Azores celebrated World Earth Day with an environmental awareness campaign, in an ‘online’ format, covering all schools in the Azores, from the Primary education to Secondary Education. This was an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for Transport, Tourism and Energy, through the Management Structure of the Sustainable Tourist Destination, Azores DMO, in partnership with the …
Azores celebrated World Earth Day with an environmental awareness campaign, in an ‘online’ format, covering all schools in the Azores, from the Primary education to Secondary Education. This was an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for Transport, Tourism and Energy, through the Management Structure of the Sustainable Tourist Destination, Azores DMO, in partnership with the …
On Thursday, April 22, the Azores celebrated World Earth Day with a large-scale plantation of endemic species, which took place on all the islands, at the same time. This was an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for Transport, Tourism and Energy, through the Management Structure of the Sustainable Tourist Destination, Azores DMO, in partnership with …
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The Regional Director for the Environment, Hernâni Jorge, revealed today, outside the action of returning to the natural environment of the kite bird (Buteo buteo rothschildi), at Quinta de São Lourenço, which, since the beginning of the implementation of the network in the Archipelago, the Wild Bird Rehabilitation Centers (CERAS-Açores) have already received a total …
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It took a pandemic for the registrations of Azorean artists on the www.discoverazores.eu platform to grow significantly. “During the past 4 weeks, we had 160 registrations on the platform” announces Terry Costa, the artistic director of the MiratecArts association, based in the island of Pico. With a total of 660 artists from digital art, visual …
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The Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, through the Regional Directorate for the Environment, will carry out various environmental awareness and education activities on all the islands, as part of the celebrations of World Wetlands Day, to be celebrated on February 2 and this year is dedicated to the theme “Biodiversity and Wetlands”.
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism announced today that the Azores has been certified as a sustainable tourism destination through the EarthCheck certifier and under the strict criteria of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).
The Government of the Azores promotes the implementation of an innovative action of business training in Management and Leadership for Sustainability, which is the central pillar of its development strategy based on economic, social and environmental aspects.
The regional secretariats of Social Solidarity and Energy, Environment and Tourism are promoting the pilot project ‘Azores for All’, an initiative that, in this first phase, takes place in the islands of São Miguel and Terceira.
The Azores Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism has announced the launch of an energy efficiency campaign for tourism accomodation units.