Newsletter Number 2/2013

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Published on Sunday, 30 June 2013 14:38

The Newsletter Number 2 of the "Fagus" LIFE+11 Project (NAT/IT/000135) is online.

Within the newsletter you will find:

• the interview to Amilcare Troiano, who is the President of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park since 2009;
• the interview to Arturo Diaconale, appointed "Commissario Straordinario" of the Gran Sasso and Laga Mounts National Park in 2008, and current President;
• an update on the project activities (May-June 2013): "The sampling of forest biodiversity and structure in the project areas are going on";
• a short note on the presentation of the Fagus LIFE+ project at an international conference held in Ukraine: "Primeval Beech Forests: Reference Systems for the Management and Conservation of Biodiversity, Forest Resources and Ecosystem Services"

The pdf of the poster is downloadable here!

Ukraine conference & FAGUS Poster

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Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 14:38

At the beginning of June a conference was held in Ukraine whose topic was greatly consistent with the objectives of the Life FAGUS project. The title of the conference was Primeval Beech Forests: Reference Systems for the Management and Conservation of Biodiversity, Forest Resources and Ecosystem Services.

A poster on the project life FAGUS was presented and several people among the conference participants showed interest for the project. Relevant discussions within the poster session occurred with scientists and professionals of several European countries: Germany, Poland, Spain and Hungary.

The pdf of the poster is downloadable here!

Presentation forum of the FAGUS project

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Published on Tuesday, 04 June 2013 14:38

The 28th of May 2013 the presentation forum of the FAGUS project was held at the Centro Studi Biodiversità (Vallo della Lucania) within the Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo della Lucania e Alburni.
Among the speakers the Director of the National Park (Ing. Angelo De Vita) and Prof. Carlo Blasi of the Department of Environmental Biology – Sapienza University of Rome.

The forum, that involved the personnel of the National Park in the organization and reception, brought several people living or working within the National Park to listen to the project aims and methodologies.

 

 

Download section update

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Published on Thursday, 30 May 2013 21:17

The following downloadable pdf files have been added within the download section:

• Poster "Forum di presentazione del progetto Life Fagus" - 28 Maggio 2013
• Pamphlet "Progetto Life Fagus"

 

First field surveys for the definition of the monitoring plan

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Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 14:38

The weather is still not at his best, yet the first field surveys started for the life FAGUS project.

In this phase data are being collected on the occurrence and abundance of the species of interest for the project (yew, holly and silver fir) in order to define a monitoring plan as detailed as possible to follow the project achievements.

 

In the last days the SIC Gran Sasso has been the object of joint field surveys by DBA, DIBAF, the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, during which the main stakeholders were involved.

 

 

 

The three intervention areas were visited: the area of Pietracamela was found rich in yews with some hollies too, the general structure being an old coppice with scattered senescing beech trees; in the area of Intermesoli, mapped as the habitat 9210, also silver fir was found; also in the area of Incodaro the three species were found but Abies alba was the most abundant only partly due to past planting by the State Forestry Corps (CFS).

The data collected by means of GPS will be at the base of the monitoring plan to is being defined in these days.

 

Fagus Life Project Introduction

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Published on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 00:07

Background

The species that characterise the habitats 9210* Apennine beech forests with Taxus and Ilex, and 9220* Apennine beech forests with Abies alba and beech forests with Abies nebrodensis are yew, holly and silver fir and are rare in Apennine beech forests due to management actions that are not specific for this forest types and to grazing, which strongly impacts the regeneration of these species.

Conventional management of Apennine beech forests impacts also other species which belong to those taxonomic groups that are limited by the lack of deadwood and of senescing trees, and by the homogeneous structure of managed forests. Among these taxonomic groups are saproxylic beetles and fungi, vascular plants, lichens and birds.

Main aim

Ensure the long-term conservation of the habitats 9210* and 9220* in the National Parks: Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni and Gran Sasso and Laga Mounts.

Specific objectives 

1. Develop Sustainable Management Strategies for the habitat 9210* and 9220*;
2. Enhance the levels of biological diversity for vascular plants, lichens, birds, saproxylic beetles and fungi;
3. Monitoring of the habitats to assess the effects of the conservation actions;
4. Promote the participation of relevant stakeholders to point out the advantages of sustainable management for the habitats.

 

Main actions

A – Preparatory actions: Data collection aimed at the assessment of the current habitat condition in the project area. Sampling of forest structure, composition and diversity for the focus taxa;

C – Concrete conservation actions: Promote the regeneration of yew, holly and silver fir; enhancement of diversity levels for the focus taxa.

D – Monitoring actions: Design of the monitoring plan. Sampling of forest structure, composition and diversity for the focus taxa after the concrete conservation actions.

E – Dissemination Actions: website, promotional material meetings, courses, conferences, notice boards.

F – Project Monitoring Actions.