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The invasive species Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) is currently one of the biggest threats to biodiversity in mainland Portugal, causing severe imbalances in the ecosystems where it is found due to its rapid dispersal. This species is also beginning to (...)

Under Action C11, ‘Prevention of the introduction/expansion, control and eradication of invasive alien species’, of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project, the island of Corvo was selected, due to its characteristics, to test rapid response techniques to the introduction of (...)

As part of Action C3.2, ‘In-situ conservation’, the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project, in collaboration with the Pico Environment and Climate Action Service and the Faial Botanic Garden, carried out an action to plant native species on the island of (...)

In 2018, the LIFE VIDALIA project began with the aim of improving the conservation status of two endemic species: the Azorean Bellflower (Azorina vidalii) and the Azorean Lotus (Lotus azoricus), both listed in Annex B-II of the Habitats Directive and (...)

As part of the field inventory, mapping and data processing of the bat species present in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, as well as the development of the regional action plan for the species Nyctalus azoreum, acoustic sampling is (...)

Over the summer, the Santa Maria Environment and Climate Action Service (SAACSMA) collected seeds and produced plants to reinforce endemic populations on the island or to sow directly in some of the intervention areas of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA (...)