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This week, and until June the 5th, the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA will participate with an exhibition and a video about the project at the 4th Environment Fair in Praia da Vitória, Terceira island. In this exhibition, it will be (...)

The 2021 harvest campaign of the Azores Seed Bank started last week, which includes, not only, the harvesting of seeds of target species of the LIFE IP AÇORES NATURA project, such as Euphorbia stygiana; Eirca azorica; Lactuca watsonina; Myosotis azorica; (...)

Today, 21st of May, is the Natura 2000 Network Day. The Natura 2000 Network was created in 1992 with the objetive of ensuring the long-term conservation of endangered species and habitats within the European Union. In the Azores, the LIFE (...)

The Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs (DRAM), partner of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project, marks on May 22nd, the European Day of the Sea, with the opening of Azores Entre-Mares campaign and the beginning of coastal and underwater cleaning (...)

This month, the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) census is taking place across the archipelago. The census is being carried out until May 31 by different teams composed of staff from DRAM, SPEA, DRAAC, DOP / OKEANOS and the islands’ Natural (...)

Within the scope of Action C4.1 “Best practices for the conservation of terrestrial habitats”, the construction of cattle exclusion fences in the Caveiro intervention area on Pico Island has begun. In total, 16.7 km of fence will be installed by (...)