What was in these bags?!? Material collected from the Valle del Ticino ZSC donor site, where there is an extensive and well-preserved Corynephorion habitat. We collected soil (the top 2-3 cm), clumps of Corynephorus, and crusts of mosses and lichens. The material was then transported to the Ansa di Castelnovate ZSC, where one of the intervention areas of LifeDrylands is …

LifeDrylands_HABITAT&Co. Today we introduce a species we are particularly fond of: Corynephorus canescens… a seemingly insignificant “little tuft” 😊🌱 but a rare and endangered species 🔴 As a key species of the Corynephorion (HABITAT 2330), it is important for biodiversity conservation, especially considering that it is found only in the Po Valley, one of the most anthropogenically impacted areas in …

A beautiful sunny day with autumnal light set the scene for the visit to the site and the transfer of the LifeDrylands project to the Royal Parks of Vaude. We conducted a site inspection at the S. Carlo area, together with the Piedmont Region and IPLA SpA, to assess the applicability of our Linee guida per gli indicatori di qualità …