Last updated: October 2021
The BEIGUA LIFE Project focused on the development and implementation of six management plans, one for each of the priority habitat types present at the site, to safeguard and restore these endangered habitats located right outside of Genova. Several activities of soil rehabilitation were carried out through planting native species and keeping under control invasive plant species. An awareness raising campaign was held to involve local communities as well (1).
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Other
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Soil quality improvement
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Economic development: agriculture
- Tourism support
- Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Preservation of natural heritage
- Preservation of historic traditions
Focus
Protection of natural ecosystems, Knowledge creation and awareness raising, Monitoring and maintenance of habitats and/or biodiversity
Project objectives
Goals of the intervention were:
- to protect and enhance the biodiversity values of habitats and species present in the area,
- to develop and maintain species belonging to spontaneous flora according to natural dynamism,
- to preserve the land and to defend the soil from hydrogeological and fire fires, and
- to promote a more balanced relationship between human and territorial actions, encouraging the development of compatible socio-economic activities like animal herding and tourism (2).
Implementation activities
"Among the measures foreseen there was the restoration of the Monte Beigua regional park’s tracks, which were to act as firebreaks, and constant surveillance in order to prevent wildfires and to hinder their propagation. Erosion of the meadows was to be tackled by planting local varieties of shrub and sowing native grasses, which would have stabilised the subsoil. The calcareous mires would have been preserved by regular mowing to block the dynamics of their natural succession. Invading species were to be eliminated from the dry heaths to favour the re-growth of the typical vegetation. Finally, accurate management of grazing would have helped to reduce the negative effects of excessive stocking densities" (1).
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect and enhance urban habitats
- Preserve and strengthen existing habitats and ecosystems
- Reduce negative impacts and avoid the alteration/damage of ecosystem
- Protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect native species
- Undertake specific measures to protect valued species
- Control and clean invasive alien species
- Means for conservation governance
- Raise public awareness
- Protect and apply traditional knowledge and conservation practices
Main beneficiaries
- Non-government organisation/Civil Society
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
- Other
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Non-government organisation/civil society
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Dissemination of information and education
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The Italian League for the Protection of Birds (LIPU) is a national NGO founded in 1965 and the coordinator of the project in partnership with Ente Parco Beigua-IT (1).
The project mentions NBS as part of the implementation activities in line with the goals of the EU LIFE Project (1, 2 and 3).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Yes
(Nature protection and Biodiversity
Directive 79/409 - Conservation of wild birds (02.04.1979)
Directive 92/43 - Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora- Habitats Directive)
... a national policy or strategy?
Yes
(Law n. 157 of 11th February 1992 (http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/direttiva-uccelli).)
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
€500,000 - €2,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- EU funds
- Public regional budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
- Reduced biodiversity loss
- Increased number of species present
- Increased protection of threatened species
- Improved prevention or control of invasive alien species
- Other
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Increased awareness of flora and fauna as culturally and historically meaningful
- Increased appreciation for natural spaces
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
- Increased awareness of NBS and their benefits
- Other
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
Yes
References
1. Source link (2000), Beigua - Beigua : urgent interventions for priority grasslands, Available at Source link (Accessed 4-9-2020)
2. Parco Beiuga (no date), NBS official website, Available at Source link (Accessed 4-9-2020)
3. Ministero dell’Ambiente, LIFE publication, Available at Source link (Accessed 4-9-2020)
4. LIPU Italia, Official website, Available at Source link (Accessed 4-9-2020)
2. Parco Beiuga (no date), NBS official website, Available at Source link (Accessed 4-9-2020)
3. Ministero dell’Ambiente, LIFE publication, Available at Source link (Accessed 4-9-2020)
4. LIPU Italia, Official website, Available at Source link (Accessed 4-9-2020)
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