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Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Alimentação
Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food celebrates International Day of Forests
Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food celebrates International Day of Forests
Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Alimentação
LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project approved, highlights António Ventura
LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project approved, highlights António Ventura
Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Alimentação
António Ventura praises work on picheleiros road in Graciosa
António Ventura praises work on picheleiros road in Graciosa
March 21, 2025
Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food celebrates International Day of Forests
March 5, 2025
LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project approved, highlights António Ventura
November 12, 2024
António Ventura praises work on picheleiros road in Graciosa
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Nota de Imprensa
March 21, 2025
Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food celebrates International Day of Forests
International Day of Forests is being celebrated today, March 21, with various activities organised by the Regional Directorate for Forest Resources and Spatial Planning (DRRFOT). These awareness-raising activities aim to highlight the importance of forest ecosystems on all the Azorean islands except Corvo and are organised in conjunction with schools, local authorities, environmental non-governmental organisations and companies. They will include the planting of endemic species produced by the forestry services' nurseries, hiking in nature areas, awareness-raising activities and visits to forestry dissemination centres, involving approximately 3,300 participants throughout the autonomous region. Over the years, forests have been synonymous with human survival, fundamental as a supplier of food, shelter, fibres, wood and fuel for heating and energy. With the progress of scientific knowledge in ecology in the last few decades of the past century, forests have gained prime importance through social recognition for their provision of ecosystem services, such as recreational and leisure purposes, carbon sequestration and storage, regulation of the hydrological cycle, conservation and biodiversity, pollination, soil protection, air purification and oxygen release. Moreover, they create jobs and generate income that contributes to the social and economic development of local populations, based on environmental responsibility principles. The celebration of this day is an opportunity to reiterate the importance of forests as ecosystems that harbour an immense biodiversity of flora and fauna, in addition to playing a fundamental role in climate regulation. However, forests are under threat from a variety of causes, most notably deforestation and forest degradation, which is the greatest current concern for governance worldwide. Deforestation and forest degradation are advancing at an alarming rate around the world. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that every year we lose 10 million hectares of forest on the planet (EU Regulation 2023/1115). According to the FAO (2024), we also lose about 340 million to 370 million hectares of the planet's surface to forest fires every year. These, in extreme cases, negatively affect sustainable development and generate large volumes of greenhouse gas emissions. Deforestation and forest degradation, major drivers of global warming and biodiversity loss, are the greatest environmental challenges of our time. DRRFOT intends that these activities promote knowledge and awareness of forest-related issues so that the population can also be a pillar in the conservation and management of forest areas. With everyone's effort, we will be able to increase the resilience and adaptation of these spaces to the challenges of the coming decades.
March 21, 2025
Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food celebrates International Day of Forests
International Day of Forests is being celebrated today, March 21, with various activities organised by the Regional Directorate for Forest Resources and Spatial Planning (DRRFOT). These awareness-raising activities aim to highlight the importance of forest ecosystems on all the Azorean islands except Corvo and are organised in conjunction with schools, local authorities, environmental non-governmental organisations and companies. They will include the planting of endemic species produced by the forestry services' nurseries, hiking in nature areas, awareness-raising activities and visits to forestry dissemination centres, involving approximately 3,300 participants throughout the autonomous region. Over the years, forests have been synonymous with human survival, fundamental as a supplier of food, shelter, fibres, wood and fuel for heating and energy. With the progress of scientific knowledge in ecology in the last few decades of the past century, forests have gained prime importance through social recognition for their provision of ecosystem services, such as recreational and leisure purposes, carbon sequestration and storage, regulation of the hydrological cycle, conservation and biodiversity, pollination, soil protection, air purification and oxygen release. Moreover, they create jobs and generate income that contributes to the social and economic development of local populations, based on environmental responsibility principles. The celebration of this day is an opportunity to reiterate the importance of forests as ecosystems that harbour an immense biodiversity of flora and fauna, in addition to playing a fundamental role in climate regulation. However, forests are under threat from a variety of causes, most notably deforestation and forest degradation, which is the greatest current concern for governance worldwide. Deforestation and forest degradation are advancing at an alarming rate around the world. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that every year we lose 10 million hectares of forest on the planet (EU Regulation 2023/1115). According to the FAO (2024), we also lose about 340 million to 370 million hectares of the planet's surface to forest fires every year. These, in extreme cases, negatively affect sustainable development and generate large volumes of greenhouse gas emissions. Deforestation and forest degradation, major drivers of global warming and biodiversity loss, are the greatest environmental challenges of our time. DRRFOT intends that these activities promote knowledge and awareness of forest-related issues so that the population can also be a pillar in the conservation and management of forest areas. With everyone's effort, we will be able to increase the resilience and adaptation of these spaces to the challenges of the coming decades.
Nota de Imprensa
March 5, 2025
LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project approved, highlights António Ventura
The application submitted by the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food to the LIFE Programme in the European Pollinator Initiative thematic area, amounting to 2.78 million Euros, has been approved. "It is a great satisfaction to note that our project has been approved, acknowledging the Government's public policies in applied sustainability and not theoretical sustainability," emphasised António Ventura, the Regional Secretary for Agriculture. The LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project aims to create more favourable conditions for the shelter, feeding and dispersal of pollinators in a diversity of agricultural and forest land uses. It will run for six years. In addition to strengthening the capacity to produce plants for the work involving the island services of the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food in Flores, Faial, S. Miguel and Terceira, the LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project plans to use them to improve habitats in about 51 hectares on the same islands. The approved interventions will take place in areas under the management of the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food and other Regional Government bodies that are partners in the project. They will also cover private land under the management of agricultural and forestry producers and public areas under concession to third parties. António Ventura pointed out that "the project includes a line of support for third parties, in the form of small incentives, to help with replication work similar to that carried out by the teams and partners involved." The proposed interventions cover work to create more favourable conditions for the shelter, feeding and dispersal of pollinators in various agricultural land uses (pastures, orchards, horticultural production and flower production). They also comprise, in collaboration with other public and private entities, forest areas, agroforestry, roadsides, viewpoints, recreational and leisure parks, and urban gardens. António Ventura noted that "with LIFE POLLINIZATIONS, the Regional Government is taking on a pioneering role in implementing European policies that point to the need to reverse the decline of pollinator communities, with a view to maximising the ecosystem services they offer to society, namely agricultural activity." He continued: "This project is closely linked to agrifood producers, through the Azores Agricultural Federation, which contributes to its success." For the development of this project, the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food has partners such as KAIROS - Cooperative for the Incubation of Solidarity Economy Initiatives; the Regional Directorate for Forest Resources, the Regional Directorate for the Environment and Euroscut Açores - Sociedade Concessionária da Scut dos Açores.
March 5, 2025
LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project approved, highlights António Ventura
The application submitted by the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food to the LIFE Programme in the European Pollinator Initiative thematic area, amounting to 2.78 million Euros, has been approved. "It is a great satisfaction to note that our project has been approved, acknowledging the Government's public policies in applied sustainability and not theoretical sustainability," emphasised António Ventura, the Regional Secretary for Agriculture. The LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project aims to create more favourable conditions for the shelter, feeding and dispersal of pollinators in a diversity of agricultural and forest land uses. It will run for six years. In addition to strengthening the capacity to produce plants for the work involving the island services of the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food in Flores, Faial, S. Miguel and Terceira, the LIFE POLLINIZAÇORES project plans to use them to improve habitats in about 51 hectares on the same islands. The approved interventions will take place in areas under the management of the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food and other Regional Government bodies that are partners in the project. They will also cover private land under the management of agricultural and forestry producers and public areas under concession to third parties. António Ventura pointed out that "the project includes a line of support for third parties, in the form of small incentives, to help with replication work similar to that carried out by the teams and partners involved." The proposed interventions cover work to create more favourable conditions for the shelter, feeding and dispersal of pollinators in various agricultural land uses (pastures, orchards, horticultural production and flower production). They also comprise, in collaboration with other public and private entities, forest areas, agroforestry, roadsides, viewpoints, recreational and leisure parks, and urban gardens. António Ventura noted that "with LIFE POLLINIZATIONS, the Regional Government is taking on a pioneering role in implementing European policies that point to the need to reverse the decline of pollinator communities, with a view to maximising the ecosystem services they offer to society, namely agricultural activity." He continued: "This project is closely linked to agrifood producers, through the Azores Agricultural Federation, which contributes to its success." For the development of this project, the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food has partners such as KAIROS - Cooperative for the Incubation of Solidarity Economy Initiatives; the Regional Directorate for Forest Resources, the Regional Directorate for the Environment and Euroscut Açores - Sociedade Concessionária da Scut dos Açores.