The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has an ongoing project for "Early Detection and Rapid Elimination of Invasive Alien Plants
Posts published in “Nature”
A Madeiran farmer has created a new species of papaya that has adapted well to the Madeiran climate through Microlab Madeira.
Rafaela Fernandes, Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Environment, reiterated the commitment of the Regional Government of Madeira to increase €0.20/kg for grape farmers in Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, producers of the Tinta Negra variety.
Hundreds of people, mostly tourists, flocked to Pico do Areeiro this morning to witness the sunrise, once again generating absolute chaos on the roads.
Mário Pardo, the fearless paratrooper who, in January 2010, jumped from Cabo Girão on a motorbike and parachuted down to the pebble beach, died on Friday, the 29th of March after an undisclosed illness. The news was released on social networks by the ‘Green Berets and Paratroopers,’ which pays tribute…
The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) were mobilized, this morning, to Pico do Areeiro to assist about two dozen drivers who were stranded as the formation of ice had created hazardous driving conditions in the mountainous region.
Micahal Kozek's brother returned to Madeira this week, but the mystery of the 35-year-old Polish citizen who disappeared on the 7th of July 202, in the Calheta mountains remains.
Thirty-six emergency service personnel carried out further searches for the missing French couple today.
The working group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature has approved the creation of 33 new areas of Importance for Marine Mammals, four of which cover Portugal
The presence of pelagic sargassum in the archipelago of Madeira has given rise to a collaborated publication with scientists from the Natural History Museum.
A French couple aged 58 and 56 years old have been missing since yesterday in the Calhau area in São Vicente.
16.3.2024 We met in the Gallery and saw “Eco-anxiety to Climate Optimism” Lyn Stoler spoke about Eco-Anxiety and how to combat it. Some of the numbers she came up sounded unreal. Maybe we should rather use the term “sustainability”. Two of our members already practise this in their B &…
"In Search of the Critically Endangered European Eel on Oceanic Islands: A Pioneering Study in the Freshwater Systems of Madeira, Macaronesia" is the name of the scientific research paper now published on what is the only native freshwater fish in the Macaronesia Region, the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). It is also known in the region as eiró or iró.
The Captaincy of Funchal has updated its strong wind and sea agitation warning, according to information received from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA).
February 2024 is expected to be the hottest February ever in the region since records began.
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish