Citizen science and biodiversity in Montes de Málaga

Participation and environmental awareness program for Natural Areas of the Natura 2000 Andalusia Network. Montes de Malaga Natural Park

Activity to inventory and learn about the biodiversity of the Montes de Málaga Natural Park.

Goals:

• Raise awareness and sensitize about the ecological, fauna and forest values ​​of the Montes de Málaga Natural Park.
• Value the potential of the Park to carry out naturalistic studies.
• Introduce those present to the existing biodiversity in the Natural Park, as well as learn to identify flora and fauna through observation.
• Learn about the life cycle of different animals and plants, the most important species and their importance in the ecosystem.
• Discover new routes to practice interpretive hiking.
• Know how nature inventories are used and carried out; Know tools to study the environment such as field notebooks.
• Know the importance of ordinary citizens in biodiversity studies. Discover different ways of inventorying nature. Get to know mobile applications such as iNaturalist or Observation.

Hours: 09:00-17:00

Start and end point: El cerrado recreational area, in the Montes Málaga Natural Park. (Malaga).

Type of itinerary: circular. Distance: approximately 6km. Physical difficulty: medium-high.

Free activity with picnic included.

Program

09:00-09:30 Arrival at the meeting point. Presentation of the program and activity, attendance signature. Distribution of breakfast menu.

09:30-14:00 Start of the workshop. Presentation of the workshop, introductory talk to know the route to follow during the Conference and start of the itinerary.

2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Break for lunch.

2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. continue with the route

5:00 p.m. End of activity.

Recipients

The activity is suitable for any public and for any age.