LAND STEWARDSHIP


The company HOLCIM, owner of the land of Turó de Montcada and the entity ACER signed a private agreement on December 31, 2013, the object of which was the Custody of the Territory of the estate.
This Land stewardship, a pioneer in the world between a mining company and an NGO, has proven to be a highly efficient innovative lever for achieving real successes in terms of conservation and improvement of biodiversity on the Turó de Montcada Estate.

During the term of this Land stewardship, HOLCIM has restored the limestone mining front, and with the collaboration and expertise of ACER, actions have been carried out to monitor and promote biodiversity on the Estate. The area is home to habitats of community interest (HIC), such as Mediterranean meadows rich in annuals, basophiles (Thero-Brachypodietalia), (HIC 6220), temporary ponds, as well as a small forest mass in natural evolution with pine and holm oak forests well preserved with the corresponding natural shrub and herbaceous substrate. Likewise, several relevant species associated with these habitats have been identified: orchids, such as the large flycatcher (Himatoglossum robertianum) and the bee-eater (Ophrys sphegodes); invertebrates, such as the wood beetle (Xyloscopa violacea), the honeysuckle butterfly (Euphydrias aurinia), the oak borer (Cerambyx cerdo), the rhinoceros beetle (Orictes nasicornis) and the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus); birds of prey such as the black-tailed godwit (Strix aluco) and the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis); the ocellated lizard (Timon lepida), and mammals such as the squirrel (Scirius vulgaris).

Among the most common birds are the great tit (Parus major), the crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus), the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), the little tit (Periparus ater), and two woodpeckers, the great woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), and the green woodpecker (Picus viridis).

Since 2014, 12,148 specimens of butterflies belonging to 48 different species have been counted using the CBMS methodology.

Finally, it is worth highlighting the activities developed by ACER to share and disseminate knowledge of these natural values ​​of the Estate, since 2013.

NEW LAND STEWARDSHIP

The two parties agree to renew the land stewardship with an asymmetric shared management model, in which ACER assumes the technical and operational leadership of the management for the conservation and sustainable use of the Estate according to the requirements set out in the land stewardship, while HOLCIM maintains an active role in accompanying, supervising and validating the actions.

HOLCIM and ACER have jointly defined a new Management Plan, aligned with the objectives and guidelines of the Serra de Collserola Natural Park in terms of biodiversity conservation and ecological processes, in order to enhance the ecological values ​​of the Hill. This Management Plan also provides for the planning and regulation of the public use of the estate in a manner compatible with conservation, adjusted to the context of the protected natural space in which it is integrated. All this in coherence with HOLCIM's commitment to nature.

HOLCIM-sustainability/nature

ACER is responsible for the compliance and execution of the Management Plan and, to this end, ACER also assumes the governance relationships in what has to do with the management of nature with the managing body of the space, the Consortium of the Serra de Collserola Natural Park, as well as with any body with powers over the Estate in this matter, such as the Montcada i Reixac City Council.
These actions may be executed directly by the Custodian Entity or in collaboration with volunteers, researchers, universities or other similar entities.