ACTIONS
A: Preparatory Actions
- detailed operating projects and technical drawings for concrete conservations actions working out and external companies selection. Project committees establishment
- EIAs documents elaboration, development and application to obtain final authorizations
B: Land Purchase
- purchase of 268.300 sq. mtrs of wetland
- purchase of 96.100 sq. mtrs of reedbeds
- purchase of 295.000 sq. mtrs of land surrounding wetland
C: Conservation Actions
- building 11,4 kilometers of fence to protect most sensitive areas
- illegal garbage dumps reclaim through removal and legal disposal of 230 cubic meters of non-hazardous garbage and 12.400 kg of special waste
- habitat restoring and breeding niches creation for target species on an overall area of 238 hectares of wetland and reedbed
- restoring and creation of a wide range of habitats and niches for migration stop-over and breeding of many species of Waders, Herons, Terns and Gulls
- Marbled duck restocking with release of 60 specimens and installation of 30 GPS devices to track migratory movements
D: Monitoring of the impact of the project actions
- Monitoring the number of actual breeding pairs of Marbled duck, Ferruginous duck and Purple swamp-hen
- Monitoring the number of actual wintering specimens of Marbled duck, Ferruginous duck and Bittern
- Assessing socio-economic impact of the project on local context
- Assessing ecosystem functions restoration as a consequence of project implementation
E: Public awareness and dissemination of results
- 10 meetings with local communities members and 15 guided visits within the project area
- 50 guided visits for school classrooms
- Information notice boards on project actions and target species
- Networking with other LIFE and non LIFE projects focused on the same target species
- Project’s transferability plan and development of a replication pack in suitable locations in Sicily and Southern Italy
- elaborazione di un piano per la replicabilità delle azioni di conservazione in altri contesti idonei in Sicilia e nel sud Italia
F: Project Management
- Overall project management
- Post-LIFE management plan for the continuation of concrete conservation actions after LIFE project end
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