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INE Pegs 30.6% of Mainland Portugal as High or Very-High Rural-Fire-Hazard Land — 51,115 People Live Inside the Zones, Centro and Norte Both Cross 50% and Fire Brigades Carry Tighter Proximity to the Risk Than Hospitals

INE Pegs 30.6% of Mainland Portugal as High or Very-High Rural-Fire-Hazard Land — 51,115 People Live Inside the Zones, Centro and Norte Both Cross 50% and Fire Brigades Carry Tighter Proximity to the Risk Than Hospitals

INE's 22 May statistical release pegs 30.6% of mainland Portugal as high or very-high rural-fire-hazard land, with Centro at 50.5% and Norte at 50.2%; 51,115 residents (0.5% of the population) live inside those zones and the ageing ratio there climbs to 210 against the mainland average of 184.6.
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APA Reports Brand Beira Baixa's Sophia and Beira Mega-Solar Projects 'Permanent and Irreversible' on the Landscape — €590 Million Sophia Faces a 'Very Significant Reduction', 266 MW Beira Already Rejected, 12,693 Submissions in the Sophia File

APA Reports Brand Beira Baixa's Sophia and Beira Mega-Solar Projects 'Permanent and Irreversible' on the Landscape — €590 Million Sophia Faces a 'Very Significant Reduction', 266 MW Beira Already Rejected, 12,693 Submissions in the Sophia File

APA's 18 May assessments brand Beira Baixa's €590M Sophia and 266 MW Beira solar mega-projects 'permanent and irreversible'. Beira is rejected; Sophia faces a 'very significant reduction'. The Sophia file logged 12,693 submissions and Fundão has rejected the municipal-interest declaration.
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Universidade de Coimbra MARE Team Logs Microplastics at Every Mondego and Vouga Sampling Point — Polyethylene and Polypropylene Lead the Single-Use Signature in 'Moderate' Global Band, Seena Sahadevan Calls for Continuous Monitoring

Universidade de Coimbra MARE Team Logs Microplastics at Every Mondego and Vouga Sampling Point — Polyethylene and Polypropylene Lead the Single-Use Signature in 'Moderate' Global Band, Seena Sahadevan Calls for Continuous Monitoring

A Universidade de Coimbra research team operating out of the Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (MARE) has logged microplastic contamination at every sampling location investigated across the Mondego and Vouga river basins in central Portugal,...
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Caminha Wraps the €150,000 Emergency Moledo Seawall Job Before the Bathing Season — Montenegro Inspects the Paredão on Monday 18 May Ahead of a €4.5 Million October Phase-Two Coastal Defence

Caminha Wraps the €150,000 Emergency Moledo Seawall Job Before the Bathing Season — Montenegro Inspects the Paredão on Monday 18 May Ahead of a €4.5 Million October Phase-Two Coastal Defence

APA closed the €150,000 emergency stabilisation of the Praia de Moledo seawall ahead of the bathing season after winter storms tore stones off the paredão. PM Montenegro tours on 18 May; a €4.5 million phase-two coastal defence for Moledo and Vila Praia de Âncora starts in October.
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