24. July 2024
Television Africa #TVA about our Ecocenter in São Francisco
The path towards more sustainability, environmental and social, through the reduction, recycling and transformation or plastic and glass waste in community of São Francisco and Santiago Island.
12. June 2024
The visit of the Ambassador of Canada to the Ecocenter of São Francisco, Santiago Island
The visit of the Ambassador of Canada for Cabo Verde (#CFLIinCV) to the Ecocenter of São Francisco (#ECOCV, #Ekonatura, #ADSF).
30. May 2024
Seagrass: guardians of marine biodiversity and climate change mitigators
Our view with some results from Santiago Island published in the Newsletter of the Climate Portal of Cabo Verde.
30. April 2024
Community entrepreneurship in São Francisco, Santiago
COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS PLAN FOR EKONATURA AND THE ECOCENTER OF SÃO FRANCISCO FOR RECYCLING GLASS AND PLASTIC.
19. March 2024
Results: Participatory monitoring of Corals and Seagrass of Santiago Island
ECOCV and National Directorate of Environment present the results of the participatory monitoring of seagrass meadows and coralline communities in Santiago Island.
23. January 2024
Visit of the Ambassador of Canada for Senegal and Cabo Verde at the Ecocentre of São Francisco
The teams of ECOCV and Ekonatura had a great pleasure and honour to receive at the Ecocenter of São Francisco the Ambassador of Canada for Senegal and Cabo Verde and her colleagues.
03. December 2023
Monitoring of coralline communities in Moia Moia: bleaching and sargassum
Following observations of coral bleaching in several locations in Santiago, we returned to BAÍA DE MOIA MOIA, Santiago, which is home to one of the largest platforms of lesser starlet coral (Siderastrea radians) on the island.
23. September 2023
The Official Launch of a new project in the community of São Francisco, Santiago
Today with the community clean-up campaign we officially launched a new project: Empowerment of the local community of Sao Francisco, municipality of Praia, through plastic recycling to address vulnerabilities to climate change and in rural areas of Santiago, Cabo Verde. Funder Canada Fund for Local Initiatives #CFLIinCV
23. June 2023
The New Largest Seagrass Meadow in Cabo Verde
THE NEW LARGEST SEAGRASS MEADOW IN CABO VERDE: new title goes to Porto Lobo! 32,116 m2 (3.21 hectares) this is the size of the largest seagrass (Holodule wrightii) meadow confirmed today. Until now, the meadow of Gamboa (Praia) with 5,100 -6,000 m2 was considered the largest. But today, after the analysis of the survey results of the last two weeks, the first place goes to the bay of Porto Lobo, Sao Domingos, Santiago.
11. April 2023
Seagrass of Santiago Island
Visual communication is an important tool for enhancing ocean literacy and raising awareness about conservation of species and habitats. As a proverb says: ‘Tell me, and I will forget, show me, and I will remember, let me do it, and I will learn’.

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