1 April 2015
The main Catalan Television Channel (TV3) broadcast at prime time on March 31st a feature on the present status of Catalan forests. The programme was focused on the lack of management received by forest areas during the last decades. It is not incidental. The increasing risk of major forest fires related to low quality forest […]
13 March 2015
The main actions of the project are focused on about 5.000 ha considered of strategic importance concerning great forest fires prevention. These actions will result into a landscape evolution from present forest and shrub areas in which the Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) is the dominating tree species in a homogeneous community with low biodiversity levels, […]
21 February 2015
The Catalan Television Channel (TV3) presented in its daily news broadcast of 21st February 2015 a feature concerning forest management and forest biomass production and consumption in Catalunya focusing on a local forest owner placed in the project area. Ramon Soler, who is an active member of the Montserrat Forestry Owners Association (APFEM, one of […]
10 December 2014
The project feasibility relies on the understanding and support received from local community. On the basis of this approach, a presentation event was organized in the Abbey of Montserrat to which all municipalities in the Montserrat area were invited in order to provide first-hand information and get them involved with the project. The event took […]
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 […]
14 November 2014
The project’s graphic design is among the very first milestones to be reached concerning actions related to public awareness and dissemination of results. The logo that has been finally selected shows a four-leaf clover representing the key elements of the project: forest fires, being its prevention one of the main objectives of the project biodiversity, […]
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 […]