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