Baião City Council participated in a training session on Sustainable Management of Tourist Destinations – Quality and Certification
On the 27th of April, an online training session was held, on the theme Sustainable Management of Tourist Destinations – Quality and Certification, promoted by Turismo de Portugal, with the contribution of the technician Dora Pinto on behalf of Baião. The session also had other participants: João Aragão, from Galomar Hoterl e Resort, from Madeira, […]
Public consultation for the classification of Serra da Aboboreira as a Regional Protected Landscape
A public consultation session was held on April 21, in the Noble Room of Baiao City Hall, on the classification of Serra da Aboboreira as a Regional Protected Landscape. Present were the Mayor of Baião, Paulo Pereira, the Mayor of Amarante, José Luís Gaspar, the Mayor of Marco de Canaveses, Cristina Vieira, also in the […]
Disinfection of 1100 garbage containers
In April, the Baião City Council carried out yet another operation to wash and disinfect garbage containers (undifferentiated urban solid waste), through the hiring of a specialized company. 1100 containers located in all parishes and which are part of the municipal collection circuits were covered. This action “is intended to improve health and cleanliness in […]
Municipal Committee for the Integrated Management of Rural Fires in Baião created
On March 29, the first ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission for the Integrated Management of Rural Fires (CMGIFR) of Baião took place. This is a new coordination body, of a deliberative nature, in charge of the operationalization of the Integrated Management System for Rural Fires at the Municipal level. This body was created following […]
Students from kindergartens and the three groups in the municipality celebrated the International Day of Forests
On March 21, Baião City Council distributed trees to public kindergartens as a way to mark the International Day of Forests. In an atmosphere of great fun and curiosity, the preschool children planted the trees and awakened their little consciences for the preservation of nature and the importance of reforestation, not only due to the […]
Baião joins Earth Hour
The Municipality of Baião will join Earth Hour, an initiative of the global nature conservation organization WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), scheduled for March 26, between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm. This year’s edition has the theme “Nature Restoration”. The Municipality undertakes, for one hour, to turn off the external lighting of the Paços […]
Baião City Council and Portuguese Environment Agency collaborate in enhancing the Ovil River
The Mayor of Baião, Paulo Pereira, in the company of the Vice-President of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), Pimenta Machado visited the works of the first phase of upgrading the River Ovil, which have recently begun. The President of the Union of Parishes of Ancede and Ribadouro, Daniel Guedes and the author of the project, […]
Sustainable Tourist Destination – Baião is the first Certified Portuguese Municipality
The Municipality of Baião was certified with the Silver EarthCheck Award as a sustainable tourist destination, an internationally recognized certification validated by the international organization Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). Baião is the “greenest” municipality in the district of Porto with 68 percent of its territory covered by green areas and forest and thus becomes […]
Environment is a priority in the Ovil River rehabilitation project
On January 17th, at the building of the Parish Council of Ancede, a clarification session took place on the project for the rehabilitation and enhancement of the Ovil River. The work started this Thursday, and this first phase extends between Ponte Nova (Ancede) and the mouth of Ovil (Ribadouro),and was awarded for the value of […]
Baião City Council acquired new land next to Fraga do Rio Leisure Area
The Municipality of Baião acquired land in the surroundings of the Fraga do Rio Leisure Area, in the parish of Campelo e Ovil. The purchase of this space, with an area of about 27 thousand square meters, represented an investment of 49 thousand and 750 euros. With this acquisition, the municipality intends to promote the […]