Baião presented a Strategy for the Requalification of the Municipality’s Main Water Lines
The municipality’s main water lines, the Ovil and Teixeira rivers, are strategic assets that the Baião Council is reclassifying, in line with the environmental policies followed by the municipality, namely the commitment to sustainability – Baião was the first portuguese municipality to receive the certification as a Sustainable Tourist Destination – and in valuing heritage […]
Inauguration of an investment of more than 3 million euros in new infrastructure for capturing and storing water in Baião
The municipality now has more than twice the supply and storage capacity. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Hugo Polido Pires, inaugurated, on the 4th of August, in Baião, a set of new equipment for capturing and storing water, which represent more than a doubling of the existing capacity. An investment of more than […]
City Council held a clarification session on the rehabilitation and enhancement of the Ovil river in Gôve
The Municipality of Baião held another clarification session on the rehabilitation and enhancement of the river Ovil, on the 1st of August, this time at the headquarters of the Parish Council of Gôve, with the objective of clarifying the owners of riverside lands about the project, so that they feel sensitized and become involved in […]
Municipality of Baião presented the Municipal Tree Inventory in Urban Space with an innovative solution
On the 27th of July, the Municipal Inventory of the Arvoredo in Urban Space was presented at the António Mota Municipal Library. The presentation was given by Pedro Alves, technician from the Forest Association of Entre Douro e Tâmega (AFEDT), specialist in Geographic Information Systems. Also present were the Mayor of Baião, Paulo Pereira and […]
Local associations join the green team
Within the scope of the council meeting of associations, held on the 1st of July, three associations expressed their willingness to represent the associative movement in the Green Team, responsible for certifying Baião as a Sustainable Tourist Destination. Casa do Povo de Santa Marinha do Zêzere, AMIGO – Associação de Modalidades Inovadoras do Gôve and […]
County firefighters have new equipment to combat the velutina wasp
On the 5th of July, the Municipality of Baião delivered to the Volunteer Fire Brigades of Baião and Santa Marinha do Zêzere, new equipment for the elimination of velutina wasp nests. This new method of intervention is selective and localized. It consists of injecting a solution composed of an attractant for wasps – with an […]
Meeting of associations – Paulo Pereira praised the “fundamental” role of the associative movement in society
The meeting, held on July 1, was attended by about forty leaders and representatives of local associations. The Mayor highlighted the role that the associative movement plays in society, as “a promoter of values and principles, and in the preservation and dissemination of our culture and traditions”. “The associations are schools of life, providing learning […]
Green Team participates in meetings on biowaste, wastewater and climate change
The Green Team, responsible for the process of certifying Baião as a Sustainable Tourist Destination, was present, in person and remotely, at meetings for the implementation of projects in the field of sustainability, namely in the areas of bio-waste, waste water and climate change. II Forum of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change […]
António Mota Municipal Libraryopenedan Ecoteca space
The 5th ofJunewasWorldEnvironmentDay. Atthe António Mota Municipal Library, thiseventwasmarkedbytheopeningofan Ecoteca. The Ecoteca is a collectionofdocumentsdirectedspecifically to theareasoftheenvironment, climateandsustainabilityandwhichaims to raiseawareness in thecommunity, bothchildrenandyoungpeople as well as adults, to the role thateveryone must assume in environmentalpreservationandconservation. TheCouncilor for theEnvironment, Henrique Gaspar Ribeiro, waspresentatthissession, whichwasattendedbyaround 130 childrenfromthe OBER Kindergartens in Ancede, Campelo, Gôve and Santa Marinha do […]
Annual Sustainability Conference
Atthe MACC Baião – Monasteryof Ancede Centro Cultural, theAnnualSustainability Conference, promotedbytheCityCouncil, istakingplace. Aninitiativecoordinatedbythe “Green Team”, withinthe scope ofcertificationof Baião as a SustainableTouristDestination. Consistingoftwothematicpanels – “ClimateAction, MobilityandSustainableDevelopment” and “ProtectedAreas in theConservationofNatureandBiodiversity”, the meeting featuredinterventionsbyspecialists in issuesrelated to sustainability, gatheringcontributionsandclarifications, pointing out pathsandchallenges, within a newrealitywherenatureisthebasisoftheeconomy. “We are privileged to haveattendedthisconference”, saidthe Mayor, Paulo Pereira, praisingtheinterventionsofthelecturersandtheircontributions, whenhespokeattheendofthemorningperiod. […]