Along the first working year (2022), some members of the LIFE medCLIFFS team have started the activities of action E2, which is devoted to the technical dissemination of the project results as well as to develop networking with initiatives to create potential synergies.
Technical dissemination activities 2022
The LIFE medCLIFFS technical dissemination is built on the participation in external events in order to explain the project and its results. In addition, it also includes the publication of the most relevant results in sectoral and/or scientific journals, as well as lectures on sectoral courses organised by external entities.
During 2022 the following technical dissemination activities were carried out:
Fira Iberflora
4-6 d’octubre, València
Jornades de Ciència Ciutadana
18 octubre, Sabadell
III Congreso Nacional de Manejo de Vida Silvestre
19-21 Octubre, Equador
Curs d’Agents Rurals sobre flora exòtica
24 octubre, online
- Participation in the Iberflora Trade Show (October 4th to 6th, Valencia) by members of the Federació de Viveristes de Catalunya, who installed the general roll-up of the project and distributed the LIFE medCLIFFS general leaflet among participants.
- Participation of Flora Catalana into the Workshop of Citizen Science (October 18th, Sabadell), to explain the experience of creating the LIFE medCLIFFS citizen science networks and participate in a round table.
- Participation of CSIC in the III Congreso Nacional de Manejo de Vida Silvestre (October 19th to 21st, Equador), with a poster communication in order to introduce the LIFE medCLIFFS project to international audiences.
- Introduction of LIFE medCLIFFS and first data from the field work of the alien flora to Rural Rangers, through a lecture within a course organized by Generalitat de Catalunya (October 24th, online), by staff of the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB).
- Introduction of LIFE medCLIFFS and their participative networks to the students from both the master’s degree in Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management and the Biology degree of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), during the visits made to the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (November 2nd and December 19th respectively).
- Introduction of LIFE medCLIFFS and the areas where eradication tasks will be carried out along the course in management and control of alien flora, organized by the Provincial Council of Girona (DDGI, november 16th and 23rd, Castelló d’Empúries and Cap de Creus). This activity was conducted by members of the Provincial Council of Girona (DDGI) and from the Natural Park of Cap de Creus (PNCC).
- Participation of LIFE medCLIFFS on the III Simposio anual de botánica española. “Nuevos retos en el estudio de las plantas de montaña: una perspectiva interdisciplinar” (November 25th and 26th, at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona)
- Presentation of LIFE medCLIFFS on several technical and dissemination activities organized by the Natural Park of Cap de Creus:
- informative talk to the students of the CAFEMN of Roses (VET in sports within the natural environment; May 10th);
- informative talk to the students of the UAB about the RESCAP and MITICAP projects (May 10th)
- guide on to the Roses touristic train, order to explain the mosaic landscape after a wildfire (May 28th);
- workshop about monitoring endemic flora (May 31st);
- informative talk to the practicum students of the University of Barcelona trough their two weeks stay in Caials (may of 2022);
- conference in the International Congress of Environmental Law organized by the University of Girona, June 4th, according to the visit of the Natural Parc Congress members;
- informative talk to the students of the IEA Montilivi (June 6th);
- informative talk at the “Balcons de l’Empordà” trade show in Vilajuïga, Palau, Pau and Pedret (firsts of June);
- informative talk to the students of the University of Geneva during a visit to the Park (June 12th);
- visit of the Europarc Congress members to the Park offices (October 7th);
- participation on the “Repensem l’Empordà” workshop about our relationship with Nature (October 8th);
- informative talk to the students of environmental volunteering from the University of Girona, November 8th in Sant Pere de Rodes.
- informative talk in Sant Pere de Rodes to the students of the University of Sorbonne (November 15th).
Presentació amb alumnes del Master d’Ecologia Terrestre i Gestió de la Biodiversitat de la UAB
2 novembre, Institut Botànic de Barcelona
Curs de gestió i control de flora exòtica
23 de novembre, Castelló d’Empúries i Cap de Creus
III SIMPOSIO ANUAL DE BOTÁNICA ESPAÑOLA
25 i 26 de novembre, Institut Botànic de Barcelona
Presentació amb alumnes del Grau de Biologia de la UAB
19 novembre, Institut Botànic de Barcelona
On the other hand, the fieldwork carried out during 2022 has allowed us to locate a new species of alloctonous plant for Europe, a new one for the Iberian Peninsula, four new species for Catalonia and six for the Costa Brava. We are currently in the process of publication of those data.
Networking activities 2022
As regards to networking, 7 initiatives were contacted in 2022, mostly LIFE projects that had work or are working on invasive plants management: LIFE DUNIAS (Belgium), LIFE Invasaqua (Spain), LIFE Alnus (Spain), LIFE FLUVIAL (Spain), LIFE VIDALIA (Portugal), Parc Naturel de l’Armorique (France), LIFE Habitats Calanques (France). Some of those initiatives have high interest to the LIFE medCLIFFS project and promise to be a long-term collaboration.