor... Mais >>

Informação: Solid governance policy is fundamental to "blue growth," says Regional Director for Sea Affairs
The Regional Director for Sea Affairs stated in Ponta Delgada that "the accomplishment of the 'blue growth' goal requires solid regional policy governance on maritime affairs." According to him, there should be "a coordination of multisectoral policies for the sea at regional level, which should be also in line with national and international policies." Filipe Porteiro spoke under the 4th Intensiv... Mais >>

Informação: Government's investments ensure effective waste management solutions in the Azores
The President of the Government visited the works for the sealing of the dump and the construction of an inert landfill, an investment of nearly 340 thousand Euros that falls within the policies pursued to ensure effective and appropriate solutions for waste management in the Region. After Vasco Cordeiro's visit to this work, included in the Government's statutory visit to Corvo Island, the Regio... Mais >>

Informação: Vasco Cordeiro highlights added value generated by reconciliation between tourism and environmental heritage in the Azores
The President of the Government defended in Lajes das Flores the need to continue the reconciliation of strategic investment in the tourism sector with the preservation, promotion and qualification of the environmental heritage, taking into account what it brings added value to the development the Azores. "We must have a very clear notion that we can achieve a good balance point between these two ... Mais >>