Coordinator: CREAF (Bernat Claramunt López)

In the high slopes of the Andorran Pyrenees, as in other mountain regions, climate change has already begun to alter the landscape. Some species are moving to higher latitudes, and some have begun to decline. The ways humans use the land also causes shifts in the natural order of things, but little research has been done on how people have impacted this particular place. Questions of how climate change and human encroachment continue to alter this alpine world need answers as local organizations work towards sustainable solutions. Wildlife in the Changing Andorran Pyrenees is a citizen science project in which volunteers participate in the field work, studying the most relevant natural components in the tree line, including the soil microbial community, small and large mammals, birds, and black pine trees.

Email: bernat@creaf.uab.cat

Institution: CREAF

Web site: https://earthwatch.org/expeditions/wildlife-in-the-changing-andorran-pyrenees

Period: 2016-2022