LIFE Sustainable Laurissilva with 6 new seelings in Furnas

In the winter of 2012, the first exterior seedlings were made. These are valuable for the plants that require more space to geminate and for those that have a longer germination period, like the Azorian Holly, the Lilly of the Valley Tree that take longer than a year to germinate.

These seedlings are located in Furnas, in fields provided by the Furnas Monitoring and Investigation Center (CMIF).

We believe that this soil is favorable for the germination of these species since it was once used as a fertile orchard.

Six seedlings were created with Azorian Holly, Lilies of the Valley Trees and Scotch Heather.

We hope these seedlings will flourish and provide many plants in the future!

“Terras do Priolo” applying to the European Sustainable Tourism certificate

The III Forum of the Charter for Sustainable Tourism for the “Terras of Priolo” took place yesterday at the Furnas Monitoring and Investigation Center, promoted by the Regional Directorate for the Environment, following the application procedure of the São Miguel Island Natural Park to the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (CETS) for the municipalities of Nordeste and Povoação.

This application involved a participative process of analysis and the definition of common strategies implicating public entities and private enterprises of both municipalities. As a result of this participative methodology, the Action Plan that will be sent to the Europarc as a part of this application was established.



In this forum, in addition to the partner entities a significant number of local entrepreneurs from both municipalities were present.



From this day onwards, the Plan of Action will begin its implementation while waiting for the results of this application.

To get more information on this, please visit the CETS’ blog at http://cetsmarcapriolo.blogspot.com/

First germinations of the year in the project’s greenhouse!

In the beginning of 2012, we verified that the sowing done in 2011 had their first germinations.

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Sanguinho (Frangula azorica)

Some of the species where already pricked out to flower vases, where they can develop better. The best results verified were with “Sanguinho” (Frangula azorica) which took 2 months to germinate. In the case of the Laurel (Laurus azorica), the germination took only a month.

Laurel (laurus azorica)

In what concerns to the herbaceous, the “Patalugo” (Leontondon rigens), it took only 2 weeks to germinate. However, this result is very common, given that the herbaceous have a quick germination time and they require less time in the greenhouse.

Patalugo (leontondon rigens)