13th International Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids
This September, the 13th International Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids was held. Scientists and technical experts in wild boar management from around the world gathered at this international symposium on wild boar and other suidae that took place in Seva, in the Montseny Biosphere Reserve, from 6 to 9 September 2022.The symposium was […]
Participation in the talk-colloquium “Vineyard and wild boar, is coexistence possible?”, in Alella
In the cycle Libraries with DO in Alella, the talk-colloquium “Vineyard and wild boar, is coexistence possible?” was conducted by journalist Jordi Bes with the participation of Teresa Cerdà, co-owner of the Bouquet de Alella Winery, and biologist Joana Colomer, responsible for ungulates projects at MINUARTIA.The wild boar causes significant damage to the vineyard […]
Participation in the talk-colloquium “Vineyard and wild boar, is coexistence possible?”, in Alella
In the cycle Libraries with DO in Alella, the talk-colloquium “Vineyard and wild boar, is coexistence possible?” was conducted by journalist Jordi Bes with the participation of Teresa Cerdà, co-owner of the Bouquet de Alella Winery, and biologist Joana Colomer, responsible for ungulates projects at MINUARTIA. The wild boar causes significant damage to the vineyard […]
Participation in the Ninth Congress of the Spanish Society for the Conservation and Study of Mammals (SECEM)
The congress organized by the Spanish Society for the Conservation and Study of Mammals (SECEM) is held every two years. The 2021 edition took place in Córdoba, from 4 to 7 December, with almost 300 participants and a total of 172 communications submitted.Minuartia participated with two communications on ungulates. In the first, a study of […]
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, […]
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 of Catalonia and Barcelona Provincial Council. Monitoring is carried out through a network of observatories in natural areas throughout the Catalan territory. It reveals […]
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 with the Government of Catalonia’s Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, and was developed with technical assistance provided by Minuartia.The Guide contains descriptive files on the […]
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 l’Empordà Natural Park to construct and assess the effectiveness of an exclusion fence designed to prevent boar and American mink predation of a nesting zone […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wildlife videos on the ‘minuartiawildlife’ channel
Wildlife videos have been created using images obtained by camera trapping on Reconyx H500/H600 devices. Camera trapping is a bait-free technique for studying wildlife behaviour in its habitat. It does not interfere with the natural behaviour of the animals. Minuartia uses this technique in wildlife management, wildlife-human conflict, and species conservation projects. The videos can […]
