More than 40 national and international researchers, managers, and technicians, are part of a scientific expedition to the Selvagens Islands, which began yesterday, the 23rd of April, and lasts until the 2nd of May.
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The public presentation of the Selvagens 50 Expedition will take place on Friday, the 21st of April in the Noble Hall of the Regional Government of Madeira, Funchal.
The Madeira Botany Group (Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Madeira), in collaboration with the National Tropical Botanical Garden Hawaii (USA), in a project funded by the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, carried out activities this week to locate rare species of flora of the Madeira archipelago.
As part of the Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has launched a new initiative aimed at schoolchildren, asking them to create a small 30-second video campaign that promotes 'Forest Fire Prevention.'
Earlier today, the President of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), Manuel Filipe, informed local media outlets that three roads had been closed due to snowfall.
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation, IP-RAM, Wild bird recovery centre rushed into action to rescue a 'very weak' heron.
Similar to the multidisciplinary expedition organised in Porto Santo in 2020, MARE-Madeira is carrying out a scientific expedition in the Desertas Islands, in partnership with the Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza (IFCN), and the Regional Directorate for the Sea (DRM).
Tomorrow evening (Saturday), from 10:30 pm International Bat Night will be celebrated at the the Cristo Rei viewpoint, in Garajau.
The Casa do Povo de São Roque do Faial will carry out another awareness-raising and rubbish collection session on the pedestrian route between the regional road 103 and the Balcões viewpoint, Ribeiro Frio, tomorrow, Wednesday the 17th of August from 2:30 pm.
In a statement, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) have said that they will continue to monitor Madeira's Monk seals to find out why so many are found injured and the root cause of the problem.
Earlier on this morning local newspaper, JM, confirmed that a group of German tourists had become lost in the mountainous area near Bica da Cana.
The Forestry Police Corps was called out today after the Regional Civil Protection Service received a call saying that a couple of tourists had got lost after leaving the marked route on Levada das 25 Fontes (PR 6).
Today the Regional Secretary for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, attended a weapons handover to the Forest Police Corps at the Regional Command of the Public Security Police.
Due to the bad weather conditions over the next couple of days, the Institute for Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has announced that they have closed all of their walking routes, and recommend that all recreational and sporting activities which were due to take place in the islands forested areas do not go ahead.
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has closed the leisure areas on the Areeiro / Eira do Serrado Forest Road, for safety reasons, due to the high temperatures forecast for Madeira for tomorrow (26th) and the day after (27th).