This year’s celebrations are hosted by Angola, a country seeking to restore its elephant herds, conserve Africa’s biodiversity-rich wildlife, and safeguard the environment as it continues to rebuild after more than a quarter of a century of civil war.
And while Portugal is fortunate to not be directly affected by matters like illegal wildlife poaching, ivory trafficking or civil unrest, there is always room for improvement with regard to animal welfare.
Animal lovers to the Fair can do their bit in this area too by visiting the Algarve Dog Show, now in its seventh year, where a wealth of information on animal well-being, charities and protection associations can be found, or why not even consider giving a home to one of the many dogs that will be at the Fair’s annual adoption drive.
World Environment Day can be celebrated in many different ways and the International Algarve Fair, held in Lagoa (Algarve) on 4 & 5 June, is doing its bit to help the cause, so why not join in?

Worm Compost
Elsewhere at the Fair, the association Lagoa Em Transição will be show-casing worm composting.
For anyone interested in this unique way of producing environmentally-friendly fertiliser, an expert will be on hand throughout the weekend.
The Lagoa Em Transição team will also be happy to provide visitors to the fair with any information required on the association’s main area of promoting, sustainable development.
School Artwork Competition
A number of the Algarve’s International Schools are taking part in another pastime set by the Fair, by creating artwork on this year’s theme. Drawings, paintings and other works of art inspired by World Environment Day made by the region’s students will be on display throughout the weekend at the Fair.
This will be a most attractive project for all fair visitors to browse and even pick up some new recycling ideas.
For more information see: www.algarvefair.com