In addition to the pilot project for the re-introduction of sea turtles on the beaches on which they have traditionally laid their eggs, on the islands of Fogo and São Vicente, today’s accord also calls for cooperation in the elaboration of an environmental education program to support the conservation of biological and cultural diversity in the region of Macaronesia, which is made up of the Atlantic archipelagoes of the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries and Cape Verde.

Other priority areas will include projects related to marine biodiversity, the public use of protected natural areas along coastlines, the effects and adaptation of environmental measures on climate change and the elaboration of a code of best practices for forests in Macaronesia.

The Canary Islands are also supporting the management and planning of natural protected spaces, the elaboration of a forest inventory in Cape Verde, and technical assistance for the establishment of an environmental quality system.

The collaboration accord will be signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters at 10:00 am by Cape Verde’s Minister of the Environment and Agriculture and the Canary Islands’ Counselor for the Environment and Territorial Ordering, who arrives today in Cape Verde for a two-day visit.

Source A Semana