Carmelo Musarella: “If people receive environmental education during primary and secondary school, an understanding of nature sinks in, it sticks with themfor life”

Eva Pastor

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This summer we share a few weeks with a researcher from the University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, who has a shared history with our JardíBotànicthat goes back more than 20 years. Carmelo Musarella’s voice brightens up when he talks about his job, which brings him into the fields of conservation, floristic research and ethnobotany, among other plant-related fields. He loves what he does, which is why, fresh out of college, he came to Valenciaon a scholarship,where, in the Jardí, he gotan intense work experience inall the different departments, as well asan overall picture of a Botanic Garden in all its scope.That marked the beginning of his career, andyears later, now that he’s back through an exchange programme, we take this opportunity so that he can tell us about his story, where it has led him and many more topics. Because Carmello likes to talk, and we likelistening to him.
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10 green questions for… Purificació Mascarell

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This week in Espores we interview Purificación Mascarell, professor of Literary Theory at the University of Valencia, literary critic and writer. The written word permeates the world of this writer from Seville, who has already left her mark on Valencian literature with ‘Centro comercial El Olvido’, winner of the Enric Lluch Narrative Prize, and ‘Mireia’, winner of the Lletraferit Novel Prize. Purificación lets us get closer to the landscapes that make up her world and confirms that combining reading and nature is always an excellent choice
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Botanist of the month: Raquel Herreros

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This week in Espores we have had the pleasure of talking to Raquel Herreros, a passionate botanist with a professional career marked by her dedication to biodiversity conservation. Since childhood, Raquel has shown a great interest in biology, but it was during her university studies that she discovered her passion for botany. Her fascination for flora and her determination to understand and protect the environment have led her to work at the Seed Bank-CIEF, where she develops strategies for the conservation of forest species, and to participate in the AFA project (Atlas and Red Book of Threatened Vascular Flora of Spain).
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Botanist of the month: Pablo Ferrer
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Conservation project to recover the Cartagena rockrose

Espores. La veu del Botànic

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The Jardí Botànic of the University of Valencia is leading a conservation project to recover the Cartagena rockrose (Cistus heterophyllus subsp. carthaginensis), a species endemic to the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in critical danger of extinction. Through a choral video with all those who are part of the action, the project, its motivations and the current advances in both in situ and ex situ conservation are explained in an informative way
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Botanist of the month: M. Ángeles Alonso
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Botanist of the month: Manuel B. Crespo
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Hydroculture or how to decorate and propagate plants by water

BALADRE Crafting·Creativity

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On this occasion, Baladre Crafting-creativity proposes to introduce us to hydroculture or water-based plant propagation, a simple vegetable technique within the reach of anyone and that will make life easier for all those who want to fill their homes with green. If you want to know more about all the steps to grow plants using only water and the benefits it will bring you, keep reading!

Irene Teixidor: “ without people and communities who value biodiversity and know how and want to use it, collections lose value”

Olga Mayoral, Raquel de Rivas

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We speak with Irene Teixidor, a researcher in ethnobiology who, from her base in France, between Marseille and Montpellier, collaborates with science professionals from very different disciplines, with indigenous and local experts, and members of associations and non-governmental organisations, to promote Indigenous and Local Knowledge in ecology and biodiversity. This research ranges from interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary and includes the training of new generations through courses in master's programmes, research training and supervision of students, with a special commitment to the countries of the South and to the support of young women in science. She visited the Jardí Botànic of the University of Valencia on the occasion of the 4th Mediterranean week of plant conservation and we took the opportunity to immerse ourselves in her world.
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Botanist of the month: Silvia López
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Tossut: agroecology against the tide
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10 green questions for… @Cabrafotuda
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III Biomarathon of Spanish flora of the Valencian Community
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Botanists of the month

Botanist of the month: Susana Gómez

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Fire ecology in Mediterranean ecosystems is Susana Gómez’s field of work, our botanist of the month. This researcher and university professor from Cadiz studies fire as an evolutionary force in plants, but also the imbalances in the natural regime of fires. Her antidote to it? To promote the biodiversity of the territory in order to increase the sustainability and resilience of our ecosystems, especially in the climate change context we are living in. For this reason, we invite her to participate along with other specialists in the talk called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMage7I57kE">Incendis forestals, comuns, però ¿evitables?</a> from the UV Jardí Botànic cycle Botànica des del sofà<em>,</em> highly recommended and available online. But today, February 11, the day of the science’s woman and girl, we in-depth interview this restless scientist, a travel lover who discovered her goal to become a botanist in Chile, Quillota Valley. We hope she will inspire our future women scientists.
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Botanist of the month: Miguel Guara

Espores. La veu del Botànic

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This week in Espores we talk to Miguel Guara, full professor at the University of Valencia assigned to the Department of Botany and Geology. Miguel shares with us his fascination for biology, a passion that has accompanied him since childhood; he talks about his long teaching and research career, his experiences travelling to many countries and encourages future generations of biologists to embrace the passion for botany.
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