The Barcelona Provincial Council Forest Fire Information and Surveillance Plan is one of the highlighted topics in the new BCN Smart Rural Press Digest.
The Forest Fire Information and Surveillance Plan (PVI) that Barcelona Provincial Council launches every summer aims to reduce the number of forest, agricultural or peri-urban fires and minimize their effects through surveillance and deterrence actions in the natural environment. This program began to be implemented in 1996 and currently covers 498,986 forested hectares, which represent 98.4% of the forest area of province de Barcelona.
This year, the PVI device was in force between June 21 and September 1 and was implemented in collaboration with 275 councils, 124 Forest Defense Associations (ADF), 9 ADF Federations, the ADF Secretariat of Catalonia and the Corps of Rural Agents of Government of Catalonia.
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The deadline for opting for Collserola Agricultural Contract aid is open
The Collserola Agricultural Contract (CAC) wants to contribute to making an agri-food model more dignified by the peasantry and keep the territory more balanced, for example, by minimizing the risk of fires. The application submission period will be open until next September 9.
(Barcelona City Council)
The Montserrat Rural Park Land Bank grows by 86%
The program, promoted by BCN Smart Rural , has significantly increased its land supply and in recent weeks has made a total of 222 hectares and 145 plots available to applicants.
(Montserrat Rural Park)
Presented the Management and Development Plan for the Agricultural Park of the Ódena Basin
The document starts from a complete diagnosis and proposes a series of specific actions to enhance the agricultural and livestock sector, diversify it and facilitate its growth.
(County Council of Anoia)
It is a pioneering project that aims to energize the local agricultural sector and encourage the incorporation of new farming.
(County Council of Baix Llobregat)
Between vegetables and birds in the Baix Llobregat agricultural park
Farmers show doubts about the viability of plans to expand the areas of special protection for birds (ZEPA) in the Baix Llobregat agricultural park.
(La Vanguardia)
The Collsacabra sets the course for its future
A program of transition to a sustainable agriculture and livestock farming and another of conservation and shared care of the natural heritage and the landscape are some of the projects resulting from the participatory process to define the future of Esquirol, Rupit and Tavertet. an initiative, which has been called "Collsacabra vision of the future" and has the support of Barcelona Provincial Council.
(Nació Digital)
The results of 10 years of holistic grazing
The agricultural engineer and professor at the Manresa Agricultural School, Jaume Brustenga, shares the results of ten years of pasture management on his farm in Artés, where he has based himself on the holistic management guidelines promoted by ecologist Allan Savory.
(Agrocultura)
An herd of 10 donkeys already graze on the farm of Can Domènech
This is a pilot test that aims to recover the agroforestry mosaic and reduce the biomass of the undergrowth to mitigate the risk of forest fires in the Collserola mountain range.
(Cugat Mèdia)
Restoring old abandoned pastures reduces the risk of large wildfires
The initiative carried out by the Barcelona Provincial Council in fourteen farms of the province stars in ' Pasture forests' , a new short film from the 'BCN Smart Rural Stories'.
(BCN Smart Rural)
The Pont de Vilomara fire ravaged the landscape surrounding the vats of the Flequer valley. The director of the Natural Park of Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac believes that the fire has opened up an opportunity to recover the cultivation of the vine.
(L'Informatiu dels Parcs)
Barcelona will open three new urban gardens
Barcelona's City Council will allocate 149,000 euros to set up three "agricultural plots" in the districts of Horta-Guinardó, Gràcia and Sant Martí. What we want to achieve with these transformations is to bring "green to the city" and mitigate the effects of climate change.
(Sostenible)
Regenerating poor soils, an essential step in the fight against climate change
Experts from the CTFC, the CREAF, the UB, the UAB and the IRTA are writing a report for the European Parliament on the potential of agricultural soils to sequester carbon and increase this capacity. According to the study, agricultural soils hold 31% of EU soil carbon stocks and there is still potential to store more carbon.
(CTFC)
The initiative has the support of Harnesstom, a European research project in which several countries participate.
(El Far)
The Can Colomer estate will be one of the spaces in which the LIFE AgroForAdapt program will be implemented, aimed at working in favor of the adaptation of agricultural and forestry areas in order to cope with the effects of climate change.
(Sant Climent de Llobregat City Council)
The Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda and the Alicia Foundation are promoting 8 projects that must contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Strategic Food Plan of Catalonia.
(Ruralcat)
Sabadell claims sustainable food initiatives that are part of the European FoodE program
This plan aims to promote food systems throughout the territory and extend local, traditional, organic and sustainable agriculture. In Sabadell there are three pilot initiatives: a social urban garden in the center of the city, a vegetable garden in Can Bages and an area of experimental crops in the Agricultural Park.
(Sabadell City Council)
The relief of the peasantry, an uncertain future
The country has lost 4,600 farmers in ten years and the relief does not seem easy, although the young people who manage to live in the countryside propose alternatives to make it possible.
(Arrels)
The management of the Manresa vegetable garden shared workshop is awarded
The L'Obradora de la Catalonia Central cooperative will manage it. The shared workshop is a piece of equipment developed as part of the BCN Smart Rural.
(Regió 7)
The project is explained in a few days with other workshops where various initiatives for economic revitalization of the territory have been shared.
(Lower Tordera Agrarian Space)
The Origen Montserrat market is organized by Montserrat Rural Park with the support of Barcelona Provincial Council and the town councils of El Bruc and Olesa de Montserrat. It is held monthly in the municipality of Olesa de Montserrat and four times a year it coincides with a big festival of the change of season so that the experience of visiting the market is much more complete, both in Olesa and The heather The experience combines the sale of local products with all kinds of activities.
(Montserrat Rural Park)
The Recooperem project is an countyl initiative that promotes food utilization in schools and prevents waste. It is a project with a double aspect: social - as it allows cooked meals to be delivered to vulnerable families - and environmental, since it avoids throwing away organic matter.
(Sabadell City Council)
BCN Smart Rural publishes a guide to guide the future shepherds of Catalonia
'The importance of being a shepherd' wants to fight against the abandonment of the profession and promote the generational relief of the sector with the incorporation of young livestock farmers in an extensive manner.
(BCN Smart Rural)
The AMB promotes 'Terra Pagesa', a portal to promote local foods
The Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) has financed with 50,000 euros the portal promoted by Unió de Pagesos, 'Terra Pagesa', which wants to bring together farmers and neighborhood shopkeepers to promote the consumption of local food. The initiative is committed to short marketing circuits and direct contact between farmers and traders.
(La Ciutat)
The advisory service for agri-food projects in Osona and Lluçanès launches a new website
With this new portal, the service wants to facilitate access to entrepreneurial people who are starting their agri-food business.
(Land Products Network)
The collective cheese factory of Lluçanès opens the doors of training to new entrepreneurs
The Quall is as necessary as it is innovative equipment and has been promoted by Barcelona Provincial Council as part of the BCN Smart Rural strategy.
(BCN Smart Rural)
The cutting room El Tall programs a new meat handling course
This training is organized by Montserrat Rural Park and is part of the BCN Smart Rural strategy,
(Montserrat Rural Park)
Catalonia cannot lose more agricultural land to the installation of photovoltaic energy
The College of Economists of Catalonia, the Catalan Institute of Agricultural Studies and other entities set out the main arguments to avoid a further deterioration of the "already reduced food self-sufficiency in Catalonia".
(College of Economists of Catalonia)
The Ribera-Salines platform is opposed to the Ribera-Salines Strategic Residential Area (ARE) project, which affects the lands of Baix Llobregat where the community garden of La Bardissa is cultivated.
(Directa)
Melcior Montaner: "It is important to recover the wooded areas that were once agricultural fields"
Interview with the forestry owner of the Viladevall de Sora farm, who explains the forest and pasture restoration work carried out as part of the BCN Smart Rural strategy.
(BCN Smart Rural)
Mercè Oms: "People alone cannot manage the forest: we need herds"
We talk to the owner of a small company of cows and horses that graze on one of the forest estates restored thanks to funding from Barcelona Provincial Council and FEDER funds.
(BCN Smart Rural)
Nil Puig: "With organic agriculture we have to work with a lot of prevention and in advance"
This young trained biologist decided to start an agricultural project from scratch with the intention of giving life to the family lands of Mas del Puig.
(Montserrat Rural Park)
Josep Rius: "We must try to protect everyone who wants to be a farmer"
Josep Rius is a farmer all his life in Castellfollit del Boix and in this interview he talks about his experiences as a farmer in Montserrat Rural Park.
(Montserrat Rural Park)
Carolyn Steel: "If we want to build resilient societies in the 21st century, let's start with food!"
The London-based architect and researcher proposes to put food at the center of life and analyze global problems through the prism of food.
(Directa)
Francesc Font: "Farmers should not plow, because it is doing irreparable harm to the land"
The farmer and expert in regenerative agriculture explains how to promote biodiversity to avoid the loss of soil fertility.
(Vilaweb)
Oriol Anson: "No one thinks of large productions when we talk about local consumption"
The Secretary of Rural Agenda believes that small productions give more value to the product here and identify more with the territory.
(Arrels)
Maria Rovira: "When women are not in a decision-making position, it's because they don't want to"
In this interview, the representative of Unió de Pagesos reviews her personal history and explains why she left behind her career in the world of interior design to return to the house where she was born and promote an ecological vegetable garden project.
(El Punt Avui)
Marta Lloret: "A farmhouse was a house... and the whole farm"
The " farmhouse hunter " is now promoting the Masiaire project , to put owners in contact with potential farmhouses to help them rehabilitate large farmhouses.
(El Punt Avui)
Gustavo Duch: "Whoever controls the fertile land will control the world"
In this interview, the veterinarian, writer and activist provides some keys to achieving a more sustainable, more equitable and more resilient food system.
(Directa)
Baya Baye: “The vineyard is an important part of my life and, as such, I talk about it in my songs”
Baya Baye, a young man from Montgat, is a wine grower and, at the same time, one of the most popular rappers on the Catalan scene.
(Arrels)
Neus Monllor: "You go to a supermarket and it's crazy, what you find there"
The agro-social consultancy claims consistency in supply and demand to guarantee the generational relief of the countryside.
(El País)
Toni Massanés, director of the Alicia Foundation, talks in this article about the fire that reached the gates of Món Sant Benet this July and explains that what was decisive in stopping the progress of the flames was the already harvested fields that surround the enclosure.
(La Vanguardia)
Catalan agriculture does not exist
Francesc Reguant, director of the Observatory of Agro-Food Economy of the College of Economists of Catalonia reminds us in this article that "agriculture is a critical resource of our country" and invites us to rethink the future challenge it poses energy transformation.
(Via Empresa)
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