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Final meeting of the LIFE4FIR project – 13 November 2024

Final Meeting held on November 13, 2024, in the premises of the Municipality of Polizzi Generosa, with the participation of the project advisor, Dr. Manuela Osmi and the project monitor Dr. Alberto Cozzi. The meeting was aimed at thoroughly presenting the results obtained by the project and the tools developed for the conservation of Abies nebrodensis. In the same week (November 11-15) visits to the intervention sites, in particular to the 10 reforestation plots just completed, the clonal orchard, the cryobank and the seed bank made it possible to show the implementation of all the actions as reported in the GA.

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Final workshop of the LIFE4FIR project – Florence, 3 December 2024

Final workshop on ‘Abies nebrodensis: saving a species, protecting biodiversity’, held on 3 December 2024 at the Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence. The event, organized at the end of the project, was aimed at presenting the tools developed and the results obtained by the project, evaluate their impact on the conservation of Abies nebrodensis and promote the importance of biodiversity and its conservation.

 

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LIFE4FIR within the framework of the ‘Seminars of the CREA Research Centre for Horticulture and Floriculture’ – 29 May 2024

Online seminar by Barberini and Danti on ‘Measures to counteract genetic ersosion and endogamy in endangered species: the Abies nebrodensis case study’ has been scheduled for the May 29th 2024 within the ‘I seminari del CREA Centro di Ricerca Orticoltura e Florovivaismo’ for the formation of PhD students, research fellows and post-doc.

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Setting up the clonal orchard

In the ‘Piano Noce’ forest nursery, the clonal orchard was set up with the aim of conserving the A. nebrodensis population’s germplasm and promoting the production of improved seed in the future, since the grafted plants grow close one another and are able to crossbreed when they reach fertility. All 30 trees of the natural population are represented in the orchard, propagated by grafting, following an optimized protocol.

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Completion of the reforestation nuclei

In November 2024, the setting up of the 10 reforestation nuclei of Abies nebrodensis within the Madonie Park was completed. After the first two plots, set up in April 2023 in the Favarotti and Mandarini sites, the remaining plots were completed in the Case Prato, Sanguisughe, Quacella, Piano Formaggio, Savochella, Fegotti, Pantano, Serra Arcia sites. The new plantations were created between 750 and 1610 m elevation a.s.l., taking into account the ecological characteristics of Abies nebrodensis. A total of 3500 selected seedlings were planted with the aim of promoting the re-diffusion and dynamism of the population.