The island of Porto Santo has been honoured through the official registration of a hybrid orchid. The ‘Cattlianthe Praia do Porto Santo’ results from the crossing of Cattleya crispata and Guarianthe x laelioides, being a botanical tribute to the golden island. “The new hybrid species, one of which is originally…
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The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation has confirmed that most classified walking routes have been reopened. However, the following remain closed: PR 1.3 Vereda da Encumeada, PR 4 Levada do Barreiro, PR 7 Levada do Moinho, PR 14 Levada dos Cedros, PR 19 Caminho real do Paul do Mar,…
As part of the process of expanding the Air Resources Centre of the Regional Civil Protection Service of Madeira (SRPC), with a view of creating the conditions to ‘accommodate’ a second firefighting helicopter.’ This has been claimed from the State by the Regional Government, the inspectors of the National Civil…
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has announced the closure of all classified walking routes in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, under its management, as of tomorrow, Monday, the 17th of March, due to bad weather. According to the institute, “as long as the alerts are maintained, the…
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), has reported that it has been developing an intense monitoring and control of invasive species in the Region, an initiative that has had positive results in Paul do Mar. During the prospecting work, IFCN technicians identified a small nucleus of the invasive…
The Funchal City Council started on the 10th of March, the implementation of a pilot circuit for door-to-door restaurant sector bio-waste collection in the centre of Funchal, more specifically in Rua da Carreira. “In line with the strategy adopted by the municipality of Funchal towards the promotion of environmental sustainability…
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) advises that all classified walking routes in the Region are closed due to bad weather. They further advise that all routes will remain closed while weather warnings are in place. In a statement, the IFCN add: “It is advisable to all to…
With yellow and orange weather warnings, it was no surprise that Madeira’s peaks were covered in a dusting of snow on Saturday. In Pico do Areeiro, thermometers dropped to -2.0°C, and a little further down, -0.1°C (Chão do Areeiro). Interestingly, from 00:00 to 18:00, temperatures in Pico do Areeiro remained…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) predicts that until midnight on Sunday, Depression Jana will affect Madeira with wind, rain, and rough seas. This is in addition to the expected cold front the storm is pushing through. In the statement, the IPMA predicts that Madeira will continue to…
A micro 1.9 earthquake was picked up by seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea at 01:26 off the northwest coast of Porto Moniz. Due to its size, the general public would not have felt it. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Pedro Ramos, the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, guarantees that the cases of Dengue detected in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Funchal are under control and there is no reason for concern. However, on the 18th of February, Diário da Notícias confirmed that the National Institute of Health Doutor…
An earthquake registering 1.8 on the Richter scale was recorded this morning by seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), off the southeast coast of the Desertas. According to the IPMA, the quake occurred at a depth of 4 km. Samantha Gannon info at madiera-weekly.com
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), has started a general public awareness-raising action in Porto Santo. Manuel Filipe, President of the IFNC, explained that the objective is to explain how the palm beetle (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or Red Palm Beetle) has attacked so many palm trees in Porto Santo…
In recent years, crop production in the parish of Jardim da Serra has been affected by climate change, the differing stages of the species’ phenological evolution, and persistent soil diseases that have decimated many of the region’s cherry orchards. The Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Rural Development has an experimental…
The President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira said today that he does not know if the region has been able to learn from “past mistakes.” The statement was made at an exhibition conference ‘The water flows, the stones take…” which served to mark the 15th anniversary of the 2010…
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