9th IRBio DAY: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
March 27, 2024
Aula Magna, Faculty of Biology, UB
9am to 2pm
After several attempts, the summer of 2023 marked a turning point with the entry into force of the European Nature Restoration Act. For the first time, this regulation obliges the member states of the European Union to recover degraded natural spaces, both terrestrial and marine. The objectives are ambitious: to restore at least 20% of degraded areas by 2030 and to achieve the repair of all necessary ecosystems before 2050.
The recovery of degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems, returning more biodiversity to agricultural and forest lands to the marine environment and urban spaces. Healthy ecosystems are not only more resistant to the effects of climate change, but also strengthen adaptation, improve connectivity with other ecosystems and favor the populations of the species that inhabit them.
In this conference, we want to publicize the work on restoration projects carried out by research groups linked to IRBio. As well as invite representatives of the public administration to tell us about their experiences.
9th IRBio CONFERENCE: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION_ Program
9:00h Doors open
9:30h- 10h Conference Presentation and Welcome
Miquel Arnedo, Director IRBio- Rosina Gironès, Dean of the Faculty of Biology - Jordi García, VR Recerca
10:00-10:30h Building socioecological resilience through participatory post-fire forest restoration (Maials, Lleida).
Beatriz Duguy, researcher at IRBio-UB, professor at BEECA of the University of Barcelona
10:30-11h Ecological restoration in mesophotic and deep habitats: where we come from and where we are going.
Maria Montseny, post-doctoral researcher at IRBio-UB, University of Barcelona
Beatriz Vinha, post-doctoral researcher at BEECA, University of Barcelona
11:00-11:30h Coffee
11:30h-12h Microbial bioremediation of soils contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Joaquim Vila, researcher at IdRA-UB, associate professor at the Dept. of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics of the University of Barcelona.
12h-12:30h Ecological restoration in the Network of Natural Parks of the Barcelona Provincial Council. Experiences in quarries in the Serra de Collserola Natural Park.
Seán Cahill. Head of the Infrastructure and Information Service of the Serra de Collserola Natural Park Consortium.
12:30h-13h- Another step in the Renaturalization of the Besòs River: the Biodiversity Refuge in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Tomàs Carrión, Director of the Renaturalization Project of the Besòs River in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Dolors Vinyoles, researcher at IRBio-UB, professor at BEECA and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
13:00- 14:00h Round table "Ecological restoration: a commitment to the future"
14:00h LUNCH in the Lobby of the Faculty of Biology.
(registered persons only)
We attach the program
Aula Magna, Faculty of Biology, UB
9am to 2pm
After several attempts, the summer of 2023 marked a turning point with the entry into force of the European Nature Restoration Act. For the first time, this regulation obliges the member states of the European Union to recover degraded natural spaces, both terrestrial and marine. The objectives are ambitious: to restore at least 20% of degraded areas by 2030 and to achieve the repair of all necessary ecosystems before 2050.
The recovery of degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems, returning more biodiversity to agricultural and forest lands to the marine environment and urban spaces. Healthy ecosystems are not only more resistant to the effects of climate change, but also strengthen adaptation, improve connectivity with other ecosystems and favor the populations of the species that inhabit them.
In this conference, we want to publicize the work on restoration projects carried out by research groups linked to IRBio. As well as invite representatives of the public administration to tell us about their experiences.
9th IRBio CONFERENCE: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION_ Program
9:00h Doors open
9:30h- 10h Conference Presentation and Welcome
Miquel Arnedo, Director IRBio- Rosina Gironès, Dean of the Faculty of Biology - Jordi García, VR Recerca
10:00-10:30h Building socioecological resilience through participatory post-fire forest restoration (Maials, Lleida).
Beatriz Duguy, researcher at IRBio-UB, professor at BEECA of the University of Barcelona
10:30-11h Ecological restoration in mesophotic and deep habitats: where we come from and where we are going.
Maria Montseny, post-doctoral researcher at IRBio-UB, University of Barcelona
Beatriz Vinha, post-doctoral researcher at BEECA, University of Barcelona
11:00-11:30h Coffee
11:30h-12h Microbial bioremediation of soils contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Joaquim Vila, researcher at IdRA-UB, associate professor at the Dept. of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics of the University of Barcelona.
12h-12:30h Ecological restoration in the Network of Natural Parks of the Barcelona Provincial Council. Experiences in quarries in the Serra de Collserola Natural Park.
Seán Cahill. Head of the Infrastructure and Information Service of the Serra de Collserola Natural Park Consortium.
12:30h-13h- Another step in the Renaturalization of the Besòs River: the Biodiversity Refuge in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Tomàs Carrión, Director of the Renaturalization Project of the Besòs River in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Dolors Vinyoles, researcher at IRBio-UB, professor at BEECA and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
13:00- 14:00h Round table "Ecological restoration: a commitment to the future"
14:00h LUNCH in the Lobby of the Faculty of Biology.
(registered persons only)
We attach the program