Restarting of the concrete actions of the plan

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With the new year, we have resumed at full pace the restoration activities in the habitats target of the project. These days we are in S. Antonio Island, in the Po piemontese Park and Baraggia di Rovasenda, in Lenta’s municipality (VC). The interventions undertaken are different because both characteristics of the habitats and their state of conservation are different. At …

“Corriere della Sera” writes about us

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A beautiful article in journal “Corriere della Sera” about Life Drylands project. In this interview Silvia Assini (Scientific director of the LifeDrylands project)  and  Giuseppe Bugliani (zoologist) tell us about the great naturalistic value of the moors of Lonate and Malpensa in the Lombard Park of the Ticino Valley, with insights of the plants and animal species that inhabit them. …

Press Review 2019-2021

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They say about us: the press, the media, the web. Since project approval (july 2019) to the end of the project in 2021, we have collected all press communicates and press reviews of radio station and television, newspaper, magazines, specialized websites and social media. If you are interested, you can download the complete document (Here)and directly listen the radio interviews …

Discovery KIT “Io abito, tu abiti, egli HABITAT”

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Among the outputs of the Life Drylands project, an educational kit aimed at families was expected, to actively involve them in the knowledge of the target habitats (heaths, corynephoretums and arid grasslands) and to stimulate awareness of the project themes. After a period of research and experimentation, we have designed the “Discovery KIT”, an interpretative tool much richer  than the …

Excursions to the intervention sites of the target habitats

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We have completed the staff training, as planned in Action A3, aimed at the operators of the parks involved in the project. After the online meetings held between December and February, we scheduled field outings in the intervention areas to put into practice and test what was learned. On Wednesday, June 30th, we visited the H2330 corineforests and H6210 dry …

The continuation of A3 actions to train staff from the partner parks

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The A3 actions outlined in the Life Drylands project involve developing training sessions for the staff of the three partner parks to support the implementation of actions C (restorative and improvement interventions for target habitats and selective removal of alien species) and D (monitoring). The training for each park has been structured in two stages: 1. A first day with …

First training day_PARCO TICINO LAGO MAGGIORE

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ACTION A3_TRAINING COURSE FOR OPERATORS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT First day: Operators of Parco Ticino Lago Maggiore An intense program! Morning time dedicated to the contents and actions of the project, afternoon time dedicated to educational and dissemination approaches. PART 1
 Characteristics of the habitats target of the LifeDrylands project (120 min.)
 by UNIPV and UNIBO scientific referees. > Presentation of …

ABOUT US on Repubblica

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The Life Drylands project on Repubblica. Other than arid: that are very rich areas!  click here for the article of Vincenzo Foti.

Monitoring actions at the “Isola S. Antonio” site

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Today the Life Drylands team is at  “Isola Sant’Antonio”, one of the sites of intervention, to start monitoring of the areas. In this site there are many grasslands areas invaded by the alloctona Amorpha fruticosa, which will be eliminated through the interventions provided by the project to restore the natural arid grasslands.