7 February 2017
The International congress on prescribed fires (ICOPFIRES) took place in Barcelona on 1-3 February, bringing together many fire professionals and experts from all over the world. The agenda of the Congress included a field trip with a prescribed fire executed by the GRAF team (Catalonia Fire Department). The plot selected was in the Puigventós area […]
2 February 2017
A new issue of the LIFE Montserrat Newsletter is already available. It includes main news concerning the project in the last six months. If you want to take a look at it, click here or find it in the RESOURCES section of this website together with previous issues already launched. In case you are interested […]
25 January 2017
LIFE Montserrat objectives are long term objectives and in order to achieve them local awareness and connivance are absolutely necessary. With this in mind, the action concerning project dissemination to the local educational community is particularly relevant. In this context, an ambitious proposal including collective work with local schools has been designed. Based on the […]
17 January 2017
50 new goats have been purchased to strengthen a herd that grazes in the Can Rubió and Gatells mountains, between the villages of Esparreguera and Collbató. This same herd had already received 92 animals in 2016 that were purchased by the LIFE Montserrat project. With the arrival of these new goats the number of animals […]
2 December 2016
On November 22 the experts within the LIFE Montserrat Advisory Board met the Project’s Technical staff for the second working session since the beginning of the project in 2014. Right now the project is in the process of getting the livestock holdings under way. At this point, the meeting with the experts became a great […]
23 November 2016
Livestock purchase is among the LIFE Montserrat project’s actions. Once the animals have been purchased, they are transferred to those holdings committed to the project objectives in order to enhance grazing activity in areas that have been identified as strategic for forest fire prevention. The recent arrival of new animals to some holdings located in […]
18 November 2016
The Sant Simeó area, located in El Bruc, is one of the strategic areas that have been identified for fire prevention. In Sant Simeó there are two holdings working under the objectives of the LIFE Montserrat project. In November, both of them have received new livestock in order to strengthen grazing activity in the area. […]
14 November 2016
Opening and maintenance of buffer zones is a compulsory measure that has to be attended by plot owners in residential areas in order to increase its protection against forest fires. Whenever plot owners do not attend this demand, subsidiary liability relies on local governments. Buffer zones can be maintained by mechanical means but also through […]
24 October 2016
Montserrat Park is a residential area located in the heart of one of the strategic areas for fire prevention identified by the Fire Department within the project area. Many project actions are therefore being implemented around this residential area. Since livestock activity is about to be introduced in the surroundings of Montserrat Park with the […]