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FotoMonRiveR Photographic Contest Awards 2022 [...]

The presentation of the MonRiver project for the second consecutive year kicked off the River Engineering section of the Public Works Engineering Degree (GEOP) Hydraulic Works course taught at the School of Civil Engineering (ETSECCP) of the University of La Coruña (UDC). The aim of the talk aimed at the students was to offer a closer view of the project, which addresses the recovery of rivers from a broader perspective. [...]

After the positive experience of collaborating in educational activities with the Secondary School of Monelos, this year we have once again organised a day. On this occasion, the activity, in which 70 students participated, was organised for 3rd year ESO students in coordination with the geography department, dealing with aspects contained in the curricular organisation of the subject Xunta de Galicia regulations. [...]

During the week of 19 June 2022, MonRiveR has participated in the 39th edition of the International Congress organised by the International Association for Hydro-Environmental Engineering and Research (IAHR) in the city of Granada. [...]

In collaboration with the History of Art, Architecture and Urbanism Group of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), MonRiveR has participated in the humanities congress to present the result of the research work on the history of the Monelos river and the identification of the heritage elements related to it. [...]

As part of the GEOP Hydraulic Works course taught at the School of Civil Engineering (ETSECCP) of the University of La Coruña (UDC), which includes a section dedicated to river engineering, Monriver was presented in a talk aimed at students with the aim of learning more about the project that deals with river recovery with a broader vision. [...]

On Monday 25 October 2021, the informative conference "CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE RESTORATION OF URBAN RIVERS" was held, organised by the Department of Civil Engineering of the Universidade da Coruña (UDC) and funded by the UDC Course Office (Vice-rectorate for Equality, Culture and Sport). This conference is [...]

Nuria Santiesteban, a CartoLAB collaborator in the MonRiveR project, has been awarded a runner-up prize for her excellent master’s thesis entitled "Environmental assessment of the recovery of the Monelos river by means of multi-parametric geospatial analysis". [...]

The Parque Ciudad citizens' initiative arose from the desire to improve the environment of the Martinete neighbourhood, which is crossed by the tributary of the Monelos, the Mesoiro river, inspired by the MonRiveR project. [...]

The 6th European Congress of the International Association for Hydro-Environmental Engineering and Research (IAHR), entitled "Hydro-Environmental Research and Engineering - No Frames, No Boundaries", was scheduled to be held from 29 June to 2 July 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. However, due to the pandemic situation, the Congress was moved to February 2021. [...]

The civil engineer and Cartolab researcher, Amal Nnechachi, has participated in the 7th edition of the Scientific Dissemination Conference among Students, Interlabs, through the presentation of content on the MonRiveR Project, under the title: "MonRiverR Project: goals, objectives and tasks". [...]

You can participate in the Environmental March 2020 at UDC, which is part of the Educating for Sustainability Project of the UDC and Alcoa Foundation, which aims to train the university community in the basic concepts of environmental and social sustainability and to develop capacities to act on those issues that are currently priorities. [...]

Between February 2 and 6, the urban art mural of the project "Cultural river restoration of the Monelos river: diffusion and valorization of the Monelos river through urban art open to society" was made. [...]

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Talk by David Brey Vázquez, best known as Doc Toy [...]

"Near the Marineda City shopping center is one of the few places where the Monelos River is still a river or at least a stream. [...]

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The journalist Daniel Veira, part of the MonRiveR project team and responsible for the project's documentary management and communication, presented an exhibition entitled "Communication and dissemination in the MonRiveR project" at the fifth edition of the Interlabs conference. [...]

By the end of 2019 a cultural project will be carried out in which the society of A Coruña will participate. This project is called Cultural Fluvial Restoration of the Monelos River: Dissemination and valorization of the Monelos River through urban art open to society. [...]

The civil engineer Amal Nnechachi took part in the VI Jornadas de Ingeniería del Agua (Water Engineering Conference) JIA 2019 organized by the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (University of Castilla-La Mancha) in the city of Toledo (Spain). [...]

The civil engineer participates in the Monelos River Revival (MonRiveR) research project to recover the natural course and involve society: [...]

On June 13, 2019, the Restaura Ríos 2019 Congress was held in Murcia. The civil engineer Amal Nnechachi made the presentation "Biodiversity and perspectives to the restoration of Monelos river basin (A Coruña, Galicia)". [...]

On May 20 we received Manuel Rodilla again to tell us more information and anecdotes about the river Monelos but this time he was accompanied by Francisco Cobas, also an expert on Monelos and the history of A Coruña. [...]

Manuel Rodilla on "Calle de la Alcantarilla": [...]

On the 24th Día da Ciencia na Rúa (Street Science Day) CuacFm spoke with Amal Nnechachi, a Cartolab researcher, about the Monelos River Revival (MonRiveR) project. [...]

On May 13 we received Manuel Rodilla and Jose Carlos Alonso, experts on the Monelos River, who came to talk to us about the history of the river and its context. They told us a lot of interesting data and anecdotes linked to the underground river, to the city of A Coruña and its surroundings through which the river runs. Stay tuned to our networks to discover everything. [...]

On May the 2nd, a panel discussion was held on the film 'Esquece Monelos' which served to present the project 'MonRiveR'. A research project that aims to define the possible methodologies of restoration of the river Monelos and the enhancement of its natural course in an urban environment. [...]

The Monelos river is also known along its course as Beneirón river, Campos river or Mesoiro river. The river rises and flows into the municipality of A Coruña and is buried for most of its journey, channeled under the floor of the streets of the city. [...]

On Thursday, April 25, the documentary 'Esquece Monelos' by Ángeles Huerta was screened. The film tells the story of the disappearance of the Monelos River, relating it to the loss of memory of the place and the people who inhabited it in the past. [...]