Once reintroduced to the Vall d'Aran and neighboring areas in the 1990's, these newcomer brown bears have not stopped reproducing in the Pyrenees. But how many individuals are needed to meet the minimum for a viable population? Eighty to 200, according to experts, a goal far above today’s numbers.

JORDI MONTANER

Barcelona’s Natural History Museum does not have large dinosaurs skeletons, so to find a place on the world museum map, the city must find new ways to innovate to draw interest to its science museums. The Natural History Museum of Barcelona is preparing its new building with a large permanent exhibition focusing on Gaia, a cutting-edge idea that promises to reinvigorate the institution.

ÀMNIA MONREAL | OCTOBER 1ST, 2010

Tall and serious, Jaume Terrades i Serra is a man of few words and who never speaks with prior deliberation. He is critical, but also exhibits a touch of melancholy well suited to this scientist who is also a poet. His book Ecologia viscuda (Experienced Ecology) is based on his own life as an ecologist. In the poem “Auca de los sesenta y pocos” (“Auca at sixty-something”), he bares his soul with a familiar tone and a certain playfulness. Professor Emeritus of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and member of the Institute of Catalan Studies, Terrades organized the first research team on terrestrial ecosystems in Spain and was one of the first proponents of environmental education in this country.

JORDI MONTANER | SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2010