New LIFE on roads and large carnivores in Europe
LIFE SAFE-CROSSING is an EU LIFE integrated project aimed at preventing mortality on roads of large carnivores such as the brown bear, the wolf or the Iberian and European lynxes. The project [...]
The Wild Boar Population Monitoring Program in Catalunya reaches its 20th edition
This year marks 20 years since the beginning of the Wild boar Population Monitoring Program in Catalonia. The programme began in the 1998-1999 season and is promoted by the Autonomous Government [...]
Presentation of a Guide of measures to reduce wildlife damage to crops, urban areas, and infrastructure
Last Wednesday, a Guide of measures to reduce wildlife damage to crops, urban areas, and infrastructure was presented. The document was promoted by Barcelona Provincial Council, in collaboration [...]
An exclusion fence to protect a nesting zone presented at the International Symposium on Wild Boar
On 4–5 September, the 12th International Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids was held in the Czech Republic. At the conference, Minuartia presented a project at the Aiguamolls de [...]
Shared Skies: motto of the World Birdstrike Association 2018
The World Birdstrike Association held a meeting of experts on wildlife risk management in Warsaw from 19–21 November 2018. The event brought together over 130 attendees from countries worldwide, [...]
Advances in writing the Management Plan for Els Estanys Integral Nature Reserve in the Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Natural Park
RNI1 is one of three integral nature reserves declared within Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Natural Park. It includes the lakes and meadows of the Tec, the lakes of Castelló d’Empúries, and [...]
European Environment Award given to SUEZ Spain for the strategy of supporting green infrastructure
SUEZ Spain has received the European Environment Award from the European Commission in the category ‘Enterprise and Biodiversity’. The award recognizes SUEZ Spain’s strategy to [...]
The final documents for the project ‘Safe Roads for Wildlife and People’ are now available
The SAFEROAD project, ‘Safe Roads for Wildlife and People’, funded by the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) within the framework of its ‘Roads and Wildlife’ [...]
Presentation on biodiversity at the international seminar ‘The road in the landscape’
The seminar ‘The road in the landscape’ was held on 9–10 May in Barcelona, and was organized by the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia and the Government of Catalonia’s Secretariat [...]
2nd Seminar of the LIFE LINES project on measures to reduce the impact of roads in Portugal
The LIFE LINES project ‘Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions’ aims to test, evaluate, and disseminate practices and measures aimed at mitigating the negative [...]
