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The Nature Park of Terceira ((ポルトガル語:Parque Natural de Terceira), or simply the ''Terceira Nature Park'' (PNTER) developed from the intention of better managing the protected areas of the island of Terceira, and was instituted by the ''Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar'' ((英語:Regional Secretariate for the Environment and Oceans)), of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores. It includes an area of approximately 22% of the island classified under the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Nature Reserve designation. ==History== The Terceira Nature Park was established by legislative decree No.11/2011/A, on 20 April 2011, which reformulated the juridical classification, management and administration of the Azorean areas of protection.〔Diário da República (20 April 2011), p.2355〕 Local environmentalists participated in the first bat census between 2–7 July 2012, in an area that covered 20 different localities. It was part of the ''Mais Endémicas: plantar o futuro'' (''More Endemics: Planting the Future''), which involved the inventory and monitorization of bat species, in collaboration with the ICNB.〔 In addition, training was provided in order to allow participants to identify the animals not only by morphological characteristics, but also vocalization.〔 The analysis deteremined that of the four species registered in the Azores, there exists only two common species: the Azorean bat (Nyctalus azoreum) and Madeiran bat (''Pipistrellus maderensis'')".〔 On 19 July 2011, the director of the Nature Park accompanied by project coordinator of Geoparque Açores received an evaluation committee from the ''Rede Europeia de Geoparques (EGN)'' and an observer from UNESCO. During that day, in addition to visiting the historic centre of Angra (which included the Church of the Misericórdia, Monte Brasil), the group evaluating the Terceira Park visited, the Algar do Carvão, the Furnas do Enxofre, Guilherme Moniz volcano and Lajes Graben (five of the eight principal geosites on the island).〔 Between 15 and 19 July 2011, the evaluation committee also visited five other island in order build links with the Azorean archipelago, visit other sites, experience local traditional, education and geo-tourism activities, as well as meet with the local population.〔 Visiting the Furnas do Enxofre in 2011, the ''Secretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar'', Álamo Meneses, inaugurated the forest ranger station on the summit of the Serra de Santa Bárbara, which would serve as the first interpretive centre for the Park. In addition to obtaining information about the park, the site would host photographic exhibitions and display various species of endemic flora and fauna. In addition, the regional secretary inaugurated the new pedestrian trail in Biscoitos, a trail that followed the vineyards of the ''Paisagem Protegida da Vinha dos Biscoitos'' (''Protected Landscape of the Biscoitos Vineyards''), using many of the old channels and accesses to wine properties. The trail allows hikers to follow the ancestral routes used by wine-growers that helped to develop the economic activity of the island. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nature Park of Terceira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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