On Tuesday, May 9th, they visited the Botanical Garden accompanied by the president of the Foundation, Cristòfol Jordà
Accompanied by the president of the board of trustees of the Carl Faust Foundation, Cristòfol Jordà, after a tour of the Marimurtra Botanical Garden, they visited the Carl Faust House where they signed the Foundation’s book of honor. During the visit, Dr. Terrades and Dr. Brugués highlighted the interest of the work of an institution like the Carl Faust Foundation maintaining the Marimurtra Botanical Garden. They were particularly interested in its history and uniqueness, claiming, in turn, the support it should receive from the administrations and the role it could play in study projects in cooperation with the country’s universities and research centers. The topics they found most relevant were the possibilities in plant adaptations to climate change and the benefits that a task like this could represent, for example, for the administrations responsible for the selection of species in street landscaping and public spaces to prevent diseases, optimize water and maintenance resources, etc.
Dr. Jaume Terradas i Serra is currently honorary professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, after having been emeritus. He is responsible for the creation of the first research team on terrestrial ecosystems in Catalonia. He promoted and directed the CREAF, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, over 10 years. Currently, this center is an international reference in Mediterranean ecology with a team of more than 190 people. His research focuses on plant ecophysiology, forest ecology, forest fires, effects of climate change and molecular ecology. He has also promoted environmental education in Catalonia and Spain, a subject in which he was a pioneer, in total he has more than 260 scientific articles, more than 50 on environmental education, more than 160 opinions and dissemination and about twenty books.
In turn, Dr. Montserrat Brugués i Domènech is a briologist, disciple of the renowned Creu Casas i Sicart. She has dedicated her career at the Autonomous University to the study of this branch of botany, focused on mosses, and in which she currently works as an honorary professor in the Botany Area. He has made an intense contribution to the bryological flora of both Catalonia and the Iberian Peninsula as a whole.
