Work in progress …. Dos ibis ermitans procedents del Zoo de Viena arriben als Aiguamolls de l’Empordà

Nous Ibis ermitans de Viena

La colònia ja assoleix els 50 individus i continua creixent gràcies a la col·laboració internacional. La Fundació Alive, ha rebut aquesta setmana dos nous ibis ermitans (Geronticus eremita) a procedents del Zoo de Viena. Els individus van arribar el passat dimarts 20 de gener a l’Aeroport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat. Malgrat la borrasca “Harry”, el … Read more

The only population of sargassum in Catalonia is preserved in good condition in the Montgrí Natural Park

Boris Weitzmann Marine biologist and coordinator of marine activities at Alive Foundation It is the only known population on the Catalan coast of this threatened species. Divers from the Alive Foundation together with researcher Dr. Enric Ballesteros from the CSIC located, in July 2021, what is so far the only population of Sargassum trichocarpum in … Read more

Ecological status of the Cymodocea nodosa grassland in the Bay of Roses 2025

Neus Sanmartin Researcher University of Barcelona Prairie study in progress Following the start of the project to monitor marine biodiversity in Special Conservation Areas (SCA), in 2021, the need arises to expand knowledge of the state of the different species and ecosystems that inhabit these areas, in order to be able to manage them appropriately.In … Read more

An invasive algae is spreading rapidly in the Medes Islands

The biologist responsible for marine activities of the Alive foundation and co-promoter of the Sepia Project , Boris Weitzmann, has monitored the algae Asparagopsis taxiformis within the framework of the Medes Islands Partial Marine Natural Reserve (PNMMBT) after detecting ne presence in the summer of 2023. This spring, however, he warned that the species is … Read more

Renaturalització, la nova tècnica de conservació

Bernat Garrigós Patró i president de la Fundació AliveBiologist & naturalist En el món de l’ecologia i la conservació s’està produint un canvi de paradigma prou important per a dedicar-hi un article extens, però si voleu aprendre’n més coses, us recomano que llegiu el llibre “Rewilding, The radical new science of ecological recovery” dels autors … Read more