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Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change promotes cycle of information and environmental awareness-raising sessions for agricultural and livestock sector
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática
Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change promotes cycle of information and environmental awareness-raising sessions for agricultural and livestock sector
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente recomenda medidas para minimização de maus odores na Prolacto
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente recomenda medidas para minimização de maus odores na Prolacto
​​​​​​​Governo dos Açores organiza formação em “Direito e Legislação do Ambiente”
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática
​​​​​​​Governo dos Açores organiza formação em “Direito e Legislação do Ambiente”
April 27, 2023 Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change promotes cycle of information and environmental awareness-raising sessions for agricultural and livestock sector
September 8, 2021 Secretaria Regional do Ambiente recomenda medidas para minimização de maus odores na Prolacto
May 15, 2021 ​​​​​​​Governo dos Açores organiza formação em “Direito e Legislação do Ambiente”
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Welcome Note

When we think of the Environment, we enter a complex space of a technical and legal nature, but fundamental in the structure of civilizations. Effectively, we can measure the level of development of a society through the sensitivity of citizens to environmental issues.

Currently, and particularly in Europe, we are witnessing the involvement of civil society in everything that has to do with sustainable development and participatory citizenship, pushing governments to higher levels of demand.

In this context, the Regional Secretariat for Environment and Climate Action was created, a department that exercises competences in the areas of environment, prevention, mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change, sustainable development, protection and enhancement of biodiversity, waste prevention and management , protection, management and enhancement of water resources, without prejudice to the competences of other services, management of the public water domain, with the exception of the maritime public domain, protection, management and enhancement of the landscape, production of basic and thematic cartography for the Azores Autonomous Region, as well as preparing and updating the real estate registry.

This Secretariat is also responsible for civil protection and firefighters, the management of natural risks and the occurrence of extreme meteorological phenomena, the design, dynamization and operationalization of a system of immediate response and assistance to situations caused by the different natural risks present on the islands of the Azores archipelago and the occurrence of extreme meteorological phenomena in them, as well as environmental surveillance, inspection and supervision.

Therefore, the environmental inspection and inspection service is the responsibility of the Regional Environmental Inspectorate (IRA), and our strategic vision is to ensure compliance with legality in the areas of environmental quality, waste management, nature conservation and biodiversity, and water resources.

"Regional Environment Inspectorate, a future with confidence!"

In the particular case of Portugal, inserted in the European Union, the legal regime for environmental matters is especially dense, as international protocols and agreements, European regulations and legislation and national and regional legislation converge.

In the development of their activities, it is intended that IRA inspectors have at their disposal a set of more modern conditions, both material and technical, in order to guarantee the continuous improvement of their work.

In parallel, the IRA also carries out the functions of investigating and deciding administrative offense cases when illegal practices are involved that are verified, either by its inspectors, or by other authorities, administrative or police, and in which the legislation provides for this competence to the IRA.

We also invest on the valorization of human resources through continuous training and participation in thematic forums, with a view to permanently updating the knowledge of all IRA elements.

This is the integrated vision we have, so that together we can contribute to a real Sustainable Development.

The Regional Environment Inspector,
Anselmo F. ​​Falcão