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Estadisticas Gratis
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ENVIRONMENTAL
WORKCAMP
Ebro Delta - August 2008
From the 3rd
to the 16th of august, 17 Catalan youngsters, from 18 to 30 years old,
participated to an environmental workcamp, organized by obre’t’ebre and
financed by the Fundació Obra Social Caixa Catalunya and the Secretaria
de Joventut.
During the mornings, they have worked to conserve and restore different
zones of the Ebro Delta. The technical work, advised by a monitor from
SEO/BirdLife, has been quite varied: construction of visual fences
in order to protect birds that nests in the Tancada Lagoon, cleaning of
pools of the old fish farm in the Salines de la Tancada, management and
transplantation of Tamarix sp, planted this spring in the
lagoon of Aufacada, both protected areas of the Obra Social Caixa
Catalunya; construction of bird nests, cutting of “cigars” (seeds of Typha)
from the lagoon the Natural Reserve of Riet vell; elimination of the
invasive plant Carpobrotus sp. From the dunes of the Natural
Parc of Ebro Delta and plantation of autochthon plants in the public
gardens of Poble Nou del Delta are a few examples of the work done.
During the afternoons, the volunteers have been able to enjoy lots of
excursions through the delta, to observe birds and contemplate
exceptional landscape. Some workshops and debates about environment
have been organized and the youngsters have participated to traditional
games (birles), observed an ancestral fishing technique and
fabricated a basket with traditional methods. They’ve also been able to
observe a bird ringing session and try a traditional transport of the
Delta (perxar).
The participants were sleeping in tends, next to a colony house, near
the village Poble Nou del Delta. They could enjoy swimming pool and
available bikes and have tasted vegetarian and biologic dishes.
Excursion in the Punta del Fangar |
Volunteers' group |
Bird boxes construction |
Elimination of Carpobrotus in the Punta de la Banya |
"Long life to the cook and its paella!" |
Construction of the visual fencein the Salines de la Tancada |
Traditional games: les birles |
Cutting Typha seeds in the lagoon of Riet Vell |
Excursion between the goats of the Foradada - Serra del Montsià |
Tradicional transport: Perxar |
Ringing birds in the riverbank forest |
Biking through the Delta |
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