The LIFE SAFE CROSSING project applies activated devices with animal detection sensors to prevent road accidents
En el marco del proyecto LIFE SAFE-CROSSING en el que participa MINUARTIA y que se centra en la prevención de mortalidad de fauna en carreteras, y en particular, de colisiones con grandes carnívoros como el oso o el lobo, se han llevado a cabo visitas a las zonas de estudio de los parques nacionales de […]
Video on the behaviour of wild boar within Montseny Natural Park’s Nature Reserve
Between 2012 and 2015, wild boars’ use of the Montseny Nature Reserve was monitored using camera trapping. In this area, hunting is only permitted for management purposes. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Park’s guards and technicians, and with groups of local hunters. Over 30,000 images of the species were recorded, which […]
Wildlife management at the Scholars’ Meetings of the Serralada Litoral and Montnegre-Corredor natural parks
The meetings, which are organized by Barcelona Provincial Council and held in these Parks every four years, took place on 19 and 20 November in Tiana. Roser Campeny and Ferran Navàs, from Minuartia, presented three studies that can be applied to the management of amphibians, reptiles and wild boar. Two of the studies that were […]
Un Programa de seguimiento permite conocer la abundancia de jabalí en observatorios distribuidos por Catalunya
Desde hace 15 años, el Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural de la Generalitat de Catalunya, la Diputación de Barcelona y otras organizaciones que gestionan espacios naturales, colaboran en la aplicación del ‘Programa de seguimiento de las poblaciones de jabalí en Catalunya’, que se lleva a cabo en 17 espacios distribuidos por buena […]
A study is carried out on the presence of wild boar in the nature reserves of the Montseny Park
Barcelona Provincial Council (Diputació de Barcelona), with the technical assistance of Minuartia, began a study in the 2012/2013 hunting season to determine the effect on wild boar abundance of battues in areas around the Park’s Nature Reserve Zones (ZRN) where hunting is prohibited for all reasons except wildlife management. The possibility of hunting wild boar […]
Presentation of a study on accidents caused by wild animals on the roads of Catalonia
On 6 June 2013, the Director-General for Land Transport Infrastructure from the Department of Territory and Sustainability, presented the results of a study on the rate of accidents caused by wild animals in the Catalan road network. The study, an extract of which can be consulted at this link, analysed around 6,000 accidents involving animals on […]
Japanese specialists visit Catalonia to exchange knowledge about the experience of wild boar management
The head of the Office for the Prevention of Damage Caused by Wildlife of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing and a Japanese researcher came to Catalonia to exchange knowledge and experience of how to control human-wild boar conflicts with Minuartia’s team. The visitors held meetings with various European specialists to compare techniques […]
