The Barcelona Zoo has opened this Friday by the mayor of the city, Jaume Collboni, the care space, an immersive experience for everyone Learn to protect biodiversity. An initiative that is part of the “deep transformation” in which the zoo is located and that is being linked to the future Ciutadella del Coneixement, which aims to have the Parc de la Ciutadella and its environments become a reference to knowledge, dissemination, research and innovation in Europe.
Collboni, who has visited the exhibition with the first deputy mayor and president of B: SM, Laia Bonet and the director of the Barcelona Zoo, Sito Alarcón, stressed that with this initiative, the center takes a new step towards the defense of species and dissemination. In addition, he pointed out that the objective is to involve both children and large in these actions. It has also valued the paper of the park in a context in which it is already in combat The denialism that some of the leaders of great powers represent.
The new installation, to which 1.1 million euros have been allocated, a part of them from the Next Generation funds, is located at the entrance of the park and It has 230 square meters divided into three spaces. The first one is an immersive room in which the avatars of a caregiver of the Zoo, Alba, and their otter, receive visitors and teach them about biodiversity and preservation of the natural environment. They also accompany them on a trip to discover the origins of life, the richness of the different ecosystems and the numerous threats that endanger biodiversity. As, for example, the poaching, pollution or fires.
The second room is a more interactive space, in which, through digital content, visitors can know Real cases of illegal trade and the work that entities, organizations and bodies and security forces do to protect animals. Among other things, it is also a space where you can see replicas of real objects confiscated and in which the role of Barcelona’s zoo is explained, which has become a rescue and reception center.
The third room is designed for visitors to go directly to action. Equipped with digital and interactive elements, they can be informed about the center d’Arcollida d’Alcs de Companyia in Barcelona (CAACB) and how to collaborate or contribute to the care of rescued animals. In addition, the little ones They can draw an animal that will become an avatar And it will appear on a large screen outside the installation, simulating that enters the protected space.
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