The ICTS-RBD collaborates with the University of Helsinki since April 2021 with the European Project LIFEPLAN – A Planetary Inventory of Life funded by the European Commission through the ERC Synergy Grant.

An international team reviews reviews the multiple ecosystem services that stranded cetacean carcasses have provided to humanity in past and modern times
Regulations involved in the management of stranded whales, dolphins and other cetaceans jeopardize their essential ecological function in coastal areas

An international scientific team found that “dehesas”, savannah-like systems from the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, attract Eurasian griffon vultures from distant populations from Northern, Central and Southern Spain and Southern France, thanks to the traditional agro-grazing practices and rich wild ungulates populations.

On January 31 and February 1 and 2, 2022, CSIC staff from the Doñana Biological Station, the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology, as well as the CSIC Occupational Risk Prevention Service in Seville, has attended the off-road vehicle driving sessions, carried out at the Civil Guard Traffic School in Mérida (Badajoz).

Amphibians winter sampling which is annually performed by the ICTS-RBD Natural Processes Monitoring Team in 24 locations in the Doñana Natural Area, has been carried out during the last two weeks of January. The severe drought has affected these taxa considerably and does not show positive numbers this year.