On 14th April, the validation workshop of the project was held in Ivrea in order to present the adaptation strategies and the results of the model simulations to the local italian actors. The workshop, organised in plenary sessions and thematic round tables, was attended by about 40 people both from Piemonte and Aosta Regions including
The second project validation workshop will be held on Thursday 14 April in Ivrea. During the event, the technical measures and political adaptation strategies developed during the project will be illustrated, in order to discuss with the local actors the criticalities and opportunities of each and identify those to be prioritized in recommendations for political
On March 31, 2022, the PASTORALP validation workshop took place at the Parc National Des Ecrins, case study of the project. The meeting was an opportunity for discussion with local actors (breeders, shepherds, technicians and administrators) on the theme of climate change and adaptation strategies in the Alpine pastoral context. During the meeting, the project
In the LIFE Pastoralp project, various studies have been carried out on the vulnerability of mountain pastures to climate change and on possible adaptations. These studies led to the development of models and strategies that will be presented and discussed in the validation workshop, which will be held on March 31, at 09:30 at the
On 10 December 2021 (during a heavy snowfall), we visited our colleagues from the Swiss institute of AGROSCOPE. On this occasion, it was possible to see the activities and projects that AGROSCOPE carries out in the pastoral field in the Alps in order to cope with climate change and to illustrate the activities of the
Three new videos have just been published on the project’s YouTube channel and on the dedicated page on this site. Specifically, there are two life-stories videos (relating respectively to the Gran Paradiso National Park and the Parc National des Ecrins) and an illustrative video that presents objectives, activities and results of our project, also using
In October 2021, the EU LIFE project OREKA MENDIAN published its final report “Overview of sustainable practices for the management of mountain grasslands in Europe”. Opened by Herbert Dorfmann, Member of the European Parliament, the report investigates the current state of mountain grasslands throughout Europe and provides a set of practices and recommendations that can ensure the
From 13 to 16 October 2021 the Earth Technology EXPO took place at the Fortezza da Basso of Florence. On Friday 15, in the “workshop with hands-on training geospatial intelligence for mapping land and water change”, a session was held entitled “Training with Hands-On: Using Google Earth Engine data and algorithms for mapping earth features
The demonstration event of the LIFE Pastoralp project took place on 7 October at the Parc National des Ecrins. Participants were able to discover: the mountain pasture “alpage of Crouzet-Les Lauzes”; the results of vegetation studies and the evolution of the vegetation according to the practices and the climate change; the studies on phenology with
We announce the demonstration event of the actions carried out by LIFE Pastoralp project: it will take place on Thursday, the 7th of October, at the Crouzet-Les Lauzes mountain pasture in l’Argentière-la-Bessée in the Parc National des Ecrins. During the event, the team will show the pasture and share the results of periodic research –
