2015
Òdena Wildfire Assessment
3 August 2015
Once again there has been a major forest fire near Montserrat. Much of the land affected had already burned 30 years ago in the great forest fire of 1986, which indicates that fires in this area are recurrent phenomena. Fire is a natural element strongly linked to Mediterranean ecosystems and therefore forest fires have always […]
Òdena Wildfire has affected the LIFE Montserrat project area
31 July 2015
On July 26th a forest fire started in the municipality of Òdena. In two days it has burnt almost 1300 hectares, mainly of bush and forest. Fortunately, there have been no personal injuries and it has all ended up with a significant extension of forest destroyed by fire. During the first two hours the fire […]
New VIDEO about the project
8 July 2015
Watch this video presentation of the LIFE Montserrat project. A fast, easy and funny way to learn what the project is about.
New leaflet available
22 June 2015
A new leaflet addressed to general public has been released as a first-contact material to explain the basic facts of the project. The leaflets are available in Catalan, Spanish and English and they have been put on display in key locations including relevant offices or information centres around Montserrat and surroundings. It is also available […]
Monitoring actions are already underway
9 June 2015
All LIFE projects must include monitoring actions to guarantee an adequate control of their own development. They consist of several indicators to be measured before, during and after the course of the project in order to evaluate its implementation. With respect to LIFE Montserrat, monitoring actions are focused on: efficiency and accomplishment of the grazing […]
New agreement between public administrations to strengthen forest fire prevention
27 May 2015
The Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan government) and the Diputació de Barcelona (Provincial Council of Barcelona) have signed a partnership agreement on forest fire prevention and extinction that will also be useful to create new communication mechanisms concerning all actors involved. This new agreement updates the one achieved ten years ago and it will improve both […]
First Meeting of the Project’s Advisory Board
6 May 2015
An Advisory Board has been created in order to ensure adequacy and relevance of all intended actions and as an instrument to provide advice to the project’s technical staff so that the main lines of the project remain properly focused throughout its life span. The Advisory Board is composed of a small number of experts […]
Meetings with local forest owners
6 May 2015
Several meetings are taking place during April and May 2015 in different municipalities within the project area with the aim of recruiting new members to the Association of Forest Owners of Montserrat Surroundings (APFEM). The meetings fit within project’s action A1 and should both become a boost to the APFEM and strengthen active cooperation among […]
Delimitation of strategic areas
6 May 2015
Preventing forest fires and minimizing their effects are critical objectives of the project. Specialised forest fire units within the Fire Department have analysed fire spread patterns and historical forest fires in Montserrat and they have determined two main scenarios concerning extreme forest fires: Convective forest fires that can spread from the western side of the […]