One voice to prevent fires
Three local residents from Marmelete and PortimĂŁo have joined forces and organised a meeting in an attempt to alert the Portuguese government to the dangers of more forest fires occurring
Blazes destroy Lynx habitat
For some time now, the Iberian Lynxâs numbers have been falling fast and the species is in very real danger of becoming extinct. New breeding programmes were put into place
Government âinsensitiveâ to regionâs fire disaster
Forest fire victims are set to receive initial payments of 5.5 million euros from the government, but a state of public disaster will not be declared â a decision that
PM visits fire victims
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has visited the Loulé area to see for himself the extent of the devastation caused by the recent forest fire in the Serra do Caldeirão
Fires up by 110 per cent
According to the environmental engineersâ association, the NĂșcleo Regional Sul da Associação Portuguesa de Engenheiros do Ambiente (APEA), the number of forest fires across the country has risen by 110
Fire arrests
Figures reveal that 35 people have, so far, been arrested on suspicion of starting Portugalâs forest fires â 23 of whom were arrested in July. Only recently the PolĂcia JudiciĂĄria
Government slammed in fire post-mortem
JosĂ© Vitorino, President of Faro CĂąmara, has expressed solidarity with the regionâs fire victims and claimed that âregional autonomyâ for the Algarve would have prevented the catastrophe. The cĂąmara leader
CĂąmaras call for state of calamity to be declared
Help us to help them Local authorities from the Algarve and other regions in Portugal most affected by the fires have asked the government to declare a state of public
Rare breeds safe
Last week, The Resident reported how Omega Park was in danger of being caught in the fires blazing through Monchique. We are now pleased to report that the bombeiros, battling
Satellites support fight against fires
The European Space Agency (ESA) is supporting a satellite service that will monitor damages caused by forest fires in European countries. The service will then identify areas prone to new