Participation in external events
In 2023, LIFE medCLIFFS has been presented or mentioned in a total of 17 technical dissemination activities:
- Participation through a poster presentation in Spanish in the 7a Jornada IRBio sobre Biodiversistat Urbana (7th IRBio Workshop on Urban Biodiversity, 26 January, Barcelona), by members of Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB).
- Presentation of the LIFE medCLIFFS project in the VIII Trobada de Tècnics de Col·leccions de Ciències Naturals (8th Meeting of Natural Science Curators, 14 February, Granollers), by MCNB staff.
- Participation through a presentation of results in the VIII Jornades de presentació d’estudis del Parc Natural de Cap de Creus (8th Workshop for the presentation of studies at Cap de Creus Natural Park, 23 February, La Selva de Mar), by MCNB staff.
- Two presentations of the LIFE medCLIFFS project during the regular meetings of the Governing Board of the Cap de Creus Natural Park (Junta rectora del Parc Natural de Cap de Creus, 27 February and 9 November), by MCNB and CSIC staff.
- Participation through a presentation of the educational resources created in the LIFE medCLIFFS project in the “Regional Environmental Education Meeting and Eco-Schools Seminar – United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 and LIFE Projects as an ecosystem restoration player”, in Terceira (Azores, 1 March), by CSIC and PNCC staff.
- Presentation of the project to the Cooperation Council of Natural Park of Cap de Creus (Consell de Cooperació del Parc Natural de Cap de Creus, 23 March), by PNCC staff.
- Four lectures to university students about exotic flora and its management (two addressed to the Bachelor’s Degree on Botany of the University of Barcelona, 27 April and 25 May; and two more addressed to the Master’s Degree on Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management of the UAB, 30 October and 5 December). All lectures were carried out during the student’s visits to the Botanical Institute of Barcelona, by MCNB staff.
- Participation through a presentation of the LIFE medCLIFFS project in the event “Exchanging Experiences on INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES Projects in Europe”, organised by LIFE INVASAQUA (24-26 May in Málaga), by CSIC staff.
- Participation through two oral presentations and two posters in the XI Congreso de Biología de la Conservación de Plantas (18-21 July in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), by CSIC and MCNB staff.
- Participation through three posters and one oral presentation in the XVII OPTIMA Meeting (Palermo, Italy, 20-23 September), by CSIC staff.
- Participation in the Iberflora Trade Show (4-6 October, Valencia) by members of the Federació de Viveristes de Catalunya, where the LIFE medCLIFFS general roll-up was exhibited and leaflets in Spanish and English were distributed.
- Participation through one poster and two oral presentation in the 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, organised by UICN Med (Valencia, 23-27 October), by CSIC and MCNB staff.
- Participation through an online presentation of the LIFE medCLIFFS project in the 10th Permanent Forum of the European Charter of Sustainable Tourism of Cap de Creus, organised by PNCC (30 November in Vilajuïga), by CSIC staff.
- Forum Viles Florides 2023
- Iberflora 2023
- 10º Forum CETS Cap de Creus
- Consell de cooperació PNCC
- VIII Jornada d’estudis del PNCC
- VIII Trobada de Col·leccions de Ciències Naturals
Publication in sectoral and scientific journals
During 2023 a short communication entitled “LIFE medCLIFFS: mejora de la gestión de flora invasora en acantilados del Parque Natural de Cap de Creus” has been published in the News section of REVISTA EUROPARC – España num.55 (June 2023).
Networking activities
A total of 6 networking meetings have been carried out during 2023, one onsite with LIFE Vidalia (Azores, Portugal) and 5 online with three initiatives in Spain (Proyecto INVAPLANT, Red INVANET andBiobserva Agbar STOP INVASORAS) and two in Portugal (LIFE Biodiscoveries and Invasoras.pt).
Also, some technical dissemination events where LIFE medCLIFFS participated in, such the LIFE Invasaqua event in Malaga or the 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, let us interact with the responsibles of LIFE Lets Go Giglio (Italy), with whom contact has been initiated for organising some onsite networking meetings in 2024.
On the other hand, a first contact by email has been made with LIFE Berlengas, LIFE Seedforce, LIFE Insular, and it is expected to organise some onsite or online networking meetings with these projects by 2024. Other initiatives were contacted (LignobioLIFE, Invasara Especies Exóticas de Aragón, LIFE AlterIAS) but unfortunatelly with no answer.