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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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