We have completed the staff training, as planned in Action A3, aimed at the operators of the parks involved in the project. After the online meetings held between December and February, we scheduled field outings in the intervention areas to put into practice and test what was learned. On Wednesday, June 30th, we visited the H2330 corineforests and H6210 dry …
TODAY 06th July 2021 – 9:30 – 16:30 The first Networking meeting between LifeDrylands and 6 LIFE projects! Main goals of the Life Drylands project, led by the University of Pavia (Italy), are: restoring, preserving and increasing the environmental biodiversity in dry acidophilic grasslands and heathlands of lowland in Piedmont and Lombardy Regions (Habitats 2330, 4030, 6210/6210*). The project aims …
The second training day for technical staff and educational operators from partner parks will take place on February 2nd, this time dedicated to the Lombardy Ticino Valley Park: technicians, park rangers, environmental and nature guides, educators, and anyone involved in the project or who wants to learn more. The morning program includes in-depth study of the scientific topics and how …
ACTION A3_TRAINING DAY FOR TICINO LAKE MAGGIORE PARK STAFF A busy program, a morning dedicated to the project’s content and actions and an afternoon dedicated to understanding how best to interpret and disseminate them. PROGRAM OF THE DAY PART 1 Characteristics of the habitats target of the LifeDrylands project (120 min.) by UNIPV and UNIBO scientific referees > Presentation of …
Monitoring actions ended in a beautiful moor that presents itself in autumn version!
Il LifeDrylands in diretta a Radio Lombardia. Monica Stefinlongo intervista Silvia Assini, per parlare di brughiere, habitat e biodiversità nel programma #mattinolombardia
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.