The General Assembly of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) has elected CREAF researcher and scientific director of the Institut Català d'Ornitologia Sergi Herrando as its new vice-president, replacing Verena Keller. The organisation has also confirmed Keller as president, taking over from Mark Eaton.

In the autumn of 2023, the Uforest project will be simultaneously planting trees at four sites, in Milan, Brașov, Dublin and the metropolitan area of Barcelona, for educational purposes.

“Deforestation and rising temperatures have disrupted rainfall patterns in a way that has increased the risk of forest mortality.”

Catalonia has declared a drought-induced “state of exceptionality” , tightening the restrictions already in place on many uses of water with the aim of safeguarding the population’s water supply. The situation is serious, and simply folding our arms and hoping for rain is not enough.