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MN provides technical assistance to the Montsant Natural Park, aimed at conserving the biodiversity of river ecosystems, with a project that aims to increase information on the species of interest and also the detection and control of invasive species in the Montsant river.

These works carried out under the protection of RESOLUTION TES / 2920/2019, of November 8, calling for subsidies to natural spaces in Catalonia, habitats and species aims to increase knowledge about the distribution of the populations of some species considered to be of interest and linked to the fluvial habitats of the river Montsant. Among the species studied of which the situation of their populations will be assessed, we find the southwestern water vole, the white-clawed crayfish, the Mediterranean pond turtle. 

On the other hand, the project also intends to act on invasive species, monitoring the size of the invasions of some species such as the red-eared slider or the Louisiana crawfish, in order to implement management work. 

Finally, it is intended to address the control and eradication of the American mink within the Montsant river basin. This river basin can prevent the contact of the populations of the species in the centre of Catalonia with the Ebro River. 

The project responds to a criterion of opportunity within the framework of the Rural Development Program of Catalonia 2014-2020 for the year 2020 and to operation 04.04.01 referring to actions in species, habitats and landscapes, which is co-financed by the European Union through of FEDAR (43%) and the Department of Territory and Sustainability (57%).

MN provides technical assistance to the Montsant Natural Park, aimed at conserving the biodiversity of river ecosystems, with a project that aims to increase information on the species of interest and also the detection and control of invasive species in the Montsant river.

These works carried out under the protection of RESOLUTION TES / 2920/2019 ...

On Friday, March 1, coinciding with the commemoration of the Balearic Islands Day, the short film "The Blue Skin Islands" was premiered, an audiovisual tribute to the fragile beauty of the Balearic skin, and a tribute to women and men that merged with the nature of these islands to found in them a landscape of an irresistible sensuality.

The short film has been produced by MN Films © for the Catalan Society of Sciences for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BioSciCat) within the framework of our action in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), and has counted on the selfless collaborations of Maria del Mar Bonet (interpretation of the "Cant de la Sibil·la"), and the record company Picap © (Rights of the album "Amic, Amat").

Through it, BioSciCat aims to help forge between the heirs of this land the awareness that, the slow destruction of that skin, will end up leading to the disappearance of an aesthetic and a magical and poetic way of understanding life.

More information on the WEB of the "Islands of the Blue Skin"

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On Friday, March 1, coinciding with the commemoration of the Balearic Islands Day, the short film "The Blue Skin Islands" was premiered, an audiovisual tribute to the fragile beauty of the Balearic skin, and a tribute to women and men that merged with the nature of these islands to found in them a landscape of an irresistible sensuality.

The short film has been produced by MN Films © for the Catalan Society ...

The European Life ALNUS project was born under the title "Restoration, Conservation and Governance of alluvial forests of Alnus glutinosa in the Mediterranean biogeographic region".

The aim of the project is to test new conceptual and methodological approaches that are pioneers in the study, conservation and restoration of the riparian ecosystems of the Mediterranean biogeographic region called "Alluvial forests of Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior".

It is a project in which the European Community participates as a partner. It contributes by paying 75% of the cost through the financial instrument 'LIFE Nature & Biodiversity'. The total budget of the project is 2.5 million euros and its duration is four years.

MN Consultants, in charge of who has relayed the technical and scientific conception of the project, is also a member of it. In future, MN’s responsibility will be the development of preliminary studies which are necessary in order to face the design of the habitat conservation strategy, as well as the elaboration of the plans in which this strategy will be reflected. From that moment on, the rest of the partners will be responsible for executing out the planned conservation measures.

MN Consultants also provides financing in the framework of its CSR activity (Corporate Social Responsibility). (See also MN COMMITMENT)

In addition to the European Community and MN Consultants, are also partners in the project the Catalan Water Agency, the Forest Science and Technology Center of Catalonia (CTFC), the La Pedrera Foundation, the Balmes University Foundation (University of Vic). / Central University of Catalonia), and the City Hall of Granollers.

Throughout the four years of the project, all the information related to it will be available through the project website: www.lifealnus.eu

The European Life ALNUS project was born under the title "Restoration, Conservation and Governance of alluvial forests of Alnus glutinosa in the Mediterranean biogeographic region".

The aim of the project is to test new conceptual and methodological approaches that are pioneers in the study ...

MN Consultores, together with SENER Engineering and Systems and the Catalan Water Agency, will present in Valencia on 23 and 24 October, within the framework of the III Conference on Water Engineering, some of the results obtained in reducing the risk of floods through river restoration measures and the modeling of their hydrodynamic effects at the basin scale.

MN Consultores, together with SENER Engineering and Systems and the Catalan Water Agency, will present in Valencia on 23 and 24 October, within the framework of the III Conference on Water Engineering, some of the results obtained in reducing the risk of fl ...

The works are structured in various stages. In a first phase, several studies will be developed in order to analyze, in a regional key, the problems related to fluvial connectivity, the ecological state of the riparian banks, and the morphological and morphodynamic issues affecting Catalan rivers. These analyzes will give rise to the spatial and temporal prioritization of restoration actions. Subsequently, more specific studies will be carried out to characterize the streams that require urgent short-term measures, which will be specified and prescribed at the pre-project level. All this will result in a restoration strategy in which the actions to be implemented in each basin will be scheduled during the next few years within the framework of the 'Program of Measures' of the ‘River Basin District Management Plan of Catalonia (2016-2021)’.

The duration of this process is one year and a half, so the strategy will be completed by mid-2019.

The works are structured in various stages. In a first phase, several studies will be developed in order to analyze, in a regional key, the problems related to fluvial connectivity, the ecological state of the riparian banks, and the morphological and morphodynamic issues affecting Catalan rivers. These analyzes will give rise to the spatial and temporal prioritization of restoration actions. Subsequently, more specific studies wil ...

Tarragona, 08 de enero de 2018

La llengua de cérvol (Phyllitis sagittata) és una falguera mediterrània pròpia de biòtops rupestres arrecerats i ombrívols, com són les entrades de coves i balmes, les roques humides o les parets dels pous. Es tracta d’una espècie molt rara, tant a Catalunya com a la Península Ibèrica, amb escasses localitats a Andalusia, el País Valencià i el sud de la geografia catalana

A banda d’una citació a Collserola provinent d’una determinació dubtosa de C. Pau l’any 1875 on, en qualsevol cas, avui es considera extingida, les úniques localitats catalanes de la llengua de cérvol es troben a l’extrem sud, sobretot a la serra de Montsià i al vessant sud dels Ports. La localitat del Montsant va ser descoberta pel naturalista local Prudenci Seró Navàs (Cabassers 1883–1963) l’any 1929, però des d’aleshores no s’havia tornat a observar. Tal vegada perquè o bé no va retrobar-se la ubicació precisa de l’avenc de Cantacorbs, o bé perquè les frondes (fulles) de la falguera no es trobaven desenvolupades en aquell moment. En el Llibre vermell de les plantes vasculars endèmiques i amenaçades de Catalunya (2010) es considerava ja extinta en aquest indret.

Però l’11 d’octubre de 2014 Roger Pascual, Cap del Departament de Botànica de MN Consultors, guiat per Josep Ramon Miró, natural de Cabassers com el descobridor de la falguera, va poder accedir a la boca de l’avenc de Cantacorbs i constatar que la llengua de cérvol encara hi era present. La troballa ha estat publicada recentment al Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural, al costat d’altres novetats florístiques que eleven fins a 1.305 el nombre d'espècies de flora vascular al massís de Montsant, un dels indrets amb més biodiversitat de Catalunya. La importància de la citació es veu reforçada perquè aquesta és la localitat de la llengua de cérvol més septentrional de la Península Ibèrica, espècie que d’altra banda es considera en perill d’extinció a Catalunya (Decret 172/2008, de 26 d’agost, de creació del Catàleg de flora amenaçada de Catalunya).

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