~ Philosophy ~
The intention of Beniemocions isn't only to contribute to the practice of sport, we also giver a lot of importance to the environmental educations, to give information and to help to learn about the interesting places we find on the route from the point of natural and historical beauty. The instructors, apart from teaching the technique of the "caiac", work as guides and giver explanations about the most interesting aspects in each point oft the route. Besides, when they visit some monuments, you need to know what works of art and what heritage are held, who did them and why and when they did them ... and much more things...
The river is also a very important heritage to be looked after, respected and preserved. It is also important to know about all the wonders we fin in it, why they are there and what they are used for.
Some of the contents which take part in the explanations our guide can offer are the following:
- Monuments and places of historical and cultural interest.
- History of navigation in the river before.
- Navigation by "llaguts" and "rais".
- The "llaguters" and the way of "sirga". The present navigation.
- The vegetable species in the forest next to the bank of the river.
- Ornithology. The birds of the forest next to the bank of the river and their features.
- Ichthyo-fauna of Ebre. The fish, features, repercussions on the species introduced over the indigenous ones.
- The crustaceans of fresh water from the area.
- The "Naiades" (molluscs of fresh water) with their queen, the "Margaritifera Auricularia".
- The problems of the mollusc "Zebra" (Dreisena Polimorfa) and its effects.
- The increase of the transparency of the water and the proliferation of the macrophages.
- The problems of the "black fly" ("Simulium intermedium")
- Anecdotes and episodes of the battle of Ebre.