Environment Success stories
An app offers guided routes of the Pyrenean water ecosystems
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23 Dec 2014
CSIC and CREAF scientists who are working together at two labs, the Limnological Observatory of the Pyrinees (LOOP) and the Movement Ecology Laboratory (MoveLab), have developed a new app. It is called “Eth Holet” and offers guided nature walks in the Vall d’Aran using the GPS.
Film showcases the management plan of red shrimp
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17 Jun 2014
Last year, a management plan for the valuable red shrimp fishery was approved. It is an innovative project developed by CSIC scientists and fishermen of Cofradia de Palamos. Now, the project GAP2 focus a short film on this case.
AFORO adds 3D otoliths to identify fish species
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18 Apr 2013
AFORO is a well known online catalogue of otoliths (internal structures of the fish ear). Now it has started a new stage, AFORO 3D, in which three-dimensional models of otoliths are added to the catalogue. This opens the door to new possibilities that were unimaginable until now.
Scientists and company collaborate in app creation
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18 Dec 2013
It is called FungiNote, and it is an app to identify fungi species. This app is a result of the cooperation between scientists at the Real Jardín Botánico of the CSIC and the company Wake App!.
Biomass plant for the production of bio-oil and electricity
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05 May 2011
The CSIC has signed a contract with the Spanish company UxúeBioenergia y Renovables to design and set up a biomass plant for the simultaneous production of bio-oil and electricity.
