CASE STUDY-BRUSADA-PONTICELLI MINE
Title: The nature trial of the miner - a project for biodiversity preservation of Brusada-Ponticelli area.
Context: a project aiming at individuating and safeguarding the rare botanic species around the mine of Brusada Ponticelli through: 1) An educational and environmental laboratory aiming at increasing people awareness towards biodiversity protection. 2) An experimental yard to test the most suitable techniques to restore the identified area. 3) A project never carried out in Valmalenco to preserve autochthonous rare species in the identified area in order to increase the conservation of their genetic heritage. 4) A nature trial carried out with the realization of 8 panels describing the most important aspects of environmental and local morphology.
Solution: during summer of 2009 an accurate survey has individuated the following 4 interesting rare species: Armeria Alpina, Carex bicolor, Saxifraga Rotundifolia and Sanguisorba dodecandra. These species have been cultivated ex – situ in a specific laboratory and after their germination have been gathered and reintroduced in the nursery set for biodiversity preservation. In addition - thanks to the cooperation of two naturalists - some panels have been designed in order to create a specific trial along which people can be led to discover conifers, broad-leaved trees, lichens, woodland animals, woodland flowers and learn more about evolution of species. In the same period the involved naturalists have also tested - in the identified area - two different restoration techniques in order to choose the most suitable one.
Results : three of the above mentioned species (Armeria Alpina, Saxifraga Roundifolia and Sanguisorba Dodecandra), gathered on spot and then cultivated in the laboratory, have germinated and have been reintroduced in the nursery set to guarantee their genetic heritage. Whereas the fourth species (Carex Bicolor), that has found difficulty in germinating, was sent at the laboratory for a second attempt of reproduction. Furthermore the best restore technique has been defined after having compared two autochthonous mix of seeds, one of them has in fact reported a better growth and has been chosen for eventual future intervention. Recently the seedlings placed in the nursery were transferred to the natural environment within this area.
Guiding tours with experts naturalists can be booked at the City Hall each month. Thanks to this initiative, visitors can better understand that the diversity of living things results from the evolutionary process, which starting out from the original forms has led to a continuous differentiation. In addition, didactic activities can be planned thanks to a permanent laboratory kit reserved for school workshops, through which kids can learn through simples activities of observation the true meaning of biodiversity.
Partners: Dr. Maria Grazia Cicardi - naturalist and Dr. Federica Gironi – naturalist
Solution: during summer of 2009 an accurate survey has individuated the following 4 interesting rare species: Armeria Alpina, Carex bicolor, Saxifraga Rotundifolia and Sanguisorba dodecandra. These species have been cultivated ex – situ in a specific laboratory and after their germination have been gathered and reintroduced in the nursery set for biodiversity preservation. In addition - thanks to the cooperation of two naturalists - some panels have been designed in order to create a specific trial along which people can be led to discover conifers, broad-leaved trees, lichens, woodland animals, woodland flowers and learn more about evolution of species. In the same period the involved naturalists have also tested - in the identified area - two different restoration techniques in order to choose the most suitable one.
Results : three of the above mentioned species (Armeria Alpina, Saxifraga Roundifolia and Sanguisorba Dodecandra), gathered on spot and then cultivated in the laboratory, have germinated and have been reintroduced in the nursery set to guarantee their genetic heritage. Whereas the fourth species (Carex Bicolor), that has found difficulty in germinating, was sent at the laboratory for a second attempt of reproduction. Furthermore the best restore technique has been defined after having compared two autochthonous mix of seeds, one of them has in fact reported a better growth and has been chosen for eventual future intervention. Recently the seedlings placed in the nursery were transferred to the natural environment within this area.
Guiding tours with experts naturalists can be booked at the City Hall each month. Thanks to this initiative, visitors can better understand that the diversity of living things results from the evolutionary process, which starting out from the original forms has led to a continuous differentiation. In addition, didactic activities can be planned thanks to a permanent laboratory kit reserved for school workshops, through which kids can learn through simples activities of observation the true meaning of biodiversity.
Partners: Dr. Maria Grazia Cicardi - naturalist and Dr. Federica Gironi – naturalist
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