Special Zones

By virtue of Decree ARM/3521/2009, of 23rd of December, the marine Sites of Community Importance and the marine environment of Natura 2000 Network’s Macaronesian region were declared to be Special Areas of Conservation (SAC’s).

To this effect, the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, on 8th of October of 2010, made public on the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs Website, the Bill for the Ministerial Decree by which the administrative means were approved for the Special Areas of Conservation in the Macaronesian region referred to in Decree ARM/3521.