LIFE Montserrat Newsletter
  • Evolution
  • February

  • LIFE Montserrat Newsletter

    26 February 2016

    The first issue of the LIFE Montserrat Newsletter was launched in January. It is a new awareness raising material addressed to general public that summarizes relevant information concerning the project during the last months, including major news published in the project website. The newsletter is published twice a year in three languages (Catalan, Spanish and […]

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  • First livestock purchases

    15 February 2016

    The LIFE Montserrat has completed the purchase of a flock of 92 celtiberic goats that will soon start grazing in the mountains between Collbató and Esparreguera, a strategic area for fire prevention in the south-eastern part of the project area. This is only the first of several livestock purchase operations necessary to improve herds of […]

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  • Presentation of LIFE Montserrat project in Spanish conference on extensive grazing

    10 February 2016

    Territorios Pastoreados (Grazed Land) is the title of the conferences held by the Plataforma por la Ganadería Extensiva y el Pastoralismo that took place in Madrid last November. Within the framework of the conferences several projects and initiatives dealing with extensive grazing and pastoralism from everywhere in Spain were presented and discussed. Among them, LIFE […]

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  • New prescribed fires in Puigventós

    5 February 2016

    Prescribed fires that should have been carried out in the Puigventós area during 2015 have been completed in January 2016. This action remained unfinished in December due to unexpected moisture of the vegetation. Overall, about 9 Ha of shrubs have been burnt. It is a step forward concerning fuel load reduction and local resilience to […]

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