30 April 2018
LIFE Montserrat is already entering its final stretch concerning conservation actions implementation. Therefore, a field visit by the project Technical Monitor to get first-hand information of the results seemed highly appropriate. The visit took place on 27 April and it was focused on the livestock holdings with which the project collaborates. In all of them […]
22 March 2018
The purchase of animals is one of the actions carried out by the project to help local livestock holdings by lightening their needs of investment. At the same time, the measure is useful to accelerate the introduction of grazing activity in strategic areas for fire prevention. At the beginning of March, the project completed these […]
16 March 2018
Ramats de foc (Herds of fire) is a project focused on livestock introduction in forest areas of Baix Empordà (northeast of Catalonia) with the aim of managing their fire risk. The project involves the Catalan Fire Department, Pau Costa Foundation and Gremi de Carnissers (local butcher’s guild) with two main objectives: • To ensure the […]
13 December 2017
The construction of a new farmyard has been completed during the autumn. It is located in El Mimó, a public property owned by Vacarisses Town Council in which a new livestock holding will soon start its activity with the support of the LIFE Montserrat project. The new infrastructure is made of wood as a measure […]
17 November 2017
During this 2017-2018 school year several primary and secondary schools from the project area will visit some of the sites hosting LIFE Montserrat activity as a measure to raise local awareness of the project. School visits will take place in two different sites: Can Maçana, in El Bruc, and El Mimó-Puigventós, in the area between […]
16 October 2017
A meeting between LIFE Montserrat farmers and the project technical staff took place on 9 October in El Bruc Town Council. Livestock holdings that benefit from LIFE Montserrat investments have already been selected at this stage, and they will all contribute to have grazing activity implemented in over 50% of the strategic areas for fire […]
15 September 2017
On 12-13 September, wildfire fighting specialists of the Catalan Fire Department executed a prescribed burning in the remaining 6 hectares of the Can Rubió sector that had not been completed before the summer. The creation of a 16 hectares plot of low fuel load is especially important in an area where forest and shrub continuity […]
25 August 2017
LIFE Montserrat project has purchased 150 goats to get grazing activity started in a wide strategic area for fire prevention in the municipality of Castellgalí, in the northern side of the project area. The animals have been sent to El Gall, a farm that used to have livestock activity until a few years ago. Now, […]
17 July 2017
Can Maçana is a protected natural area located in the western side of the Montserrat Natural Park. The project has built there a new goat shed to shelter the herd of goats that will soon start grazing the area. The shed can hold up to 70 goats considering organic farming requirements. It is made of […]