‘Patrulha Baião’ program starts next Monday
The first ten elements that will integrate the project “Patrulha Baião”, promoted by the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ), attended on July 22, a training action that will allow them to perform functions in the scope of Nature and Forest in a more efficient way. The young volunteers received essential information on how […]
Baião Rivers restocked with 8500 trout
Since 2010, nearly 30 thousand trout have been launched into the rivers of Baião The Municipality of Baião and the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) repopulated the Ovil and Teixeira rivers with 8500 trout last Thursday, June 25th. The initiative, which aims to bring more life to these rivers, is not […]
Over 200 hectares of scrub and forest cleared since the beginning of the year
Since the beginning of the year, over 200 hectares of scrub have been cleared in Baião by various entities in the mountains, forests, and vegetation strips along the roads. These indicators were released during the last meeting of the Municipal Forest Defense Commission, held on June 4, and at which the Municipal Operational Plan for […]
Second Forester Sappers Brigade of CIM do Tâmega e Sousa starts activity
The second Forester Sappers Brigade of the Tâmega e Sousa Intermunicipal Community (CIM do Tâmega e Sousa) started its activity on June 1. Consisting of 15 elements, this team will have as main mission the development of preventive silviculture actions, mainly in the maintenance and installation of the primary network for the defense of the […]
City Council of Baião will collect construction and demolition waste free of charge
The Municipality of Baião has at its citizens’ disposal a new free service for the collection of Construction and Demolition Waste (RCD´s), coming from small domestic repairs. In the activities of construction, reconstruction, expansion, alteration, conservation, and demolition of buildings subject to licensing or prior communication, companies (contractors) are obliged to respect a Waste Prevention […]
City Council will offer trees to its citizens
On December 9th to 13th, the City Council of Baião will mark the 9th edition of the Municipality’s Green Day. As usual, the municipality will offer trees (chestnut and oak trees). In addition to private citizens, institutions, entities, associations and / or parish councils are also included. All are entitled to 10 trees of different […]
City Council made young people aware of the care to be taken with the forest
“Forests – a Gift for the Future” Last March 21, the City Council of Baião marked the World Day of the Tree and the Forest with the performance of several environmental education activities in the Serra da Aboboreira, where 173 7th grade students from the 3 municipal school groups participated. The activity involved the Municipal […]
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Baião City Council wants to continue to honor its commitment to sustainability in all areas of its action. The certification process of Baião as a Sustainable Tourist Destination, which began in 2018, is also based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of 17 global goals, established by the United Nations […]