Preparatory
The Association of Livestock Farmers is already operational
29 January 2016
The Association of livestock farmers is a key element to the appropriate development of the project. Once it has been created, partnership agreements and grazing contracts between farmers and forest owners can be signed as a previous step to the effective grazing activity in selected fire prevention strategic areas. This new alliance between farmers will […]
General meeting with local farmers
6 October 2015
Project actions dealing with livestock activity are definitely on the move since the implementation of the grazing system should be operational in a few months. An intense research work has been done in order to identify and make contact with all the livestock farmers located within the project area. Finally, on Friday 2 October, a […]
Meetings with local forest owners
6 May 2015
Several meetings are taking place during April and May 2015 in different municipalities within the project area with the aim of recruiting new members to the Association of Forest Owners of Montserrat Surroundings (APFEM). The meetings fit within project’s action A1 and should both become a boost to the APFEM and strengthen active cooperation among […]
Delimitation of strategic areas
6 May 2015
Preventing forest fires and minimizing their effects are critical objectives of the project. Specialised forest fire units within the Fire Department have analysed fire spread patterns and historical forest fires in Montserrat and they have determined two main scenarios concerning extreme forest fires: Convective forest fires that can spread from the western side of the […]
Visiting the project area and first actions evaluation
27 November 2014
Project technicians programmed a field visit on 27th November 2014 in order to examine the areas in which main forestry actions and prescribed burnings should be conducted. The execution of some actions ahead of schedule allowed them to evaluate the results. The landscape transformation towards lower tree and bush densities should enable livestock activity in […]
LIFE Montserrat project on the move
10 July 2014
The starting pistol of the project took place in July 2014 with the beneficiaries’ initial meeting celebrated in the headquarters of the Coordinating beneficiary. The meeting was attended by representatives of all beneficiaries of the project: Diputació de Barcelona (Coordinating beneficiary) Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera Associació de Propietaris Entorns de Montserrat Generalitat de Catalunya Patronat de […]