16 June 2017
The Project technical staff joined teachers from several local schools in two field visits that took place during the last week with the aim to prepare field visits with students scheduled for the next school year under the E4 (Local Community Awareness Campaign) Project Actions. Can Maçana, in El Bruc, and El Mimó-Puigventós, in the […]
29 May 2017
Montserrat Natural Park technicians will be conducting extraordinary management actions to help the local pair of Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila fasciata) feed their chick during the next critical weeks, before it can fly away from the nest. Concrete measures have been designed by a group of experts in management and monitoring of Bonelli’s Eagle including a […]
5 May 2017
On 29 and 30 April Fundació Alicia organised its annual Festival focused on easy, fun and healthy cooking. For two days Món Sant Benet hosts an event where food products, landscape and gastronomy merge together in a festive atmosphere with a lot of programmed activities that everyone can enjoy. An ideal scenario to extend local […]
2 May 2017
The Spanish Society for the Study of Pastures (SEEP) organizes every year a Scientific Meeting where national and international experts meet and discuss on topics concerning pastures. The 2017 edition took place in Barcelona between April 25 and 28. Forest grazing experiences have taken a leading role in the 2017 meeting of the SEEP as […]
27 April 2017
LIFE Montserrat and Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera through its VoluntariatxlaNatura programme have organised a working session on 19 April to restore the surroundings of an old fountain in Sant Pau de la Guàrdia. The fountain is located in a strategic area for forest fire prevention where grazing activity with donkeys has been recently introduced. The […]
12 April 2017
European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are a key element in the food web of Mediterranean mountain ecosystems since they are one of the most common prey for many carnivores, including several birds of prey. Thus, when rabbit populations decrease many predators depending on them get immediately affected. Low densities of rabbits would reduce the availability of […]
7 April 2017
The first working seminar with teachers committed to the Project educational proposal took place in March 28. They all come from primary and secondary local schools that have decided to participate in the project. The seminar was divided into two sections. The first one was common for all teachers and it was used to present […]
31 March 2017
On Friday, March 24, a representative of the European Commission together with the external monitor assigned to LIFE Montserrat visited the project to assess the progress in the implementation of the actions and clarify several technical and financial aspects. The visit was divided in two parts. In the morning they met the technical team and […]
2 March 2017
Located in the southeastern part of the project area, between the villages of Esparreguera and Collbató, Serra de Can Rubió i dels Gatells is a mountainous area considered of strategic interest for forest fire prevention. Prescribed burning will be carried out in 20 hectares of this area during the next weeks. Several bird species of […]