Next June, the city of Barcelona will host the First Iberian Symposium on the Conservation of Spring Ecosystems (SICEF19).
The Symposium is convened with the aim of constituting a forum for the exchange of knowledge and discussion that integrates public administrations, managers and all the agents involved in its conservation (scientists, technicians, environmental groups, holders), and that at the same time, is consolidated as a platform from which to promote an urgent strategy for the conservation of spring ecosystems from all perspectives and territorial scales.
This first symposium will pay special attention to the conservation of spring ecosystems in Mediterranean natural areas, which are home to the most relevant systems of natural springs and fountains in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic archipelago.
The symposium will take place on June 10, 11 and 12 in the La Pedrera (Casa Milà ) and the Palau Robert of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
The First Iberian Symposium on the Conservation of Spring Ecosystems (SICEF) is dedicated and pays tribute to Ramon Margalef i López (1919-2004), precursor of aquatic ecology and one of the most relevant scientists of the 20th century, in commemoration of the first centenary of his birth.
It is organized by the Catalan Society of Sciences for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BioSciCat) with the collaboration of the Fundació Catalunya – La Pedrera, and has the support of Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica through the Fundación Biodiversidad, as well as the Agència Catalana de l'Aigua and the Generalitat de Catalunya.
The promotion of SICEF19 is part of the Natural Springs Program of BioSciCat.