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17 December 2015
THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS
The Crested Porcupine is spreading northwards: an individual “caught on camera” by a team from the University of Pavia in the Ticino River Park.

After crossing the Arno River, the Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) has now crossed the Po as well, continuing its northwards expansion along the Italian peninsula as it adapts to global warming and seeks new foraging and breeding areas.
The news was released today by Lipu, who have made available a video taken by a remote camera installed by four University of Pavia students (Andrea Brambilla, Sebastiano Fusari, Gioele Grandi, and Giacomo Piceni) near Bereguardo, in the Ticino River Park.
As part of Professor Giuseppe Bogliani’s Applied Ethology and Zoology course, the students filmed the mammal at night with a motion-activated remote camera using infrared light. For more information click here IT. Crested Porcupine, photo by Giuseppe Bogliani

20 December 2015
TIB FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ORDER OF AGRONOMISTS AND FORESTERS
Brescia hosted three meetings in December aimed at professional agronomists and foresters along with. municipal technicians
On 10 and 16 December, the STER offices in Brescia hosted the two lessons of the Training Path organized in collaboration with the Professional Order of Agronomists and Foresters of Lombardy.
The lessons spanned a number of different issues, beginning with the broader topics of climate change and the theory of Ecological Networks, and encompassing local planning and funding sources, and finally discussing the concrete example of the LIFE TIB project.
In addition, a morning training course for municipal technicians was held on December 22, and focused on the requirements for creating a municipal ecological network and how to assess its coherence and efficacy in planning terms. All presentations are available for download IT.

12 may 2015
ARCHITECTS LEARNING ABOUT BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS
A training module for the Professional Order of Architects of Varese
During March and April of this year, the Professional Orders of Architects of Varese hosted the TIB’s training module on biodiversity, land take, the importance of ecological networks and how to go about creating them.

28 february 2015
DISCOVERING LifeTIB’S ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS ON FOOT OR BY BICYCLE
Ten guided visits along wildlife corridors between 1 March and 21 June, 2015.
Now that spring is back, so are the free guided field trips along the ecological corridor linking the Campo dei Fiori and Ticino regional parks. The field trips focus on discovering the actions carried out thanks to the LIFE TIB project.

10-11 december 2014
THE LifeTIB PROJECT IN BARCELONA AS A CASE STUDY
The Life TIB project is participating as a "case study" in "Third Annual Conference of the European Learning Network for Regions and Biodiversity " to be held in Barcelona (Spain).
This important initiative aims to link the activities of the European Learning Network for Regions and Biodiversity with those of the Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process; the goal is to draw together the best national and international cooperation projects for an exchange of experiences.

17 october 2014
UNDERPASSES AS CORRIDORS
Wildlife on the move
The LifeTIB has identified the routes along which local wildlife moves, and is intervening in those areas in which road-killed animals are most often found. How? By building underpasses of various sizes and shapes to facilitate wildlife movements.

17 october 2014
WETLANDS AND DRY STONE WALLS
A tight-knit network
The creation of eight new ponds for amphibians and habitat improvement efforts in two existing wetlands aim to facilitate the movement of amphibians and reptiles along the Life TIB ecological corridor. This action is strengthened by the restoration of dry stone walls, which were once quite widespread but have now largely collapsed.

17 october 2014
THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF DEAD WOOD
Forest management for biodiversity
Whether they have fallen or are still standing, dead plants are an ideal micro-habitat for countless insects, birds, and bats that use them for food and shelter. In order to help the species associated with dead wood that occur on the Prealps ecological corridor, the LifeTIB project implemented a number of actions to accelerate the ageing, death, and natural decay of non-native trees.

17 october 2014
THE WHITE WILLOW: HOME TO RARE INSECTS
New plantings and the revival of ancient farming practices to improve rural biodiversity
With the abandonment of traditional agriculture, the pollarding of willow trees has become a rare management practice. The planting of 350 new willow trees in the most suitable sites within the project area and the pollarding of thirty existing white willows aims to preserve the small local population of Osmoderma eremita, a protected species at risk of extinction Europe-wide.

17 october 2014
LET’S STOP THE ALIEN PLANT INVASION
Lotuses and Ludwigia hexapetala are threatening local water bodies: we must act!
The spread of non-native species constitutes a serious threat against biodiversity. They modify habitats to such an extent as to make them inhospitable for native species, which sometimes disappear altogether. The Life TIB project thus aims to implement an experimental protocol for the removal of lotuses and Ludwigia hexapetala from the Brabbia marsh and Lake Varese.

12 may 2014
THE NETWORK CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED!
Fifty municipalities have signed a “network contract” to protect biodiversity in Varese province.
The document protecting the ecological corridor linking the Campo dei Fiori Ticino regional parks was signed at Villa Recalcati.
Protecting biodiversity in Varese province through two indispensable “green” highway: this is the aim of the “network contract” signed this morning at Villa Recalcati. This land use planning document is the result of a collaborative process involving the Province of Varese, the Campo dei Fiori and Ticino regional parks, and 50 municipal administrations from Varese province, with the support of the Lombardy Regional Government.