The world of lichens is simply fascinating! They lives, often unnoticed, also in some dry areas of our project. Meanwhile, if you want to know more…a very interesting article has recently been published in the scientific journal Biodiversity and Conservation, titled: “Biodiversity and conservation of terricolous lichens and bryophytes in continental lowlands of northern Italy: the role of different dry habitat …
Thanks to Raffaella Amelotti for this beautiful description of our project on the website Piemonteparchi.it. Click here to read the article.
On this very hot day at the end of July, the summer monitoring of the LifeDrylands concluded, with the last survey of the vegetation and the last sampling of the Lepidoptera in the H4030. The work was carried out by a joint UniBO-UniPV team. Here you can see some pictures from this day, at the areas of intervention of Lenta-Rovasenda …
The Life Drylands project on Repubblica. Other than arid: that are very rich areas! click here for the article of Vincenzo Foti.
Silvia Assini present the LifeDrylands project during the programm of Laura Bettini “Si può fare”, at Radio24.The .
THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Despite the uninviting weather, monitoring continues. Today we are still at Fagiana, in the Lombard Park of the Ticino Valley, in the meadows of the Habitat 6210!
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.
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It is one of the essential monitoring actions to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions. ACTION D3, specifically, has involved monitoring the socio-economic impact of the project, including: assessment of recreational/educational activities, increase in employment opportunities, perception of the sites (Habitats and Natura 2000 Sites). At this LINK you will find the Project Manager’s report on the results of the …
ACTION E5 concerns the publication of scientific articles and participation in conferences. Below is an update of the activities carried out since September 1, 2021. Events where the LIFE Drylands project was the main topic 6-7th September 2021, online, 29th Conference of European Vegetation Survey, Assini S., Gheza G., Nascimbene J., Chiarucci A., Pezzi G., Barcella M. 2021. The LIFE …