SAVE THE DATE! On May 6th in Pavia, LifeDrylands will be discussed at the TEDxPavia event. The title of the event is BLIND, a truly fascinating interpretation… “… to access deeper meanings sometimes you need to close your eyes, others times, on the contrary, you have to finally open them! …” What does LifeDrylands have to do with it? At …
Today at Trecate site it was a very very good day! Not only for the blu sky and for the early spring sun. A good day, because we planted 600 plants, typical of the Habitat 6210 dry areas; a good day, because with us there was a group of “environmental” volunteers of Trecate Municipality and three universitary students that are …
Great work in these days on S. Antonio Island! The challenge continues: restoration ex novo of Habitat 6210, the arid prairie, in an area where it was not present before. We are in ZSC IT1180027 – Confluenza Po-Sesia-Tanaro. We have already told you about the preparatory intervention for “opening” the area, remove invasive woody species, work and level the ground. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Let’s make a Christmas gift to the moor: LET’S KEEP IT!!!! Sunday 19 december 2021 from 10:00 to 12:30 we meet in Lonate Pozzolo for a winter BIOBLITZ at the moor. Schoalars from varius scientific disciplines (botany, ornithology, entomology, lichenology) will partecipate to discover and share with the public the exceptional naturalistic value of this area, supporting its establishment as …
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 …
It is one of the preparatory actions required to initiate concrete interventions and includes: preliminary soil studies, land acquisition and staff training. ACTION A1, in particular, involves the executive planning of concrete actions, obtaining the necessary permits and publishing calls for tenders. State of the action: ENDED
On SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, we look forward to seeing you at Ticino Park to introduce you to the LifeDrylands project and to accompany you on a discovery of one of its areas of intervention. Arid grasslands, seemingly inhospitable, hide fascinating secrets and play a vital role in the balance of ecosystems. Plant, animal, and lichen species coexist in these unique …