
Big History of Aras de los Olmos 13 September 2025
10:00 a.m.: Opening and presentation at Biology Station of Alto Turia (EBAT)
• Pilar Serra, Vice-Principal of Sustainability and Cooperation UV
• Rafael Giménez, Aras de los Olmos Mayor
• Joaquín Baixeras, Head of EBAT
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: First session period
• 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.: Fauna preservation value in the environment and territory of EBAT
Nuria Ten (Valencian Community Biodiversity Data Bank, GVA)
• 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.: Analysis of the October 2024 DANA impact in river habitat vertebrates population
Antonio Ballester (Head of Turia Natural Park and Puebla de San Miguel Natural Park)
• 11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Ecosystem services provided by the fauna —what about their pay? Integrating conservation and local development
María Diago (Dean of the Official College of Biologists of Valencian Community)
11-30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Coffee break
12:00 p.m.: Secon session period
• 12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.: Wing inventory: Alto Turia butterflies and their ecological value
Joaquín Baixeras (Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology Cavanilles Institute, Universitat de València)
• 12:20 p.m. - 12:40 p.m: Macroinvertebrates: tiny guardiand of the water at Alto Turia
Ana Pujante (Laboratorios Tecnológicos de Levante, S.L.)
• 12:40 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Alto Turia herpetofauna
Javier Lluch (Retired professor in the Department of Zoology, Universitat de València)
• 1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.: Present and future of avian fauna of Alto Turia
Alexandre Mestre (Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology Cavanilles Institute, Universitat de València)
• 1:20 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.: Alto Turia bats, the ever unknown
Juan S. Monrós (Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology Cavanilles Institute, Universitat de València)
1p:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Roundtable: Future studies on the fauna at the environment and territory of EBAT: priorities and strategies of study and preservation
All speakers: Modera: Joaquín Baixeras (Head of EBAT)
2:00 p.m. Closure
Date 13 september 2025 at 10:00 to 14:00. Saturday.
Big History Centre in Aras de los Olmos
Calle Molino Marqués s/n
Aras de los Olmos (46179)
Universitat de València, EBAT
Aras de los Olmos city hall.