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We have just published the first newsletter of the project
The LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project aims to restore and improve the conservation of high mountain aquatic habitats, focusing mainly on ponds, alpine and subalpine meadows, peat bogs and carbonated springs. The project is a continuation of two previous LIFE projects, the LIFE LIMNOPIRINEUS in the Pyrenees and the LIFE BIOAQUAE in the Alps. Among the target species to be…
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LIFE Multi Peat Monitoring and policy workshop
Last November 30, 2022 we participated in the LIFE Multi Peat Monitoring and policy workshop organized by the LIFE Multi Peat project team. The aim of the workshop was twofold. In the first part, an open webinar took place to connect the LIFE Multi Peat project to different EU-funded restoration projects and to discuss successful ways of…
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Networking week with the Croatian team of the LIFE Dinara Back to life project
From 24 to 28 October the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR team has hosted a delegation of researchers and environmental and natural protected areas managers of Croatia, members of the LIFE DINARA BACK TO LIFE and STILL WATER REVIVAL projects. The aim of this networking week is for the Croatian team to learn about the management and research in…
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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…
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Networking days in austria with the FishME project
Between the 23rd and 31st August 2022, Rocco Tiberti from the University of Pavia and technical coordinator of the project LIFE RESQUE ALPYR and Lucia Bello (MSc student, University of Pavia), joined the field crew engaged in the research activities of the FishME project. The main objective of the networking activities was to harmonize the…
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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…
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Angling day in Lake Miserino
Yesterday we were at Lake Miserino in Gran Paradiso National Park participating in the first Angling Day of the LIFE RESQUE ALPYR project, one of the public awareness activities included in the project. The person in charge was Rocco Tiberti, member of the project team from the University of Pavia. Introduced fish represent the most…
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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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Som protagonistes del vídeo ‘Estat Natura 2020: Espècies invasores a les aigües continentals’
Els ecosistemes de les aigües continentals a Catalunya són els que més han patit la pèrdua de biodiversitat autòctona en les darreres dècades, tant d’hàbitats com d’espècies pròpies d’aquests hàbitats. L’entrada d’espècies de peixos exòtiques per a la pesca recreativa i l’alliberament de mascotes i plantes ornamentals han comportat una davallada del 92% de les…
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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…
