13 October 2016
The Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF) and the Provincial Council of Barcelona (Diputació de Barcelona) organize a technical workshop focused on forest management and fire prevention. Among the objectives of this workshop is the presentation and discussion of the results obtained after years of monitoring forestry actions carried out by forest owners associations […]
27 September 2016
Most of the project expenditure in livestock is taking place during the second half of 2016. A batch of 25 goats arrived to El Bruc in July to start up one of the two new flocks that will be settled in that area. This first flock will be increased with another 25 goats before the […]
16 August 2016
In July 2015 a forest fire burned over 1200 hectares near Montserrat, directly affecting the LIFE Montserrat project area. Since then, a public research centre focused on forest ecology and wildfires (CREAF) is working on the monitoring of regeneration in the burnt area. During the fire, forestry works that had been carried out in the […]
29 July 2016
The second 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 […]
21 July 2016
The economic viability of livestock holdings involved in the project is an essential issue in order to achieve the objectives of the project. Without economic viability livestock activity in the forest areas can not be sustained, meaning that the maintenance of open areas and low fuel loads in strategic areas may be at risk. That […]
15 June 2016
A project briefing with mayors and town councillors from the 14 municipalities within the project area took place on June 7 in Vacarisses. Local elected representatives had not been called for such a meeting since December 2014, when the project was just starting. We are now halfway through the 4 years duration of the project […]
18 May 2016
Three technicians from the Nature Conservation Department of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture came to Catalonia last week and visited several LIFE projects currently under way. The objective was to learn about preparatory and implementation work concerning these projects in order to transfer all that knowledge to Hungarian LIFE Programme’s potential beneficiaries as a way […]
10 May 2016
Alicia is a private, non-profit foundation with the main objective of promoting healthy eating for everyone. Once a year it organizes Alícia’t, a festive event devoted to easy, healthy and funny cuisine. The 2016 edition took place in Sant Benet de Bages on 30 April and 1 May with a significant increase in activities and […]
8 April 2016
The Catalan Federation of Forest Owners Associations (BOSCAT) represents the interests of over 1400 forest owners from different parts of Catalonia. On April 2 they celebrated their annual ordinary general assembly in Montserrat, with the Association of Forest Owners of Montserrat Surroundings (APFEM) hosting the event. Since APFEM is one of the associated beneficiaries of […]