During the week of 7 April, the 5th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Congress was held in Limassol, Cyprus. Throughout the week, the topics of in-situ and ex-situ conservation, restoration, management, diversity, dissemination and citizen science of different Mediterranean countries were put together and discussed….
Last Saturday 15th March, the first field trip of 2025 took place in Roses. Despite the weather, 14 participants joined the trip to Cala Murtra starting at the pàrquing next to the observation deck of Falconera and making several stops. The first stop was…
In its third year, the LIFE medCLIFFS project has taken on a certain shape and relevance at local, state and European levels, evidenced by the information and methodological exchanges with Italy. Here are some actions undertaken during the beginning of March related to the…
On February 20th, the Botanical Institute of Barcelona hosted the Professional Gardening Forum, The Mediterranean Resilient Garden, an event organized by the Gardening Guild of Catalonia. It gathered different professionals in the sector in one place, focusing on sustainability, innovation, and the future of…
Last Thursday, February 13th, the project LIFE medCLIFFS coordinated by the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC) organized a presentation about invasive flora at the Octavi Viader i Margarit Municipal Library (Sant Feliu de Guíxols). The presenters, Maria Guirado, Head of section of Environment and…
After finishing all the turrons and polvorons boxes, the last field trips of the LIFE medCLIFFS project will begin with the arrival of more hours of sun and warmth! During 2025 we will keep on planning the free field trips addressed exclusively to the…
The Habitat of Community Interest 1240 is defined by vegetated cliffs with endemic statices (Limonium spp.) of the Mediterranean coasts. It is one of the designated habitats comprised in the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC) of 1992. This law was created to protect thousands…
Recently, one of the LIFE medCLIFFS technicians had the honour to participate at the closure congress of the LIFE LETSGO Giglio project, a transforming initiative co-funded by the European Union. This project has contributed to restoring the natural habitats and biodiversity of the Giglio…
This year, on November 16, 2024, the second annual meeting of volunteers of the LIFE medCLIFFS project was held at the Barcelona Museum of Natural Sciences, in the Forum. Organized by the Botanical Institute of Barcelona, the Barcelona Museum of Natural Sciences and the…
The Consortium of the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona (MCNB) is an institution with more than 140 years of history that preserves a heritage of over three million specimens of the different scopes regarding mineralogy, petrology, palaeontology, zoology and botany. Its history dates back…
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