04/10/2013 - Publication of the LIFE XERO-GRAZING website
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Since the first of July of 2013 has started the Project LIFE12 NAT/IT/000818 XERO-GRAZING Semi-natural dry-grassland conservation and restoration in Valle Susa through grazing management. The project has a duration of five years (2013-2018).
The project is developed by Ente di gestione delle Aree Protette delle Alpi Cozie (coordinator), Bussoleno and Mompantero councils (Turin), University of Turin (Department of Agricultural Sciences, Forestry and Food and Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology) and Dream. Italia soc. coop. Agr. For. Its purpose is the conservation and the restoration of priority habitat 6210* (Seminatural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates, important orchid sites), within a representative pastoral area of the SCI IT1110030 “Oasi xerotermiche della Valle di Susa - Orrido di Chianocco e Foresto” (Province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy).
The project aims to technically define and implement actions for the conservation and restoration of significant portions of the habitat. As a result, the project will be able to produce technical notes that the Ente di gestione delle Aree Protette delle Alpi Cozie (and other SCI areas) could apply to ensure a sustainable and long-term management of the habitat. In particular, the project aims:
-To restore shrub and tree-encroached areas through actions of mechanical clearing and cutting;
-To define technical notes for a rational and conservative grazing management of the habitat and to apply them in particular areas that are property of the Bussoleno and Mompantero councils trough the establishment of the infrastructure needed for grazing (fencing, water points), the purchase of 150 sheep by Ente di gestione delle Aree Protette delle Alpi Cozie and the recovery of service trails;
-To develop the touristic and participative values of the area, increasing the awareness on the use of natural resources, thanks to the provision of an educational itinerary;
-To maintain the long-term management, even after project conclusion.
