Nature Week kicks off with the International Day of Biological Diversity (May 22), includes European Parks Day (May 24) and ends with World Environment Day (June 5) .This year the theme of Nature Week is ecological connectivity. From the Alive Foundation we have prepared several activities and we have also joined in the organization of some others.
* Activities that are not registered in the weeknatura.cat program are included
May 24
40 years of the Medes Islands marine reserve: past, present and future
Sala Bol Roig, Club Nàutic l’Escala
7:00 p.m
by Josep Capellà, a professional with more than twenty-five years of experience in the public management of tourism, who actively participated in the application and launch of the Medes Islands Marine Reserve.
Registration: Agenda – Club Nàutic L’Escala
More info: 972770016 – esport@nauticescala.com
Organized by: Club Nàutic l’Escala and Alive Foundation
May 26
Nautical meeting to get to know the park: Sailing, Kayaking, Sea Rowing and SUP activities.
L’Escala Yacht Club
From 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m
Minimum level required for dinghy sailing and sea rowing.
Registration price €29/person (-15% discount on the RRP) – Minimum age 8 years – 50% discount between 8 and 16 years
Registration: Agenda – Club Nàutic L’Escala
More info: 972770016 – esport@nauticescala.com
Organized by: Club Nàutic l’Escala and Alive Fundació (Not included in setmanatura.cat)
May 30
Presentation of the book “A plant under the sea”
Roses Library
7:30 p.m
With the authors Sònia Duñach, Bernat Garrigós and Boris Weitzmann, and the councilor for culture, Sílvia Ripoll.
Organized by: Alive Foundation and Roses City Council.
June 1
Cap de Creus, Begur, Delta de la Tordera, Delta del Llobregat, Cap de Salou and Delta de l’Ebre.
From 19 to 21 h
Every first Saturday of the month, SAM collaborators gather at one of the 6 points on the coast reserved for the project and spend two hours observing all the birds they see from the coast.
SAM volunteer registration: marc.fusellas@ornitologia.org
Organized by: Alive Fundació, Catalan Institute of Ornithology, Generalitat de Catalunya, Cap de Creus Natural Park .
MedFoto Exhibition – The Sea and the People
Space Cap de Creus
From June 1 to July 30.
HOURS: Until June 22: from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. From June 23 to July 30: from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
MedFoto collects the 36 finalist photographs of the contest and 3 photographic reports; 39 images of the Mediterranean Sea and its immediate surroundings, obtained through respectful attitudes towards people, animals, plants and their natural environment.
Organized by: Cadaqués City Council, Alive Foundation, Club Nàutic l’Escala, Cap de Creus Natural Park .
June 3
Natural Heritage protection and management initiatives
Faculty of Sciences of the UdG. Girona
12 o’clock
Organized by: University of Girona . Collaboration: CREAF, Network of Natural Science Museums and Alive Foundation
June 4
The gram of the Bay of Roses as an ecological connector.
Ca l’Anita, Roses
7:30 p.m
By Bernat Hereu, biologist and professor at the University of Barcelona
Organized by: Alive Fundació, Roses City Council and Barcelona University
NEW DATE: June 8
Census of biodiversity per gram.
Port of L’Escala
8.00 a.m
Citizen science for the detection of species in the prairie 🤿 Outing for divers in the Cymodocea nodosa meadow in the Bay of Roses of the ANERIS project 🤿
Registration: mediambient@fecdas.cat
*Price: €20 // Federations/des free.
Organized by: Alive Fundació, FECDAS
NEW DATE: TO BE DETERMINED
Nature outing – Bird watching photographic workshop
The Scale
From 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m
Photography workshop dedicated to seabirds, with biologist Albert Cama and professional nature photographer Oriol Alamany.
Registration: Before May 21. Schedule – CN L’Escala
€10
Organized by: MedFoto – Club Nàutic l’Escala and Alive Foundation
This year we want to celebrate a great 9th edition of Nature Week, and that’s why we want to count on your participation in the activities!
Participate and share on networks with #ConnectemLaNature and #setmananatura and tag us!
