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Great attendance at the ceremony "Viability of the Bonelli’s eagle population in Catalonia: guidelines for conservation"
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the 3rd March 2016 in the Main Hall of the Faculty of Biology of the
University of Barcelona took place the ceremony to present the results
of the project “Viability of the Bonelli’s eagle population in Catalonia: guidelines for conservation”,
carried out by the Conservation Biology Group with the participation of
the Barcelona Provincial Council and the financial support of the MAVA Foundation.
The
aim of this project that began in 2014 is to establish the conservation
targets to guarantee the viability of the Bonelli's eagle populations
from Catalonia (NE Iberia), and to create suitable synergies with
managers, practitioners and stakeholders involved in the conservation
of the species to apply the required actions and to allow their
long-term sustainability. One of the results of the project has been
the draft of the “Guidelines
for the conservation of Bonelli’s eagle populations”
(click to download the document in electronic format), with the aim
that managers, practitioners, naturalists and stakeholders have a
practical tool to properly manage the species in their different action
frameworks (local, municipal, protected area or region), and thus
helping to the conservation of the species.
During the first
intervention, Dr. Gustavo Llorente, Dean of the Faculty of Biology of
the University of Barcelona, conducted a review of eagles' symbolism
along the history and stressed the scientific rigor of the project.
Thereafter, Dr. Joan Real, Director of the Conservation Biology Group,
presented the scientific results of the project and the conservation
guidelines given away to attendees, and marked as priority for the
future the establishment of a cooperation framework between the
different stakeholders involved in the conservation of the species
(managers, researchers, civil society, hunters, landowners,
farmers, power companies, foundations and private companies...) in
order to implement the required actions to allow the Catalan population
of Bonelli's eagle being self-sustaining.
Following, Mr. Jesús
Calderer, Deputy Associate of Natural Areas of the Barcelona Provincial
Council, stressed that if people are the cause of the factors threating
the Bonelli's eagle, promoting the conservation of the species is a
must. On the other hand, Mr. Ferran Miralles Sabadell, General Director
of Environmental Policy of the Government of Catalonia, highlighted the
value that conservation guidelines presented may have for managers in
order to help them taking decisions with scientific criteria. In
addition, he expresses the will to bring together the different
stakeholders involved in the conservation of the species, with the aim
of beginning the preparation of a Bonelli's eagle Conservation Plan in
Catalonia. Dr. Enric Isidre Canela, Vice Chancellor for Science
Policy of the UB, Vicerrector de Política
Científica de la UB, made the last speech hiighlighting the great
attendance, a proof that the spcies is of great interest, and showing
his willingness to keep on working to facilitate the success of such
projects.
The
event was attended by about 150 people, including representatives of
various administrations and public entities such as the Barcelona
Provincial Council, the Department of Territory and Sustainability of
the Catalan Government, Agents Rurals (Rural Rangers) or Mossos
d'Esquadra (the Catalan Police), among others, electricity companies
such as Endesa-Enel or REE, foundations (Fundacio Catalunya-La
Pedrera), private companies (Miquel Torres), and civil society
organizations related to the conservation of the species such as the
Catalan Institute of Ornithology, the Catalan Hunting Federation or
Catalan Hiking Federation, as well as naturalists and former members
and collaborators of Conservation Biology Group. At the end of the
event all attendees enjoyed a snack
with some excellent wines from Bodegas Miquel Torres and ales from Art
Cervesers. If you were not able to attend the event, now you can view
the video of all the interventions (in Catalan) just by clicking here.
The Conservation Biology Group would like to sincerely thank
everybody for all the support that we have received, both attendees and
all those who could not attend the event but they have expressed us
their support.
Many thanks to everybody!
| If you were not able to attend the event, now you can view the video of all the interventions (in Catalan) just by clicking here, or a 3 minutes summary in this other link.
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| | Cover of the Conservation Biology Group draft as part of the project and available in electronic format clicking on here. |
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left to right, Dr. Joan Real, Director of the Conservation Biology
Group, Mr. Ferran Miralles, General Director of Environmental Policy of
the Government of Catalonia, Dr. Enric Isidre Canela, Vice Chancellor
for Science Policy of the UB, Dr. Gustavo Llorente, Dean of the Faculty
of Biology of the UB, and Mr. Jesús
Calderer, Deputy Associate of Natural Areas of the Barcelona Provincial
Council. |
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| | At
the end of the event all attendees enjoyed a snack, an opportunity to
find former members and collaborators of the Conservation Biology Group
and to begin stablishing a cooperation framework between stakeholders
involved in the conservation of the species. |
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