Saltworks: Italy

(Comacchio, 21 Mag 14) The documentary "L'oro bianco" was produced to enhance and promote the Italian and Slovenian salt marshes in the SALTWORKS project: Cervia, Comacchio, Sicciole and Strugnano. Analysing the history, environmental and production features of each of the involved sites, the documentary aims to dissemin...

(Bosco Nordio, 18 Apr 13) The first results of a traineeship attended by Giovanni Bombieri - a Forestry Sciences and Technologies student - which will be collected in his graduation thesis, showed the presence of a substantial Italian Agile Frog (Rana latastei) population in the Bosco Nordio Nature Reserve, a frog species in...

(Bosco Nordio, 18 Apr 13) Within the activities of the LIFE Project in progress continue the monitoring of the ponds carried out in 2011 with the concrete C6 action. Recent good news is the colonization of some ponds in the Reserve by young specimens of Common Spadefoot (Pelobates fuscus) coming from the reintroductions carr...

(Comacchio, 02 Lug 12) Some bumps realized thanks to the Life Project in the SCI and SPA "Valli di Comacchio" have been already occupied by the target species. The bumps realization ended in spring, and the new availability of suitable surfaces allowed 6 new species to settle there: Mediterranean Gull, Slender-b...

(Comacchio, 28 Mag 12) LIFE's 20th anniversary has been celebrated on May 25th in Comacchio, by the Manifattura dei Marinati. Many personalities took part in the celebration: Sabrina Freda, Assessor of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Mara Roncuzzi, Assessor of the Province of Ravenna, Lucilla Previati, director of the Managing...

(Comacchio, 17 Mag 12) It is a public meeting to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the LIFE fundings. May has been chosen by the European Commission as the month during which all those who benefitted from the LIFE fundings have been asked to organize an event to celebrate this important goal in the history of the communit...

(Comacchio, 24 Apr 12) On the occasion of the PHOTO COMPETITION during LIFE's 20th anniversary, the photo presented by the Managing Authority for Parks and Biodiversity of the Po Delta concerning the LIFE00NATIT7215 Project on the Comacchio Saltworks, SCI and SPA area "Valli di Comacchio", has been selected amon...

(Comacchio, 24 Apr 12) A new brochure has been realized in collaboration with Legambiente Emilia-Romagna, and some copies will be given out on the occasion of the Bird Watching Festival in Comacchio, form 27th to 29th April 2012....

(Comacchio, 24 Apr 12) Within the LIFE09NATIT000110 NATURA 2000 IN THE PO DELTA Project some initiatives have been planned to spread the ongoing activities and the first goals achieved. On the occasion of the Bird Watching Festival taking place every year in the last week of April, three initiatives have been organized: t...

(Oasi di Ca' Mello Porto Tolle (RO), 22 Nov 11) The Po Delta territory is characterized by a rich biodiversity which cannot be easily found in other parts of the Po Valley. This richness is proved by the presence of many amphibians, namely animals bound to wetlands such as those of the Po Delta. During this meeting the results of two monitoring p...