Confiança councillor, Cláudia Dias Ferreira, says that no matter what the Mayor of Funchal says, the plague of mosquitoes is real, and not imaginary.
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The Judiciary Police has already detained one of the suspects believed to have started the fires in Calheta.
The Sahara dust cloud affecting the island is expected to lighten from Wednesday.
The Regional Government of Madeira, since the presentation of the proposal for the revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
In three days, the Regional Civil Protection Service has registered 7 fires. Most of them in the Ribeira Brava and Ponta do Sol area.
The Municipality of Machico has been awarded the Geoconservation 2023 Award, created in 2004 by the Portuguese Group of ProGEO (International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage).
Asked if the region can cope with increased levels of tourism without jeopardising the normal functioning and distribution of water to residents, Amílcar Gonçalves, chairman of the board of directors of ARM – Águas e Resíduos da Madeira, began by saying that with regards to levels of consumption, tourism is considered a fluctuating population.
Madeira. So Sustainable' is the name of the new campaign promoted by the Madeira Promotion Association (APM), in order to praise the work done by the archipelago in recent decades with regard to the protection of its nature.
The effects of marine heatwaves are more intense between 50 and 250 metres than in the most superficial waters, concluded researchers from the University of Algarve, warning that this poses a greater risk to biodiversity.
During one of their election campaigns, the Portuguese Communist Party (PTP) claimed that Madeira is split into two, and that those living in the mountainous regions were invisible to the island's leading elite.
The European Commission has admitted the economic impact of extreme weather events, such as heat waves and floods, in southern European countries such as Portugal, particularly for tourism, and calls for measures to combat climate change.
The group Cidadania Ativa (consisting of two members, Tina and Ursula, at the moment) met with Dra. Livia, the City Hall manager of “Mobilidade and Transito” on Sept 4. Our first issue: We’d like the City to keep sportive events* out of Downtown Funchal (Av do Mar and Av Arriaga),…
The President of Madeira recently visited Porto Santo and the new Vila Baleira Urban Park, located in the Fontinha. On visiting the new site, the President categorically stated that the area is eco-friendly and sustainable. Moreover, he made it clear that campsites do not constitute a tourism "objective" for Porto Santo.
As part of a 30 million euro package Quinta da Lorde will undergo an extensive refurbishment during the first half of 2024 under the 'Dreams Madeira' brand.
Since the 1st of June, when the Operational Plan for Fighting Rural Fires (POCIR) came into force, the Autonomous Region of Madeira has registered 154 occurrences, of which 80% - 123 - relate to unauthorised burning/fires.