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Within the frame of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project, the propagation of endemic flora has begun on Flores Island, using cuttings of native species, for subsequent planting in the respective project intervention areas. Following attempts to induce the development (...)

Today, the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA held a Management Meeting (via online) with all beneficiaries, about technical, operational and financial execution. On this meeting important topics were discussed, such as the development and implementation of the operational plans, the planning (...)

Senecio viscosus. This species, endemic to the European continent, was registered for the first time in the vicinity of the Observatory “Roque de los Muchachos” (ORM) by Arnoldo Santos, a local botanist. Although the first specimens were only found recently, (...)

LIFE IP CLIMAZ is the second integrated project to be approved in the Azores. The Climate change is a big problem in Portugal's nine Azores islands. This Integrated Project will help local authority, Regional Secretariat for Climate Change, implement an (...)

The bird of the year was elected, and it is a species exclusive to the Azores archipelago. In an article published in the magazine "Público" it was announced that Monteiro's storm petrel (Hydrobates monteiroi) had been chosen as bird of (...)

In La Palma, work has already begun on the removal of invasive species such as Austrocylindropuntia sp., a group of cacti whose spines can reach 8 cm in length. The photograph was taken in Los Llanos de Aridane, within the (...)