Today, March 13th 2020, we visited our demo site El Bruc, Catalunya, as a part of monitoring action. Below some picture that show how the...
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Organizing next Replication Activity in Portugal
Volterra travels to Freixo do Meio study the land and organize the replication activities that are going to be carried out on the farm. Two...
Next planting days on April 17 and September 18, 2020
Climate change decreases the availability of water in Catalonia and affects the agricultural sector, which progressively finds it more difficult to make viable rainfed plantations....
LIFE project The Green Link organized the successful #COP25 official planting event
On December 8, within the framework of the United Nations conference on climate change 2019 #COP25, the event’s official planting was carried out in #LazRozas-Madrid...
¡New record: 5 Life networking events in 5 days!
New record: 5 Life networking events #biochar in 5 days in Spain & Portugal. #Biochar #Cocoon New record: 5 Life networking events #biochar in 5...
Monitoring Meeting in Valencia
LIFE Project The Green Link team met in #Valencia to present the monitoring results to the @LIFEprogramme project adviser. #thegreenlink team met in #Valencia to...
Promoting innovative adaptation strategies by networking with other LIFE projects
Volterra actively participated in a networking seminar between LIFE projects in Madrid, organized by the Fundación Biodiversidad On April 25th, a meeting of LIFE Climate...
Replication of another 100.000 trees in Spain!
Super proud of our planting team coordinating another 100.000? this Spring in northern Spain in cooperation with dear partner landlifecompany in lifeprogramme #thegreenlink replication… https://t.co/IYxyGK3rHy...
Networking with the WWF project for improving forests in the Regional South-East Park
Networking with the WWF project for improving forests in the Regional South-East Park We joined with 10 Cocoons the WWF project with the aim of...
Replication activities with the Regional Government of Castilla y León
6/3/2019, by Volterra On March 6, Nacho Martín from Volterra visited an experimental plantation in Nava de la Asunción (Segovia), to train technicians from the...
Meeting in Amsterdam to discuss replication activities
Saying goodbye again to Amsterdam. Thanks to all colleagues of @LandLifeCompany for intense brainstorm on future replication and commercial rollout of Cocoon plantings @LIFEprogramme #thegreenlink...
Another replication activity in Burgos, Spain
The Castrillo de Murcia bike race group will organize an replication activity and plant one tree per each subscription they had on their race last...
New video published about the replication results so far
In the video, we show what evironmental impacts the project LIFE The GreeLink are trying to tackle and what are its results until now. The...
Monitoring and controlling the green covers in Andalusia
Monitoring and controlling the green covers in Andalusia A year has already passed since we planted in Almería nd everything seems to have adapted to...
Replication activities with Cocoons in Canary Islands
Great visit to Gran Canaria, meeting colleagues of Cabildo and new friends involved in replication activities with Cocoons like the Mogan Bonito iniciative. Gracias por...
Successful replication project celebrated in Matamorisca
Successful replication project celebrated in Matamorisca Initially started as a replication activity, the Matamorisca planting was supported by Leaseplan, and future projects will be fully...
What is the project about? video
During the visit to the demonstration area of Jijona, Alicante, the participating partner VOLTERRA explains what the project is about and invites us to learn...
Monitoring and control of green covers in Almería
Monitoring and control of green covers in Almería The team of the University of Almería, CAESCG & VOLTERRA follow the green covers. Root measurements and...
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...
Presentation of the Cocoon to the thermal and liquids department of the Carlos III Polytechnic University in Leganes (Madrid)
Janire Sonneveld has drawn the attention of her mechanical engineering professors towards the Cocoon. Janire is hoping to do a technical improvement to the Cocoon,...
Technical meeting between Volterra and LLC in Amsterdam
Today technical meeting with our LLC colleagues in hot A’dam to discuss replication and other project activities for @LIFEprogramme #thegreenlink pic.twitter.com/iWyTh6Oj2K — Volterra Ecosystems (@Volterra_ecosys)...
Monitoring in Padilla de Abajo
Last July 18th, members of Volterra and Iris visited Padilla de Abajo, where a plantation was carried out with the Fundación Oxígeno as a replication...
Checking the health of our trees and Cocoons in replication project
Today checking the health of our trees and Cocoons in Life #thegreenlink replication project. Thanks to the recent rain everything is looking splendid! @landlifecompany Una...
Volterra presents the Cocoon in the Municipality of Aguilar de Campoo
Egbert Sonneveld from Volterra visited the Municipality of Aguilar de Campoo on June 21st to present the Cocoon and the tree plantations that are done...
Plantation with Cocoon by neighboring volunteers of Matamorisca (Palencia)
The neighbors of Matamorisca, municipality of Aguilar de Campoo, animated by the President of the neighborhood council, Santiago Guerrero Martínez, have planted on June 16...
Visit of Allasia Plant Magna Grecia to Life Green Link replication site in Palencia Spain
Francesco Fazio and his son Giuseppe visited the site of Matamorisca in Palencia to see a state-of-the-art plantation with Cocoons and traditional side by side....
LandLifeCompany applies tags to identify trees for monitoring
Gautham Ramachandra and Ton Janmaat, respectively ecologist and data analysis specialist from LLC visited on June 4th the planting site in Aguilar in Spain to...
Visit of students of Mixed Training and Employment Programs to Matamorriscas
Students of Mixed Programs of Formation and Employment “La Bárcena III: Parks and Gardens” and “Tablares: forest exploitation V” visited the replication area located in...
Replication in Matamorisca.
During the months of May and April, the Volterra team has frequently traveled to Matamorisca, in northern Palencia, to supervise the reforestation work that has...
The forestry departments of the Junta of Castilla y Leon in Valladolid and in Palencia visit the plantation in Matamorisca (Palencia)
On May 23th the heads of the forestry departments visited the site. From Valladolid JJavier Ezquerra, Juan Manuel Calvo and from Palencia María Dolores Ruiz...
Visit to El Ejedillo Nursery
On May 7, the Volterra team returned to Segovia to check the status of the plant that will provide El Ejedillo nurseries for the repopulation...
Start with ambitious replication in Matamorisca (Palencia)
Landlifecompany and Volterra have started to plant trees as a carbon compensation project for the car leasing company Leaseplan. On 20 hectares about 15.000 trees...
Replication trial taking shape with private sector support
Recently we were in Matamorrisca to develop a new replication project. Thanks to the cooperation with Landlife Company we obtained interest from a Dutch company...
Plant monitoring for replication
On April 2, the Volterra team visited the facilities of Viveros Integrales El Egidillo, to monitor the plant that will be used in the replication...
Baseline Study in Matamorisca
On March 27th, Harrie Lovenstein, technical manager of project LIFE The Green Link, together with Gautham Ramachanda and James Liu, specialists respectively in ecosystems and...
Stakeout of the land in Padilla de Abajo
On Thursday, March 15, the Volterra team met with members of the municipality of Padilla de Abajo, UBUVerde, and Fundación Oxigeno in Padilla de Abajo...
Volterra attends a Conference on Tourism, Development and Sustainable Cooperation in Burgos
On March 12, the Volterra team attended the days of Tourism, Development and Sustainable Cooperation organized by the “Fundación Oxigeno” and the University of Burgos....
Replication in Matamorisca
On February 25, Volterra team visited Matamorisca, near Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia), to study the possibility of replicating Green Link in the area. Soil samples...
Presentation of Green Link in Riocerezo (Burgos)
On February 25th, Volterra team participated in an environmental education event organized by Fundación Oxígeno in Burgos. During the event, a plantation of native species...
Replication with Fundación Santa María La Real in Aguilar de Campoo
On February 16th, Volterra’s team visited Aguilar de Campoo to meet with the staff of Fundación Santa María La Real and introduce them to the...
Visit of Land Life Company and Volterra to Campanarios de Azaba of Fundacion Naturaleza y Hombre
Following the visit of Egbert Sonneveld from Volterra to a tree planting plot of FNyH in Campanarios de Azaba (Salamanca), R&D Director Harry Lövenstein of...
Replication with Fundación Oxígeno in Padilla de Abajo
Last February 9th, Volterra team visited Padilla de Abajo to assist the municipality staff in preparing the terrain to be replanted with the help of...
Plantation with Cocoons in Campo Maior (Portugal)
Today we dedicated to planting trees in Campo Maior Portugal, figs in this case, with Cocoon as part of the replication activities of the proyect...
Meeting with Fiplan XXI
On January 31, Egbert Sonneveld from Volterra met with David Sevillano and Oscar Arregui from Fiplan XXI, a company dedicated to agricultural and silvopastoral activities....
Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre plants in Campanarios de Azaba (Salamanca) with Coocons
On January 30th Egbert Sonneveld from Volterra travelled to the famous property of FNyH supported by Life ‘Club de Fincas’ to plant with the renewed...
New monitoring visit to El Bruc by Volterra & CREAF
Today, Volterra founders Sven Kallen and Egbert Sonneveld and CREAF’s project manager Vicenç Carabassa visited the trial fields in El Bruc, Catalonia. It was a...
Visit at the offices of PHC
Pieter van Soest, subcontracted by Volterra, and Egbert Sonneveld visited the offices of PHC on monday 22 of january. They have spoken about the application...
Visit to ITACyL
On January 15th, Volterra members met with José Antonio Rubio from the ITACyL’s Woody Crops and Vegetables Unit, at their facilities in Valladolid to continue...
Meeting with Vidar Soluciones Ambientales
On January 12th, Volterra members met with Gonzalo Vidal from Vidar Soluciones Ambientales, in Logroño to present him the project LIFE The Green Link. Gonzalo...
Cocoon presentation to Itacyl
Egbert Sonneveld met José Antonio Rubio and Enrique Barajas of the Woody Crops and Vegetables division of Itacyl in Valladolid. The question was to find...
Meeting in Aguilar de Campoo
On 20 December, Volterra met with the members of Argeol in Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia) to present the project and discuss the possibility of replicating...
Networking in Fuentes de Nava
On December 18, Volterra’s team visited the facilities of Global Nature in Fuentes de Nava (Palencia) to discuss the possibility of replicating The Green Link...
Volterra visits Landlifecompany in Amsterdam on November 30th
Egbert Sonneveld visited the LLC head office to meet with Harrie Lövenstein and Charlotte Jongejan to discuss the results of the trials in Spain and...
Also Valencia sows cover crop
This week the recently mixed cover crops were sown in a dispersed area of the Tous plantation. Lots of underbush makes it difficult to sow...
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...
New technical meeting Volterra – Landlife company
Recently, Sven Kallen of Volterra, visited Arnout Asjes and his team at Landlife company in Amsterdam to discuss progress on technical activities, especially those related...
Volterra presents the Cocoon to the Deputy for Agriculture and Livestock in the province of Salamanca
On Wednesday October 4th the Deputy Roman Hernández invited the participants of the newly started Life agro silvo pastoral project Regenerate (Life 16 env/es/276) to visit...
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...
Volterra reaches an agreement to replace oaks affected by La Seca for new planted with Cocoon
Egbert Sonneveld delivered on September 28 some Cocoons to Manuel Dié, from the Agrícola Bove, in Elvas and Campo Maior. Manuel plans to plant new...
Volterra participates to a tree planting session by Maggi (Nestlé), Conesa and Fundación Global Nature in Badajoz
Maggi invited some of their most important stakeholders in Germany to visit the sustainable tomato production fields and facilities of Conesa in Badajoz last August...
Volterra participates during the international conference on Climate Change Adaptation in Glasgow
During the 5th to the 9th of June 2017, the ECCA 3rd European Climate Change Adaptation conferece was held in Glasgow. ECCA 2017 was held...
Replication activities San Cebrián Foundation
Last Friday March 17, the Cocoon plantation in the parcel of the San Cebrián Foundation was completed. The parcel is located in the village San Cebrián...
Networking LIFE Operation CO2
This week the Volterra team has represented LIFE The Green Link at the final conference of LIFE Operation CO2 in Palencia (Northern Spain). The conference...
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...
The Green Link meets with the University of Extremadura and the Global Nature Foundation.
On Thursday March 23rd, the Volterra team met with Gerardo Moreno of the University of Extremadura and Laura García of the Fundación Global Nature. Laura...
Is the cocoon interesting for farmers in Portugal? Water Management seminar in Evora
Is the cocoon interesting for farmers in Portugal? Water Management seminar in Evora The association of Dutch farmers in Portugal organised its annual meeting on...
Monitoring visit CSIC-CIDE and Volterra to Tous plantation site
Before the start of the second plantation, the team of CSIC-CIDE visited the project site in Tous, Valencia, in order to check the state of...
Inventory of cover crop possibilities in Chirivel, Almeria
This week the teams of Volterra and UAL-CAESCG have visited the plantation site in Chirivel, Almeria, in order to talk with the owners of 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...
Volterra´s cover crop specialist visits Tous project site
Volterra´s recently contracted cover crop specialist visited the plantation site in Tous, in order to study the possibilities for the establishment of a green cover...
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...
Monitoring visit first plantation Tous
During their presence at the plantation site in Tous, the teams of Volterra and CSIC-CIDE visited the plantation of October 2016. The plantation was found...
Second planting in Tous, Valencia under way
This week Land Life Company, assisted by Volterra Ecosystems, has started the second planting in Tous, which included a variety of fruit trees (Walnut, Almond,...
Networking with Fundación Global Nature
As part of the project´s dissemination and replication strategy, Egbert Sonneveld and Sven Kallen visited the Palencia office (Northern Spain) of the nature conservation NGO...
LIFE+ Olivares Vivos reforests using the Cocoon
LIFE+ Olivares Vivos (Living Olive Orchards) is a project that “pursues to establish a profitable model for olivoculture that is compatible with nature conservation, through...
Monitoring visit plantation site Jijona, Alicante
Last week the Volterra team paid a visit to the Jijona plantation site, as part of the monitoring activities for LIFE The Green Link. Although...
Attendance to the international seminar: How to face climate change
Attendance to the international seminar: How to face climate change On the first of February 2017, Sven Kallen and Egbert Sonneveld participated at the Seminar ¿How...
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...
Training on mycorrizhae and their application in Almería
Last January 31st, the Volterra team visited the Almería project site in Chirivel, in order to instruct the landowners and their two employees on the...
Cooperation between LIFE The Green Link and the San Cebrián Foundation
This week Volterra and the Spanish San Cebrián Foundation have started the preparations for a planting that is planned to be executed this spring. The replication area...
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...
Meeting on Sensoterra in Land Life Company office in Amsterdam
Egbert Sonneveld travelled on January 18th to Amsterdam to meet Oscar Westerhof responsible for the product development and sales of Sensoterra. Also LLC CEO Jurriaan...
Second official meeting of the consortium in Almeria
Today we have celebrated the project´s second official meeting in Almeria. During the meeting a variety of topics was discussed, among them the procedures of scientific...
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....
Start of the plantation in Jijona, Alicante
On the 3th of November, the plantation in Jijona, Alicante started under the coordination of the team of Volterra and the advising of LLC. In...
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....
Start planting in Tous, Valencia
After checking the quality of planting material and training of local staff, the teams of Volterra and LLC started the plantation activities in Tous. In...
Checking planting material in Valencia
On the 17th of October, the technicians of LLC and Volterra went to the planting area in Valencia to monitor the quality of the seedlings, to...
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...
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...