June 2022 - LIFE Alnus

Survey on riparian forest

7 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

In the Life Alnus project we have been working to improve riparian forests. Now we are launching a survey about these ecosystems. Can you help us? You can answer it here. Thank you very much for your participation, there is time to answer it until the 24th of June.

Joint Day of LIFE INVASAQUA and LIFE ALNUS about alien species

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

1st and 2nd of June 2022 The upcoming 1st and 2nd of June of 2022, a joint day will be held between LIFE ALNUS and LIFE INVASQUA about alien species. The 1st day will be placed at the Prat de la Riba room in the Institution of Catalan Natural History and the Catalan Studies Institute […]

LIFE ALNUS workshop inside the Osona’s Naturalistic Days

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

2nd of April 2022 With the beginning of the C3. Restoration of rivers geomorphological strongly modified, a technical field-visit in Torelló and Masies de Voltregà has been promoted to keep the awareness, communication, and explanation of the importance of the hidromorphological recovery as the basis to recover all the fluvial system dynamics at the Ter […]

Stewardship agreements and authorisations with properties of riparian forests

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

February and march 2022 To start with the works of C2. Silvicultural measures of alder forest restoration, with the objective to improve the ecological quality and structure of the most strategic alders of the Ter basin, we’ve contacted again with the different properties next to the river to get the permission to access them and […]

Visit of the TV3 channel at the implementation zone of the Besòs basin

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

28th of January 2022 With the communication done for the otters refuges at Congost river, the Maresme-Vallès Oriental delegation team of TV3 came to visit us last January to spread the LIFE ALNUS project all around Catalonia. During the recording we presented different implementation spots and actions done while trying to elaborate thoughts on fluvial […]

Fauna refuges constructions

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

17th of January 2022 With a small portion of wood rests from C2 action cuts of alien species at Vallfornes river in Cànoves we’ve built fauna refuges, specifically for otters, in different spots in Congost river. The emplacement of such refuges have been codesigned together with the Besòs Consortium, Rivus Foundation, and with the Conservation […]

Start of the works at Gambires and Sorral islands in Masies de Voltregà

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

3rd of January 2021 One of the biggest demonstration projects of the LIFE ALNUS project has started to move towards its execution. After months and years working on a technically complex and highly innovative proposal, at least in our country, the project reaches the decisive moment of its execution. The Catalan Water Agency (ACA) has […]

Forestry works to improve the riparian forest in the Vallforners Riera in Cànoves and Samalús

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

26th of November 2021 Within the scope of the implementation activities of the C2 Forestry works for the improvement of the habitat action in the Besòs basin, several actions coordinated by the Granollers City Council and the Besòs-Tordera Consortium have been promoted to act on a very specific section of the Vallforners stretch in Cànoves. […]

Re-mark of dead wood in Ter river

2 de June de 2022 / by L1f3_editor /

13th of October 2021 Regarding the monitoring activities of our “Dead wood displacement protocol in river areas in Mediterranean basins”, we keep on with the re-marking of wood rests which will be used as a monitoring tool. These rests, at long-term, will offer us nature-based solutions from an innovative perspective. Large dead wood rests have […]

June, 2022