Biodiversity and protected areas

Notice - Started the process for the adaptation of the Conservation Objectives and Measures of Special Areas of Conservation, protected areas that are part of the Natura 2000 European ecological network.

New edition of the training course dedicated to collecting data on dragonflies within the Natura 2000 Network.
The course (the first of a new series) intends to offer an introduction to the invertebrate species of greatest conservation interest for the provincial territory. Participants will be provided with notions of their ecology and how to recognise them, as well as guidance on how to contribute to data collection.

The track through the protected natural area is widened and upgraded

2025 is the International Year of Glacier Conservation, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, with the aim of raising society's awareness of the essential role of glaciers in the global climate and hydrological system.
From March to October, an extensive programme of events is organised in Trentino, including exhibitions, educational workshops, theme days, conferences on the results of scientific research and shows to get to know the world of glaciers and understand their value for our future.

In order to counter the drastic decline in the crayfish population in Valsugana, after a feasibility study conducted by researcher Maria Cristina Bruno of the Edmund Mach Foundation, 60 crayfish were translocated from the Rio Laguna di Grigno to the biotope Palude di Roncegno.
Translocation is an effective tool for the conservation of endangered species, consisting in moving part of a population to a suitable place to colonise.
The intervention is part of the NatConnect2030 project.

Experts surveyed a brood in Val di Rabbi, in the Stelvio National Park. One of the young took its first flight on 16 July.
Extinct in the Alps in the 1930s, the bearded vulture was the subject of a reintroduction project in the Alpine arc in the 1990s - 2000s, which the Stelvio National Park also joined with the release of young bearded vultures from zoos. Twenty years ago, in a nest in the Braulio Valley, Stelvio was born, the first wild bearded vulture to be born in Italy and the second ever in the European Alps.

In order to counter the drastic decline in the crayfish population in Valsugana, after a feasibility study conducted by researcher Maria Cristina Bruno of the Edmund Mach Foundation, 60 crayfish were translocated from the Rio Laguna di Grigno to the biotope Palude di Roncegno.
Translocation is an effective tool for the conservation of endangered species, consisting in moving part of a population to a suitable place to colonise.
The intervention is part of the NatConnect2030 project.

Among all the activities planned in Trentino in the LIFE NatConnect2030 project, actions are already underway to improve the conservation status of the crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) population and its habitat.
This is an autochthonous crustacean that lives in the watercourses and lakes of Trentino and plays a very important role in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem in which it lives.

We have begun an initial study on the protection areas for bats, of which some species are particularly protected (they fall under Annex II of the Habitats Directive).
Two very important breeding sites have been identified, the Mezzolombardo anti-aircraft shelter and the Forte Alto di Mattarello, where actions are planned to limit the disturbance caused by unwanted access, as well as cleaning and restoration of fences and gates.