When I grow up I want to be a “Habitat restorer”

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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 …

When you can say: it was a good day ?

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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 …

In S. Antonio Island: #restoration work of the arid habitat continues

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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. …

Restarting of the concrete actions of the plan

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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 …

“Corriere della Sera” writes about us

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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. …

Press Review 2019-2021

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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 Conserve the Heath! BIOBLITZ on December 19th in Lonate Pozzolo

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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 …

Discovery KIT “Io abito, tu abiti, egli HABITAT”

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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 …

NETWORKING MEETING

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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 …

First training day_PARCO TICINO LAGO MAGGIORE

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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 …