LifeDrylands at the Royal Parks of the Vaude region

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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 …

Replication and transfer of the best practices of the project

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Here we are yesterday for the visit aimed at replicating and transferring the best practices to sites under power lines where heathland habitat restoration is being carried out, as part of various projects, including our LifeDrylands project. We visited sites in the Lombard Park of the Ticino Valley and in the Pineta Park of Appiano Gentile and Tradate, with the …

Poor but precious: the arid habitats of LifeDrylands

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PROJECTS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR SOIL REGENERATIONLifeDrylands continues its journey to share its story and promote the value of arid habitats. On Friday, September 29th, Saturday, September 30, and Sunday, October 1, we will be present at the Monferrato Green Farm festival,  with our partner project Aree Protette Po piemontese. There will be a conversation during the seminar PROJECTS AND INTERVENTIONS …

INVITO: 20 maggio evento aperto al pubblico dedicato all’importanza degli HABITAT aridi

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QUANDO: Sabato 20 Maggio – dalle 11:00 alle 15:30 DOVE: presso il Centro Parco La Fagiana, a Pontevecchio di Magenta (MI). CHE COSA: evento aperto al pubblico dedicato all’importanza degli Habitat aridi, con un focus sulle praterie. In mattinata, dalle 11:00 alle 12:30 Si conclude il Percorso per le Competenze Trasversali e l’Orientamento “Ambasciatori di Habitat – progetto LifeDrylands”, realizzato …

HABITAT AMBASSADORS: the new activity is launched

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Last week we started the Pathway for Transversal Skills and Orientation (PCTO) with two classes of the G. Torno Institute – a scientific high school in Castano Primo (MI). Title of the pathway: “HABITAT AMBASSADORS” ?. With our support, the students will be engage in the discovery, exploration and knowledge of the Habitats (in particulare the arid ones)  and of their importance. …

A treasure to be kept: the MOORS of Malpensa and Lonate Pozzolo

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The LifeDrylands project is one of the promoters of the international conference: The moors of Malpensa and Lonate Pozzolo – A treasure to be kept The conference Will take place on Saturday 25 February at 9:30 a.m Auditorium A. Paccagnini Piazza XXV Aprile / Via Magenta CASTANO PRIMO (MI). For info and registrations: salviamoilticino@libero.it This is the rich program of …

Floristic improvement: progressing of the C3 Actions

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LifeDrylands_WORKINPROGRESS The rain doesn’t stop us! ? Here we are at Ansa di Castelnovate: we are distribuing the young plants on the areas. They will be planted in the coming days. Action C3 of the project therefore continues ?, dedicated to improving the floristic composition of the habitats..

The LifeDrylands project: an opportunity for Graduate Thesis ?

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The LifeDrylands is proving to be an interesting project as an opportunity for a degree thesis. The topics addressed by the project are more and more current and allow for various insights and interpretations, especially with regard to ex-ante and ex-post monitoring actions and some methodological aspects of research. To date: 6 Degree Theses, one of which is experimental, 3 …