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March 2022

Limited space framing

2022-02-28T11:48:37+00:00

Does it fit? Can a biological pool be inserted in a small plot of an urbanization, in a backyard with limited space or in an urban garden? Sometimes there is this concern that the water mirror could occupy the entire garden and there would be little space for other purposes. In fact, a small [...]

Limited space framing2022-02-28T11:48:37+00:00

February 2022

Cleaning

2022-01-30T11:07:10+00:00

We are already in February and at least in the south of the country it is not long before the start of the bathing season. Thus, it is high time to prepare the biological pool for bathing and schedule a cleaning with the team of divers. Thorough post-winter cleaning is a highly effective method [...]

Cleaning2022-01-30T11:07:10+00:00

Cradle of biodiversity

2022-01-30T11:23:11+00:00

It is an accepted fact that biological pools are habitats for amphibians and many other aquatic living beings. This photo of a caterpillar reveals that other types of animals also take advantage of these poles of biodiversity. The photo was sent by an owner of a biological pool, along with the question if this [...]

Cradle of biodiversity2022-01-30T11:23:11+00:00

World wetlands day

2022-01-30T11:05:29+00:00

February 2nd is World Wetlands Day. This day aims to raise awareness of the protection and preservation of wetlands and underline the importance they have for the existence of life on our planet. This year is the first time that it will be celebrated as an international day of the United Nations (UN), following [...]

World wetlands day2022-01-30T11:05:29+00:00

December 2021

Nothing grows without light

2021-12-01T10:06:20+00:00

The photo shows a ditch in an artificial stream we made a few years ago, the task was to beautify the ditch with plants. And we did it, creating an unusual environment. The underwater plants installed on this ditch grow even in the darkness of a winery in Alto Alentejo. They grow well, produce [...]

Nothing grows without light2021-12-01T10:06:20+00:00

Guide for sustainable construction in tourist developments

2021-12-01T10:05:17+00:00

"Adopting strategies and practices conducive to economic and environmental sustainability is a sure step to strengthen the competitiveness of the business of tourist developments and contribute, in a decisive manner, to making Portugal an increasingly eco-efficient destination, capable of ensuring the enjoyment of future generations. assets that distinguish us today." This intention is found [...]

Guide for sustainable construction in tourist developments2021-12-01T10:05:17+00:00

Western Spadefoot

2021-12-01T10:03:28+00:00

Spring is the time for frogs. It is the time when the singing for mating activity in lakes as well as in biological pools begin. But not all amphibian species wait until spring. The Western Spadefoot, Pelobates cultripes, is an example of these. This species starts looking in autumn for waters as birthplace for the next [...]

Western Spadefoot2021-12-01T10:03:28+00:00

November 2021

Otters

2021-10-31T11:48:59+00:00

Watching an otter is a very difficult task. They are shy mammals with twilight or night activity. But they are visitors to some biological pools in Southwest Portugal, as this photo shows, which shows otter waste on the shore. Otters are clean animals, leaving their feces on the bank and not in the water, [...]

Otters2021-10-31T11:48:59+00:00

International Conference in Portugal

2021-10-31T11:46:50+00:00

The 11th edition of the International Conference for Biological Pools took place at the Hotel-Resort Club Med da Balaia in Albufeira, Portugal, and received 130 visitors from 17 nations. For the first time, IOB and GIABN, organizers of the congress, chose a Congress Hotel that is equipped with a biological pool, in this case [...]

International Conference in Portugal2021-10-31T11:46:50+00:00

October 2021

On the way to Africa

2021-09-29T14:46:56+01:00

It is now, in the months of September and October, when we come across birds by the biological pool that are not there for most time of the year. They are small, not very shy and do what the resident birds do not know how to do, they are perching or climbing a reed [...]

On the way to Africa2021-09-29T14:46:56+01:00
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