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Coccon – Alternative to reforest
“Cocoon”, an innovative method of growing trees. This biodegradable cardboard casing is used to reforest dryland fields or damaged lands, for example, by the effects...
The CCMA describes the Coocon
The Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation, published on August 25 an article describing the composition of the Coocon and its usefulness in the reforestation of the...
Technical day in Can Moragues
Div 5 de juliol ?, amb @CREAF_ecologia farem una jornada tècnica a Can Moragues per presentar el projecte demostratiu sobre la metodologia Cocoon ? experiències...
Invitation to the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting next Feb 2019
1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting “Ecology: an integrative science in the Anthropocene” 4th-7th February 2019, Barcelona Spain Coinciding with...
Tree planting together with Leaseplan and Land Life Company
Proud to present our Life project #thegreenlink to CEO’s of important multinationals interested to mitigate their companies’ emissions. Even prouder to have our kids join...
Replanting of olives and biochar experiment in El Bruc
Replanting of olives and biochar experiment in El Bruc 22/10/2018, by Volterra Today the team of Volterra with the support of Javier Fernández of Carbón...
Visit to Jijona plantation of Wageningen University students (master’s degree International Land and Water Management).
It was a very constructive visit in which the Green Link Life project was presented to the students, who were very interested about the results....
New Visit of UAB students to the restored area in El Bruc
Lat May 11, we visited the Bruc area again with students of the double degree of Environmental Sciences and Geology of the Autonomous University of...
Visit of UAB students to the restored area in El Bruc
Last Friday we visited the restored area in El Bruc with students of the double degree of Environmental Sciences and Geology of the Autonomous University...
Poster presented at TerraEnvision International Conference
The team of CREAF recently presented a poster at the congress TerraEnvision (https://terraenvision2018.eu/), that was held in Barcelona. The project and the results of the...
Cover crop mix sowed by Volterra in El Bruc
Last week the recently mixed cover crops were sown in over one hectare, divided between 2 properties of El Bruc. The work took about 2...
Placement of Notice Board in El Bruc
Finally, the new notice board in Catalan was placed at one of the land owners in El Bruc. We have now 2 notice boards in...
New monitoring visit to El Bruc
Over the past months, the team of Volterra has been regularly in El Bruc to check the state of the plantations. Given the very dry...
Spring planting El Bruc completed
Under supervision of the teams of Volterra and CREAF, the spring planting in El Bruc has been brought to an end successfully. We planted a...
Our cover crops expert visits the plantation site in El Bruc
This week, our cover crops expert has visited the project plots in El Bruc and talked with their owners, in order to investigate the options...
First trial with improved wicks started in El Bruc
As part of the improvements of the Cocoon, our partners from Volterra and CREAF set up the first trial for the testing of alternative types...
Voluntary group of El Bruc (Catalonia) organizes communal reforestation
In order to promote the conservation of local fruit and forest tree species, the voluntary group of El Bruc will organize two events of local...
Invitation to the final conference of LIFE Operation CO2
The Operation CO2 project culminates this year and holds its final conference on May 17 and 18 in Valladolid. Kathy Franco, coordinator of the diffusion...
Start of the interviews and delivery of informative leaflets in El Bruc
The Creaf team has begun interviews with local stakeholders about their perceptions on the services that are delivered by the ecosystem they inhabit. Among the...
Opening event in El Bruc
On Thursday March 9, 2017, the Volterra and Creaf team celebrated a the inauguration of the demonstration area. The event was attended by the owners...
Placement of the informative panel in the demonstration area in Catalonia
The Volterra team visited the demonstration area in El Bruc, in order to place the informative panel next to the plantation site. The team took advantage of...
Local awareness raising in El Bruc
Last Friday February 24, farmers of El Bruc met with their Counsillor of Environment, in order to discuss the possibilities of reproduction of the Vera...
The Catalonian forests suffer from summer droughts
Our partner CREAF has presented its annual monitoring report on the state of the Catalonian forests (DeBosCat) for 2016. The year was characterized by an extremely...
Invitation to the inauguration of the demonstration area in El Bruc, Cataluña
Invitation to the inauguration of the demonstration area in El Bruc, Cataluña The partners of the Project LIFE THE GREEN LINK invite all citizens interested...
Monitoring visit to El Bruc by Volterra team
Yesterday, Sven Kallen and Egbert Sonneveld of Volterra, visited the owners and field sites in El Bruc, Catalonia. During the monitoring visit, the state of...
Creaf announces the Life The Green Link project
In order to give information and notoriety to the work done by The Green Link project, CREAF has put the large information poster at the...
First video The Green Link: explanation of the Cocoon and Sensoterra
First video The Green Link published on El Bruc planting Last week Volterra’s team was back at El Bruc to check on the plantation. We...
Installation of Sensoterra equipment in El Bruc, Catalonia
On the 7th of December, the team of Volterra went to the El Bruc plantation site in Catalonia to install the soil humidity sensors of Sensoterra....
Second planting at El Bruc underway
Over the last few days the second planting in El Bruc at Masia Can Ollé got underway. Here both truffle inoculated oak trees and olives...
Continuation planting activities in Catalonia
On the 20th of October, the plantation actions in El Bruc were continued by the coordination of Volterra and with assistance of LLC and Creaf....
First step in replication of the project in Catalonia
On the 15th of October the team of Volterra visited Alella, in the province of Catalonia, to assist and help all the volunteers by planting...
Training and installation of Sensoterra in Catalonia
On the 12th of October, the plantation in the area of Catalonia began. The team of LLC trained workers to learn how to plant trees...
Arrival of the seedlings in Catalonia
On the 10th of October, the plants from the nursery and the Cocoons which were sent by LCC arrived at El Bruc. This week we...
Cooperation with LIFE Montserrat in El Bruc, Catalonia
On the 22th of September, the team of CREAF met with the technical coordinator Leire Miñambres from the Barcelona provincial council of the LIFE Montserrat...
Recognition of the plantation area in El Bruc, Catalonia
On the 20th of July, the teams of CREAF and Volterra had a meeting in the planting area in El Bruc to design, plan and...
Project launch meeting at CREAF, Barcelona
On the 12th and 13th of July, the The Green Link kick-off meeting was held at the facility of CREAF. During the meeting, each partner presented...
Networking event for LIFE projects promoting sustainable forest management
On Tuesday, 5th of July, representatives of the LIFE projects MONTSERRAT, LIFE OPERACIÓN CO2 and the recently started GREEN LINK met at the premises of CREAF to...