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24-01-2024 In the facilities of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), the Associate Laboratory TERRA, has organized the first Workshop & World Café “Landscape and environmental restoration in Portugal”. Patricia Rodríguez González, Technical Director of the C8 action during the LIFE Fluvial has presented the knowledge and experience on riparian forest restoration acquired during the ... Read more

The Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo Biosphere Reserve, within the aid to Management Bodies, charged to the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (European Union-NextGenerationEU), held, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, a conference environmental volunteering at O Pedrido Beach (within the ZEC Betanzos-Mandeo of the Natura 2000 Network). The work, in which 20 volunteers participated, ... Read more

On December 5, 2022, from LIFE Fluvial, by the hand of Mariñas Coruñesas and IBADER, a specialized seminar was developed aimed at students of the Medium Cycle of Use and Conservation of the Natural Environment of the CFEA Pedro Murias, located in Ribadeo. The seminar, held in the CFEA auditorium, was attended by a total ... Read more

The next 12 and 13 December the workshop will take place, LIFE ALNUS experimentally develops on a regional scale (Catalonia) an alternative strategy for the conservation of Mediterranean alders (habitat of community interest 91EO*) that allows reversing the regression and degradation of this riverside habitat and create a model that can be exported to the ... Read more

On Thursday, December 1, the dissemination seminar of the project took place   Life Fluvial.  Universidad de Oviedo – UniOvi  Vice Chancellor for Sustainability, Mobility and the Environment of the welcomed the participants and opened the event.Representatives of the municipalities of Ribadeo, Vegadeo and Ponte de Lima, as well as the Protected Areas Service of the ... Read more

The Final Dissemination Seminar of the LIFE FLUVIAL project will be held on 1 December 2022 in order to share the knowledge and results obtained with the development of the project. LIFE Fluvial project “Improvement and sustainable management of river corridors in the Iberian Atlantic Region” co-financed by the EU through the LIFE Programme, aims to ... Read more

On October 7, 2022, a volunteer day organized by the Mariñas-Betanzos Rural Development Association was held, with the collaboration of the Social Services area of the Abegondo City Council and the work brigade attached to the same. The work carried out took place in the vicinity of the Cecebre dam, within the Encoro Abegondo-Cecebre Special ... Read more

The Mariñas-Betanzos Rural Development Association, managing body of the Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo Biosphere Reserve, has once again participated in this 2022 edition of the Cambre Open Science. This fair is a meeting between young and adult researchers who show their experiences to the public. The participation of the Biosphere Reserve, within the ... Read more

Serra da Gardunha’s Regional Protected Landscape / ZEC Serra da Gardunha (PTCON0028)On 08/09/2022 took place an exchange of best practices between the projects LIFE FLUVIAL (LIFE16 NAT/ES/000771) and ALNUS TAEJO (LIFE20 NAT/ES/000021), within the geobotanical excursion to the ZEC Serra da Gardunha (PTCON0028), integrated in the XII International Meeting of Phytosociology (https://encontrointernphyt.wixsite.com/eif2022) that was organized ... Read more

The communication and dissemination actions of the LIFE Fluvial project included informative and didactic equipment. The Villadún bird observatory was installed in the spring of 2021 and is already displaying its information sign. We hope you will come and visit it. #Lifefluvial #corredoresfluviales #LIFEis30 #LIFEprogramme

In Portugal, the LIFE Fluvial project is carrying out conservation actions in the Limia River basin.  The dissemination and awareness-raising actions here include signage and promotion of the use of footpaths and bicycle paths. The posters present the action areas of LIFE Fluvial in Portugal, the protected areas in the Natura2000 network and some characteristic ... Read more

On 2 June 2022, the Annual Monitoring Visit of the LIFE Fluvial Project was carried out by the monitor of NEEMO (European monitoring entity of LIFE projects), Itxaso Mora, in the Protected Landscape of the Bertiandos and São Pedro de Arcos Lagoons, organised by the Portuguese team of the LIFE FLUVIAL project (LIFE16 NAT/ES/000771), of ... Read more

On Sunday, June 5, 2022, as an activity framed in the celebration of World Environment Day, the Mariñas-Betanzos Rural Development Association organized an environmental volunteer day within the LIFE FLUVIAL project, with the collaboration of the National Association GN Medio Ambient. The conference took place in the Monte das Moas, in the parish of Mántaras ... Read more

On May 24, 2022, thanks to the collaboration between the “Educando na Biosfera” Program and the LIFE Fluvial project, an environmental volunteering day was held with the participation of 20 4th year ESO students from CPI Cruz do Sar, from Bergondo. The work carried out took place on the beach of A Cabana (Bergondo), within ... Read more

The 6th grade students of the Lastra School in Mieres visited today, 30th May 2022, the travelling exhibition of the LIFE Fluvial project that is displayed in the Research Building of the University Campus of Mieres, in Asturias.  Uniovi team offered the students a guided tour through the 15 panels of the exhibition and the ... Read more

Last Friday 20th May,   Uniovi LIFE Fluvial team commemorated the Natura 2000 Network Day and the 30th anniversary of the LIFE programme by means of an event that brought together technicians from different LIFE projects developed at the University of Oviedo and different agents involved in the conservation of the Natura 2000 Network. During this ... Read more

After the development on 21 October 2021 of the 1st Technical Seminar at the CFEA for students from the 2nd year of the Higher Cycle of Forestry and Natural Environment Management and the 2nd year of the Intermediate Cycle of Exploitation and Conservation of the Natural Environment, in this 2nd Seminar, held on 10 November ... Read more

The IUCN Spanish Committee’s newsletter no. 42, corresponding to the summer issue of 2021, includes an article on some of the activities carried out by LIFE Fluvial for the commemoration of World Environment Day. On this occasion, in particular, it describes the volunteer actions carried out by the Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo Biosphere ... Read more

The current Programme of Measures is the hydrological planning instrument that coordinates and integrates the measures that have been implemented, are being implemented and are programmed within the Galicia-Costa Hydrographic Demarcation in the 2021-2027 planning cycle. It also includes the forecasts for the implementation of measures, in successive years, considered necessary to achieve the environmental ... Read more

The first LIFE Fluvial technical training day organised by Indurot and addressed to the technical staff of the town councils of the territories of the Eo river basin was held today 14th June. The conference entitled “LIFE FLUVIAL IN THE EO CORRIDOR: ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND POSTLIFE” was held by telematic means with the participation of ... Read more

On Sunday, 25th April 2021, a volunteer day of the LIFE Fluvial project promoted by the Association of Rural Development Mariñas-Betanzos took place. On this occasion, the organisation was supported by the Department of Public Works, Services, Environment and Civil Protection of the City Council of Carral, as well as “Brexa”, Association of Custody of ... Read more

The exhibition of the LIFE FLUVIAL project is open to the public until 12/02/2021 at the Centro de Interpretação Ambiental das Lagoas de Bertiandos e São Pedro d’Arcos (Rua da Lagoa de São Pedro d’Arcos n.º 476, 4990-530 S. Pedro d’Arcos – Ponte de Lima, Portugal; Coordinates: 41°45’52.48 “N / 8°38’33.26 “W). The opening hours ... Read more

On Tuesday 30th June at 16.30 in the afternoon will take place in the Casa da Xuventude of Ribadeo, the IV day of specialised dissemination entitled Invasive alien species in the fluvial corridors of the Iberian Atlantic Region carried out in the framework of the LIFE Fluvial project: Improvement and Management of the Improvement and ... Read more

On Wednesday 10th June, in San Tirso de Abres (Asturias), the III Conference on Invasive Alien Species in Atlantic river corridors was held. The LIFE Fluvial team represented by María Fernández García, Pilar Garcia Manteca and Mauro Sanna, members of INDUROT (University of Oviedo) organised this conference with the collaboration of InterEo and the Town ... Read more

The Natura 2000 network is a set of natural areas protected at European Union level with the aim of conserving biodiversity and the survival of species and habitats. It is the European Union’s main instrument for nature conservation and is made up of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPAs). ... Read more

LIFE Fluvial project organised  the first dissemination day specialised in the territorial scope of the Eo river basin. Uniovi and Intereo carried aout this activity held on 6 May via the web The conference was especially aimed at local and regional stakeholders in the council of Vegadeo and its surroundings. The aim of this meeting ... Read more

Action C6 of LIFE Fluvial aims to improve the conservation status of habitat 91E0* in 3 enclaves of the fluvial corridor of the river Miño (ZEC Parga-Ladra-Támoga ES1120003) in the municipalities of Lugo, Rábade and Guitiriz: Río-Miño-Lugo, Río-Miño-Rábade and Río Parga. The Río-Miño-Lugo enclave has been subject to the removal of alders affected by the ... Read more

On Saturday 29 February, the LIFE FLUVIAL project (LIFE16 NAT/ES/000771) organised a day of environmental volunteering in collaboration with the LIFE Evergreen with volunteer project, LIFE LEWO (LIFE16 ESC/ES/001), coordinated by the Directorate General of Youth, Participation and Volunteering of the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia, in collaboration with the Directorate ... Read more

Organised within the framework of the LIFE Fluvial project by the partners Emalcsa and the Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo Biosphere Reserve, with the collaboration of the Emalcsa-Udc Chair, a technical seminar on the environmental recovery of wetlands will be held on Thursday 30 January at the Casa del Agua in A Coruña. The ... Read more

Yesterday, in Lugo (Galicia), the 3rd coordination and management meeting of the LIFE Fluvial project was held at the IBADER facilities. Representatives of all the partners involved in the implementation of the project (INDUROT, IBADER, ISA ULisboa, ADRMB, EMALCSA, InterEo, Concello de Ribadeo, TRAGSA) analysed the current situation of all the actions, in anticipation of ... Read more

Finding significant and insightful relationships between biotic and abiotic factors in Atlantic river Corridors fue el título del póster presentado por el equipo del proyecto LIFE FLUVIAL en la 12th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics, organised by CFE-CMStatistics, ECOSTA, Econometrics and Statistics, Birbeck University of London and IFMS. The ... Read more

Last 5th December, Intereo and Indurot have developed a school workshop on the importance of the conservation of the Atlantic river corridors in the C.P. Jovellanos de Vegadeo. The students of the four classes of the first and second year of primary school have learned about plant and animal biodiversity, the threats faced by the ... Read more

The travelling exhibition of the LIFE Fluvial project will be on display from today 6th November until 29th November at the headquarters of our partner EMALCSA, Edificio Casa del Agua, Rúa Manuel Murguía, S/N, 15011 A Coruña, C

The travelling exhibition of the LIFE Fluvial project was present at the MaB Youth Forum in the Spanish Network of Biosphere Reserves held in Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo between 23 and 25 October 2019.

La Nueva España reports on the work carried out in the LIFE Fluvial project. On this occasion, it reports on the problems caused by the fungi affecting our alders. Read news in El Indurot alerta de un hongo que pone en peligro los alisos en los corredores fluviales – La Nueva España

Today, Tuesday 1st October, the second general meeting of partners of the LIFE Fluvial project was held in Mieres. During this meeting the progress of the project and the challenges that remain to be faced in the coming months were discussed.

On 27 September from 18:00 to 22:00 we will be present at the X European Night of Researchers of the University of Oviedo, disseminating knowledge about native and non-native flora and fauna through river games. We will be waiting for you at the Antigua Plaza del Pescado (Plaza Santiago Lopez) in Avilés.  Programa (pdf)

The travelling exhibition on the European LIFE Fluvial project, which has been on display since 9 July in the foyer of the Polytechnic School of the Mieres Campus, will be removed tomorrow 18 September. Today, Indurot staff explained the contents of the 15 panels that show the most important aspects of the project, from aspects ... Read more

Next Tuesday 17 September at 12.00 hours, Indurot staff will conduct, in the lobby of the Polytechnic School of the Mieres Campus, a guided tour of the exhibition consisting of 15 panels showing the most important aspects of the Life fluvial project – Improvement and sustainable management of river corridors in the Iberian Atlantic region.

Between 2 and 5 September 2019, the IBADER of the Campus Terra of the USC organised the Summer Course “THE NATURAL HERITAGE AND BIODIVERSITY IN BIOSPHERE RESERVES”. The opening ceremony was attended by Ana González Abelleira, representing the Provincial Council of Lugo, Montserrat Valcárcel as Vice-Rector of Coordination of the Lugo Campus, and Pablo Ramil ... Read more

On 29th of July the LIFE FLUVIAL project took part in a volunteering environmental day, with the “Da Auga e da Pedra” Work Camp,  promoted by the Concello de Guitiriz and the Dirección Xeral de Xuventude, Xunta de Galicia. The Work Camp “Da Auga e da Pedra” is aimed at young people aged between 18 ... Read more

Successful volunteering day thanks to the 16 volunteers who attended the invasive plant removal day in the river Eo on 20 July 2019, it has been possible to improve the habitat of the Atlantic alder trees along 1.5 km of river bank. The activity began in the recreational area of A Retorta in the Concello ... Read more

The volunteer day on 13th July has been postponed to 20th July as it coincides with the Galician Fishing Federation Championship. We leave below the information for registration. Participate with us in an action of invasive plant removal in a stretch of the river Eo, upstream of the recreational area of A Retorta (Ribeira de ... Read more

From today, Tuesday 9th July until next September, the Mieres Campus is hosting the travelling exhibition of the LIFE FLUVIAL project. The exhibition consists of 16 panels showing the most important aspects of LIFE Fluvial in the three languages of the scope of the project (Spanish, Galician and Portuguese, two other panels will summarize it ... Read more

Life Fluvial was present on 28 June at the conference The University of Oviedo in Europe: Successful cases in research, presenting this LIFE project, the process of achieving it and the actions and results obtained and expected.  Coinciding with this conference, in the Lower Cloister of the Historic Building of the University of Oviedo, you ... Read more

TRAGSA staff are planting maple, willow and birch trees in the vicinity of the Arnao lagoon, Castropol, as part of the LIFE Fluvial project. Planting these autochthonous species provides continuity to the vegetation of the lagoon’s protected area, as well as preventing the advance and new introduction of invasive species.

In the framework of the III Iberian Congress of River Restoration Restaura Rios 2019, held from 12 to 14 June in Murcia, coordinators of nine projects financed with European funds have highlighted the importance of communication and awareness in the strategy to combat invasive alien species, which are the main threat to the endemisms of ... Read more

From 6th to the 24th of June, the itinerant exhibition of the LIFE Fluvial project can be visited at the Casa de la Cultura in Vegadeo. The 18 explanatory panels show the invasive plants and species that threaten the river corridors, the need to restore native species and the economic support of the European LIFE ... Read more

On the occasion of the celebration of the Environment Day on 5 June 2019, the students of Colegio Rural Agrupado Ría del EO, accompanied by the technicians of the LIFE Fluvial project, will visit the Arnao and Villadun lagoons, enclaves where a large part of the activity of this project is being developed in Asturias. ... Read more

The LIFE Fluvial project has been present at the 56th Vegadeo Trade Fair. Between 6 and 9 June 2019, more than 46,000 people visited this fair in western Asturias, where this project was present.    In addition to the stand with information about the project, on 9 June, the Water Game was held, with which ... Read more

In the framework of the LIFE Fluvial project, a new edition of the adventures of the Bolechas family, the popular children’s book series in Galician, has been published. On this occasion, the family goes on an excursion along the river. They want to get to know the animals that live in the water and on ... Read more

On the occasion of the celebration of the Natura 2000 Network Day on 21 May, the Mariñas Betanzos Association organised an environmental education conference in which they explained to 125 schoolchildren the actions that are being carried out in Mariñas-Betanzos within the LIFE Fluvial project. Link to Televisión gallega

Today, 23 May, the final of the water game was held in A Coruña, a game created by the EMALCSA Chair to raise awareness among schoolchildren of the importance of river corridors.

As part of the celebrations of the Natura Network Day, researchers of the LIFE Fluvial project have shown the importance of the river corridors, the threats that affect them and the proposals and actions of the Life Fluvial project to improve their conservation and restoration to children and primary school students of the CRA Ría ... Read more

Within the framework of the LIFE Fluvial project, logging work has begun on the left bank of the Ribadeo estuary on 4.5 ha located within the Natura 2000 Network, with the aim of restoring them and returning the estuary to its natural state. On these lands previously expropriated by the Council of Ribadeo, eucalyptus plantations ... Read more

As part of the activities held to commemorate Natura 2000 Network Day, the Association for the Development of Mariñas Betanzos carried out, between 20 and 22 May 2019, a series of days with schoolchildren from Betanzos. During these days, 125 students from Betanzos participated in a workshop to identify and eliminate invasive exotic flora, aimed ... Read more

On Tuesday 4th December, a Technical Seminar will be held in the Cactus Building of the Lugo Campus (Location), to inform the public about the important role that river ecosystems play in the conservation of our biodiversity. This event will also raise public awareness about the conservation of our natural and cultural heritage associated with ... Read more

In the framework of the LIFE FLUVIAL project (LIFE16 NAT/ES/000771), the first phase of the works in Lagoa do Rei (ZEC Parga-Ladra-Támoga, ES1120003) has finished last Wednesday 7th November. Since 15th October, the company TRAGSA, advised by IBADER (University of Santiago de Compostela), both partners of the project, have been removing more than 250 individuals ... Read more

Within the framework of the LIFE FLUVIAL project (LIFE16 NAT/ES/000771), on Monday 15 October, conservation actions began at the A Lagoa do Rei site (Rábade, Lugo), located in the Parga-Ladra-Támoga SAC (ES1120003). The restoration work has begun with the elimination of exotic and invasive species, to improve the naturalness of the ecosystem, which will be ... Read more

On 28 September 2018, the European Researchers’ Night will be held, a science outreach event that brings science to society, especially to children. LifeFluvial was  present developing a programme of fun activities about river corridors.

Between 9 and 13 September 2018, the international conference “SER Europe Conference 2018 Restoration in the Era of Climate Change” was held in Reykjavik (Iceland), which brought together different international experts on various topics such as biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, or the fight against desertification. Within the framework of this conference, the LIFE FLUVIAL ... Read more

Next Tuesday 22nd May the LIFE FLUVIAL project (LIFE16 NAT/ES/000771) will celebrate the European Day of the Natura 2000 Network at IBADER, Campus Terra of the University of Santiago de Compostela. The LIFE BACCATA project (LIFE15 NAT/ES/000790) will also join the celebration. The day will consist of two parts: During the morning, starting at 11 ... Read more

The director of the Institute of Agricultural Biodiversity and Rural Development (Ibader) of the Campus Terra of the USC, Pablo Ramil Rego, accompanied by other researchers of this university institute, participated in Portugal in the presentation of Life Fluvial, in the framework of an event that was also attended by the director of the Institute ... Read more

The European project LIFE Fluvial is presented on 20 February 2018 in Vegadeo, in the Félix Menéndez Auditorium of the Casa de Cultura. On 20 February 2018, the European project LIFE Fluvial will be presented in the Félix Menéndez Auditorium of the Casa de Cultura of Vegadeo, from 12.30 pm. The event will be opened ... Read more