2015
LIFE Montserrat project gives an important boost to forest management in the Montserrat area
7 April 2015
One of the associated beneficiaries of the project, the Montserrat Area Forest Owner’s Association (APFEM) had its annual meeting in Marganell on 26th March, 2015. During the meeting a presentation of the LIFE Montserrat objectives and main actions envisaged for 2015 was conducted by Leire Miñambres, the Project Technical Coordinator from Diputació de Barcelona (coordinating […]
Extensive grazing among activities developed under the Social Entrepreneurship Program in Catalunya
7 April 2015
A new business project dealing with extensive grazing has been presented in the scope of the Social Entrepreneurship Program in Catalunya. The project could help strengthen and make economically feasible extensive livestock holdings that have to face lower cattle productivity and longer fattening periods compared to those of intensive holdings, because of their productive model. […]
Forest management, an important issue in Catalunya
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 […]
A project that benefits biodiversity
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, […]
Forest management and use of forest biomass on TV news
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 […]