Antela, the great Galician lagoon that Franco’s regime drained, is beginning to come back to life

Antela Lagoon, located in the A Limia region of the province of Ourense (Galicia, Spain), was once one of the largest wetlands on the Iberian Peninsula. This ecosystem supported a wealth of biodiversity, especially aquatic birds, and also regulated the area’s microclimate, recharged aquifers, and acted as a natural water filter. Its ecological value was … Read more

Organized the HUMEDALES IBÉRICOS networking workshop in the Eryngium viviparum populations of the LIFE GLOBAL locations

Between 1 and 4 September 2025, a team of three people (Yvon Guillevic, Noel Bayer and Martin Filan) from the environmental organisation Bretagne Vivante, based in Brittany (north-western France), attended the HUMEDALES IBÉRICOS networking workshop to exchange information on the conservation and management measures for Eryngium viviparum. This is an Atlantic endemic, a small biennial … Read more

The second LIFE GLOBAL coordination meeting held in Velilla del Río Carrión (Spain)

On June 12, all partners of the LIFE GLOBAL project consortium met in Velilla del Río Carrión (Palencia, Spain) to analyze the steps taken so far within the project and coordinate the next steps. After the coordination meeting, we were able to observe one of the action areas, the Natura 2000 ZEC Fuentes Carrionas and … Read more

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