RESTORATION OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN PROTECTED AREAS IN THE ALPS AND PYRENEES

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  • We have participated in the video report “Trackling restoration in high mountain lakes in the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park”

    We have participated in the video report “Trackling restoration in high mountain lakes in the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park”

    The LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project and also, the previous LIFE LimnoPirineus project, that we lead from the Centre for Advanced Studies in Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), is part of the video report “Abordando la restauración de los lagos de montaña en el Parque Nacional de Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici” (Tackling restoration in high mountain lakes in the Aigüestortes and Estany de Sant Maurici National Park) of the series “Compartiendo soluciones. Iniciativas de adaptación al cambio climático en parques nacionales y reservas de la biosfera’’ (Sharing solutions: climate change adaptation initiatives in national parks and biosphere reserves). This action, aimed to […]

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  • Somos uno de los protagonistas del nuevo vídeo de la plataforma Patrimonio Natural del CSIC

    Somos uno de los protagonistas del nuevo vídeo de la plataforma Patrimonio Natural del CSIC

    El proyecto Patrimonio Natural del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ha contado con el proyecto LIFE RESQUE ALPYR para formar parte de un vídeo inspirado en las monitorizaciones a largo plazo (LTER) de los Parques Nacionales de Montaña. La monitorización del patrimonio natural a largo plazo, tanto biótico (microorganismos, animales, plantas, hábitats…) como abiótico (atmósfera, hielo, cuevas…), permite a los científicos y científicas estudiar la capacidad de resistencia y resiliencia de los ecosistemas, su posible evolución en el futuro y las mejores medidas para su conservación. El vídeo incluye los trabajos que se realizan en el Parque Nacional de […]

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  • El Dr. Marc Ventura participa en un #IEASeminar

    El Dr. Marc Ventura participa en un #IEASeminar

    El passat 20 d’octubre de 2022 l’investigador Marc Ventura va participar com a ponent en un dels seminaris que organitza l’Institut d’Ecologia Aquàtica de la Universitat de Girona (IEA-UdG). En el seminari titulat “Ecologia i conservació en estanys d’alta muntanya dels Pirineus”, el Dr. Marc Ventura va fer un resum dels estudis que descriuen els efectes de la introducció dels peixos així com les actuacions de recuperació que s’estan duent a terme en el marc dels projectes LIFE RESQUE ALPYR i el LIFE LIMNOPIRINEUS. L’estat de conservació de molts estanys d’alta muntanya és lluny del que s’esperaria tenint present la […]

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  • Training visit to the Norwegian Veterinary Institute

    Training visit to the Norwegian Veterinary Institute

    Last August, a group of representatives of the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project together with technicians from the Alt Pirineu Natural Park and the Consell Generau de la Val d’Aran, a representative of the Board of Trustees of the Alt Pirineu Natural Park and one from the fishing community travelled to Noruega to learn first-hand about the methods used by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute of this country to combat the expansion of invasive species in aquatic systems.

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  • The first sampling campaign in the Pyrenees has been completed

    The first sampling campaign in the Pyrenees has been completed

    Yesterday we finished the first LIFE RESQUE ALPYR sampling campaign in lakes of the Catalan Pyrenees. More than two intense weeks of field work that will provide us with a lot of data to better understand the effects of invasive fish species on the ecological status of high mountain lakes and their biodiversity.

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  • New video out! “State of Nature 2020: invasive species in freshwater ecosystems”

    New video out! “State of Nature 2020: invasive species in freshwater ecosystems”

    Freshwater ecosystems in Catalonia are highly threatened and have undergone during the last decades one of the largest biodiversity losses, in both species and habitats. The introduction of invasive fish species for recreational fishing and the release of pets and ornamental plants have led to a decrease of 92% of the native fish populations. The Observatori del Patrimoni Natural (Natural Heritage Observatory) dedicates a video of the series State of Nature 2020 to the freshwater invasive species, with LIFE RESQUE ALPYR and LIFE LIMNOPIRINEUS as protagonists. In this video Dr Marc Ventura, researcher of CEAB-CSIC and coordinator of both projects, […]

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  • The Life Resque Alpyr project is presented in Italy

    The Life Resque Alpyr project is presented in Italy

    Last 12th of July, LIFE RESQUE ALPYR and LIFE GRAY MARBLE projects were presented at the Unité des Communes Valdôtaines Evançon in Verrès, Valle d’Aosta. Both projects aim to improve the freshwater ecosystem habitats and its species conservation. LIFE RESQUE ALPYR aims at recovering mountain aquatic habitats, improving conservation of several target habitats and species in four Nature 2000 sites from the alpine biogeographical regions of the Pyrenees (NE Spain) and the Alps (NW Italy).

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  • We have participated in the 2nd Congress of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL)

    We have participated in the 2nd Congress of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL)

    The 2nd Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) meeting took place from July 2 to 8 in the city of Aveiro (Portugal), aiming to gather in one place the ecology community from Portugal, Spain and wider afield under the motto “Ecology: Bettering our sustainable future through scientific knowledge”. Victor Osorio, member of the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR team and researcher of the Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), participated in the congress with giving an oral communication and presenting the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project poster.

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  • Presentation of LIFE RESQUE ALPYR at ESPARC 2022

    Presentation of LIFE RESQUE ALPYR at ESPARC 2022

    Within the framework of the XXI ESPARC congress held in Ronda, we have presented the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project. A total of 150 people responsible for the planning and management of natural parks, representatives of conservation organizations and environmental technician participated in these conferences. At the conference, the results of the LIFE LIMNOPIRINEUS project were shown and the new LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project was presented. At the ESPARC 2022 congress “For living protected natural spaces”, the opportunities and challenges for nature conservation were analyzed in a context of rapid changes that must be faced with new perspectives. The workshops, which […]

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  • Launch of the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project logo

    Launch of the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project logo

    The LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project launches its brand-new logo! The combination of shapes and colors represents the different habitats of the project, using a composition of three elements that symbolize the high mountains, lakes and wetlands (meadows, peat bogs and petrifying spring).

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