The Natura 2000 network in Trentino

The management of Natura 2000 sites, together with any local reserves, is entrusted in many territories to the Networks of Reserves.

The establishment of the Networks of Reserves, which give technical and institutional implementation to the multi-purpose Ecological Network through the participation of local institutions and communities in both the conservation process and the planning of the sustainable development of the territory, was the central phase of the LIFE+TEN project (2012-2017).

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The Natura 2000 network in Trentino consists of:

• 136 Sites of Community Interest (SCI), identified in accordance with the Habitats Directive, 135 of which were subsequently designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC). The 'Val Jumela' SCI, the last site defined following the discovery of some stations of Botrichium simplex, a Pteridophyta plant included in Annex 2 of the 'Habitats' Directive, has not yet completed the process of becoming a SAC.
• 19 Special Protection Areas (SPAs) established under the Birds Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds. Almost all of the areas identified as SPAs fall within territories already designated as SPAs (with the exception of a portion of the Lagorai SPA and the Stelvio SPA).
• 54 habitats, 12 of which are priority habitats. A habitat is an ecological unit that is more or less autonomous, i.e. capable of sustaining itself and self-regulating, adapting to changes in the environment.