Several tourists continue to venture onto prohibited routes in the Region. Yesterday, the Forest Police identified six people in the closed section of the PR1 Classified Trail – Vereda do Areeiro, which connects the two peaks.
According to the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), “the tourists did not respect the closure signs and crossed the existing gate, with four of them being intercepted in the Pico Ruivo area and two in the Pico do Areeiro area”.
The case now moves forward with procedural steps.