Presentation of the ‘Guide for Improving Road Permeability within the Scope of the ‘HidroNet Baix Ter’ Project
The ‘HidroNet Baix Ter’ project, officially titled ‘Flood Prevention Strategy and Promotion of Aquatic Biodiversity through Laminating Surfaces in the Water Network of the Lower Ter River,’ aims to apply nature-based solutions across the entire Baix Ter region by creating and interconnecting laminating areas to slow water flow and improve the current drainage model.
Participation in the International Conference on Wildlife Risk Prevention at Airports held in Bangkok
The project carried out at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport on modelling the effects of meteorology and climatology on the probability of bird collisions with aircraft, was presented by Albert Cama and Ferran Navàs at the international conference of the World Birdstrike Association (WBA) on prevention at the airports. This conference was held in Bangkok […]
Maintenance of ecological assets on linear transport infrastructure: New CEDR publication
El pasado 8 de diciembre, la organización internacional Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) publicó el documento Maintenance of ecological assets, que cierra el programa de investigación ‘Roads and Wildlife – Transnacional Road Research Program’ iniciado en 2013. Se trata de una guía práctica dirigida a los gestores de infraestructuras lineales de transporte que […]
Ecological restoration activities in the Boumort Reserve
Boumort National Hunting Reserve in the Pre-Pyrenees of Lleida has been developing biodiversity conservation projects since 2010, with the support of ENDESA. In recent years, actions have included improving the quality of the grouse habitat and restoring pastures. One of the main objectives of the project has been to develop techniques to recover the native […]
Presentation of the results of monitoring wildlife measures on the Barcelona-French border high-speed railway
Over a three-year period (2016–2018) campaigns to monitor measures for preventing and reducing wildlife impacts of the high-speed railway line (LAV) have been carried out between Barcelona and the French border, for the state railway company ADIF Alta velocidad. The conclusions were presented at the ‘Jornadas internas de ADIF-AV’ organized by the Department of Environment, […]
Meeting of the SAFEROAD project management team in Barcelona
On 19th March, a meeting of the management team of ‘SAFEROAD – Safe roads for wildlife and people’ project was held in Barcelona at the headquarters of the Government of Catalonia’s Department of Planning and Sustainability. Representatives from Conference of European Directors of Roads, ALTERRA-Wageningen UR, the Swedish University of Agricultural Science and MINUARTIA met technicians of […]
Minuartia joins the consortium of the ‘Safe roads for wildlife and people’ project, which is part of the Conference of European Directors of Roads’ research programme
Minuartia is part of the management team of the project SAFEROAD ‘Safe Roads for Wildlife and People. Cost efficient mitigation strategies and maintenance practices’, which is led by ALTERRA – Wageningen UR (Holland) and was a winning proposal in the Transnational Road Research Programme 2014-2016, which was called by the Conference of European Directors of Roads […]
Workshops on amphibians and reptiles given at the Parc de la Serralada Litoral
During the spring, the first courses and workshops were held on the flora, fauna and historical heritage of the Parc de la Serralada Litoral. This programme was organized by the Parc de la Serralada Litoral and Alella Town Council. Two workshops were given by professionals from Minuartia: one on amphibians on the morning of 13 […]
