The recent enlargement of the area of the “Selvagens” reserve and its full protection status will be presented at the United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon as a “best Practice” of nature conservation policies.
The new legal regime for the “Selvagens”, a Madeira sub-archipelago located about 300 kilometres south of Funchal, was approved in February …
As part of the “Green Days” initiative, held on May 30 and 31, Portway promoted 100% sustainable aviation assistance operations at Madeira International Airport.
Several of the operations, carried out by the handling company, were done with 0% CO2 emissions.
Taking into account the characteristics of Madeira’s Airport, whose short distances allow the use of electric …
The Regional Government approved the creation of the destination´s sustainability management structure, whose mission is to plan, analyse, coordinate, develop and enhance actions aimed, through qualification, at the development of Madeira as a tourist destination.
The DMO (Destination Management Organization) is responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing all procedures inherent to Madeira’s Certification process, …
PROAGES, which aims to support low-income families in a situation of greater vulnerability, is already on the ground, and provides monthly support for the payment of expenses such as water, electricity, gas and telecommunications.
PROAGES has 21 partner entities that will receive applications and forward the processes, in a total of 44 entities involved in …
Madeira began the certification process as a sustainable tourist destination with a workshop for representatives of the various working groups and the DMO (Destination Management Organization) Advisory Board.
The next steps involve the definition of the Sustainability Policy of the destination, as well as the realization of a benchmarking that involves the collection of several …
The Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture was present yesterday, 26th April 2022, at the presentation of the Certification process of the Autonomous Region of Madeira as a Sustainable Tourism Destination, which took place at the Auditorium of the Electricity Museum Casa da Luz.
Before an audience of guests from the tourism sector, specifically, from …
The Hotel Quinta da Serra – Bio Hotel achieves the ‘Carbon Zero’ certification in 2022, following several initiatives carried out by the hotel unit towards sustainability.
The hotel unit, with the support of Ponto Verde Serviços, monitored and offset its greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Carbon Zero methodology, and ensured the sequestration of these …
The Tourism Sector Strategy of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM) 2022 – 2027 is currently under public consultation, in order to involve, listen and receive the largest number of contributions from stakeholders in the sector and the general public.
The 2022-2027 Strategy aims to establish the Autonomous Region of Madeira as a safe year-round …
The Regional Secretary of Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, participated in the opening of the workshop to launch the Certification Process of the Autonomous Region of Madeira as a Sustainable Tourism Destination, which took place at the Hotel Next, in Funchal.
This was the first session for the representatives of the various Working Groups (Internal …
The municipality of Santana, on the island of Madeira, receives as from January 31, 2022, several initiatives such as from collecting memories of the population that lives in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, as well as awareness-raising action and workshop – within the scope of the project “Biosphere Reserves: Sustainable Territories, Resilient Communities”.
The project’s main …
