2016
Seminar on goat cheese making
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 […]
Briefing with local municipalities
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 […]
Hungarian delegation visits LIFE Montserrat
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 […]
LIFE Montserrat at Alícia’t 2016
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 […]
LIFE Montserrat presentation at the Catalan Forest Owners annual assembly
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 […]
Selection of goat breeds
18 March 2016
On March 8, LIFE Montserrat technical staff accompanied a delegation of farmers committed to the project in a trip to the Baix Camp and Priorat areas, in southern Catalonia. The objective was to visit some forest grazing projects underway in that area and see how different goat breeds behave to help decide which of them […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]