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 theoretical aspects and practical activities, conducted online due to the ongoing health emergency;
  2. a second day of site visits to the intervention areas, which will take place in the coming months, between June and July.

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Ideas Emerged

During the three online training days, we actively involved participants in a workshop. The various working groups were asked to design a guided tour focusing on one of the project’s target habitats (heathlands, Corynephores, arid grasslands) and the theme, “Habitat conservation is important because habitats maintain ecosystem balance“. The guided tour was aimed at one of four target audiences: an association of nature photography enthusiasts; families with children aged 6-10; adolescents aged 16-20; and retirees over 75.

Original and stimulating educational proposals emerged:

TITLE TARGET AUDIENCE THEME ORGANIZATION
A world of colors among flowers and butterflies Families with boys and girls aged 6-10 Arid grassland habitat Piedmontese Po Park
Our home savannah Families with boys and girls aged 6-10 Heathland habitat Protected areas of Ticino and Lake Maggiore
Corynephores, what? Teenagers aged
16-20		 Habitat of Corynephores Protected areas of the Piedmontese Po
Rap Heathland Teenagers aged
16-20		 Heathland habitat Protected areas of Ticino and Lake Maggiore
Networked Heathland Teenagers aged
16-20		 Heathland habitat Lombardy Park of the Ticino Valley
How it’s changed!
Evolution of a stretch of the Po River at Isola Sant’Antonio		 Retirees
over 75		 Dry grassland habitat Protected areas of the Piedmontese Po
Red sunset Retirees
over 75		 Heathland habitat Protected areas of Ticino and Lake Maggiore
The heathland, this unknown
Discovering the last heathlands		 Retirees
over 75		 Heathland habitat Lombardy Park of the Ticino Valley
Moor target Association of nature photography enthusiasts Heathland habitat Lombardy Park of the Ticino Valley

 

Some numbers

A total of 66 people from the three project partner parks participated in the online meetings: park rangers, educators, technicians, researchers, undergraduates, doctoral students, and young people participating in the Civil Service. Specifically, 24 people attended the training day for Ticino Lago Maggiore Park staff, 26 for the day for Ticino Park staff, and 16 for the day with Po Piemontese Park staff.

 

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