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Optimising resources and coping with biodiversity loss: the opportunity of native seeds
In the face of the current massive loss of biodiversity and dwindling resources such as water, both accelerated by climate change, native seeds offer an opportunity to restore resilient ecosystems, address species loss, replenish our soils, and facilitate the...
Close to 200 attendees for the webinar Restoration with Native Seeds and Other Environmental Solutions
On 3 March, Fundación Global Nature organised a webinar within the Interreg SUDOE Fleurs Locales project, to present part of the work that was carried out for more than two years on native seeds and their use in environmental restoration. The event, which was attended...
The San Lorenzo vegetable garden, an agro-social and integrative project in Castellón, in which Fleurs Locales is participating
An agro-social project aimed at the integration of persons with disabilities is the starting point for a project that aims to revitalise the social fabric around a garden with ideas that flourish in all shapes and colours. The Terra i Dona Association, supported by...
Fleurs Locales, in the leading magazine on ecology
In its issue for the second quarter of the year, Spain’s magazine of reference for disseminating information on agriculture and ecology has published a cover article on the Interreg SUDOE Fleurs Locales project and the work done in the pilot projects in Spain. Thanks...
Publico, a national newspaper in Portugal, reports on the project
"Indigenous wild plants benefit grape vines, but seed supply is still scarce", ran the headline of a detailed article on the work of the Interreg SUDOE Fleurs Locales project in the national newspaper Publico. In the article, the newspaper explained that researchers...
Portugal’s INIAV organises a seminar in Braga to discuss native seeds
The use of native plant seeds is essential for maintaining biodiversity and reducing soil erosion. This conclusion was shared at the D. Diogo de Sousa Museum, during the presentation of the project Flowers for the recovery of what is ours - native seeds for...
Collaboration agreement with the Royal Atlantic Botanical Garden of Gijón
Semillas Silvestres has signed a collaboration agreement with the Atlantic Botanical Garden in Gijón for the recreation of a mowing meadow and the installation of plots for the multiplication of its species in the Garden. This public-private venture is an example of...
Technical seminar in Pompigan on experimental multiplication of species
Organised by FAB'LIM and CEN Occitanie within the Interreg SUDOE Fleurs Locales project, a group of previously selected farmers attended a technical day in Pompigan to learn about the experimental multiplication of species. The expectations of the participants were to...
The case of native seeds in the urban park at Valencia’s Malilla Garden: evolution and outlook
Do urban parks include areas dedicated to biodiversity conservation? It is not the norm, but thanks to the Interreg Sudoe Fleurs Locales project and the collaboration of Fundación Global Nature with the city council, in the Malilla Garden there are three different...
Soil without life does not produce food
In a single gram of fertile soil, there are up to one hundred million bacteria present, accompanied by hundreds of fungi and microscopic beings. Soil is the reservoir of at least a quarter of the world's biodiversity, and it is this life that allows us to produce 95%...
In search of native seeds for use in restoration: haybales in pastures and organic grains
The availability of native seeds in the Spanish market is limited despite the fact that the potential of these types of nature-based solutions for restoring degraded spaces is enormous: from railway embankments to the gardens in our cities, including a wide variety of...
Eco-botanical tour: learning about native plants while walking.
Ecological-botanical walk to the Picoto Urban Park (Braga), open to the general public, in the company of two national specialists, Carlos Aguiar (IPB) and Paulo Alves (Floradata) in flora and vegetation. Learning while walking, like the ancient Greeks, is the right...
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