On a permanent basis, the XCN supports the work of organizations that develop environmental volunteer programs. Specifically:

• We promote campaigns and initiatives that promote the involvement of citizens in environmental volunteering
• We provide visibility, training and advice to organizations that have environmental volunteer activities and programs

Citizen involvement in environmental volunteering

To involve the public in environmental volunteering, various actions are promoted:

• Through the website www.voluntariatambiental.cat, environmental volunteering proposals which are organized by environmental entities are exposed. The activities are open to everyone’s participation.
• An environmental volunteer newsletter is sent out periodically.
• Occasional campaigns are carried out to promote environmental volunteer activities.

Training and advice

We work to support environmental organizations that promote environmental volunteering, so that volunteer activities are carried out with the right quality, stability and professionalism.

To achieve this, we perform different actions:

• Advice and support in the drafting and implementation of Volunteering Plans.
• Training about the Law of Volunteering and application of Volunteering Plans.

General objective of the project

The main objective of the LIFE ENPLC is to promote community and private conservation in the European Union by creating new tax incentives and new sources of funding, encouraging citizen participation in nature conservation through volunteering and citizen science, as well as providing technical and legal information for the improvement of conservation projects. This project gives continuity to the L.I.F.E. and ELCN.

Specific goals

• Bringing together the European Landowners’ Organization and the European Land Conservation Network under a single structure, creating the Conservation Landowners Coalition.
• Define the values ​​and potential of citizen science for conservation on community and private properties.
• Identify the most relevant fiscal instruments and financing mechanisms for conservation in community and private properties.
• Develop a manual for conservation on community and private properties.

Planned actions

• Form the Conservation Landowners Coalition and drive Private Land Conservation Ambassadors.
• Encourage citizen science as a tool for conservation in community and private properties.
• Investigate and test conservation instruments on community and private properties.
• Investigate fiscal instruments and financing mechanisms for conservation in community and private properties.
• Develop standards and practices for conservation on community and private properties.

Expected results

• Based on the characteristics of the project, it is hoped to improve alliances in community and private conservation throughout Europe, with special emphasis on the importance of citizen science for the conservation of these spaces. Special emphasis will also be placed on funding mechanisms for community and private conservation, while strengthening their role in nature conservation and biodiversity.

What is it?

The Week of the Nature is a campaign aimed at promoting activities throughout Catalonia to raise awareness of the importance of caring for our nature and our territory.

When is it?

It is celebrated annually to coincide with World Environment Day (June 5). It usually lasts about 10 days.

Who does it involve? Who can participate?

The Week of the Nature seeks the involvement of everyone, because we can all act for nature. During the week there are activities for all audiences, from the youngest to the oldest.

The 2019 edition

In the 2019 edition, which took place from 1st to 9th June, more than 400 activities were organized throughout Catalonia, with the help of more than 260 organizations.