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Ecology Day emerged as a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Ecology in 2016, marked with a roundtable at the European Parliament in Brussels. Celebrated between September 13th and 17th, this day intends to bring this science and ecologists closer (...)

Part of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project’s mission is to reinforce the populations of threatened species in the Archipelago, thus protecting our natural heritage’s biodiversity and richness. Every year, seeds are collected throughout the Region to strengthen the populations (...)

The Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change, through the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project, installed a 1.4 km fence at Mistério da Prainha, in order to keep cattle away from protected and project intervention areas, namely in the (...)

LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project was doing fieldwork last week on Corvo island. During this visit, a briefing session was promoted for agricultural entrepreneurs about the conservation work that is being carried out on the island. In the session, the (...)

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝘂𝗽 𝗗𝗮𝘆 was created to raise awareness about the problem of marine litter, which is highly damaging to biodiversity, 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵 and ecosystems and causes significant losses to the fishing industry. For more than 30 years, this date has (...)

At the end of August, a new invasive flora species was detected on the island of Faial - the 𝘐𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘴-𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘦. Detected on Porto Pim, this species is known for existing strictly on dunes, having in the past been reported (...)