City Nature Challenge 2022
This is the question at stake from Friday, April 29th to Monday, May 2nd, 2022 in the “City Nature Challenge“, which is being organized again this year by the Museum of Nature…
Join in! Surveys of grassland birds and co.
Bird species that are tied to meadows, pastures and other open agricultural areas are among the most threatened species in South Tyrol. In order to be able to protect them…
Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Bats in the city – our nocturnal co-inhabitants
The lecture is about urban bats and why some species are more successful in cities than others. Furthermore the lecture will deal with the human-animal-nature-relationships in cities, with the question…
Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Go where the… ice takes you: stories of insects in high altitude environments
Insects react sensitively to climate change and studying them helps us to understand the impact of global warming on the biodiversity of the Alps. Mauro Gobbi will guide us through…
Biodiversity and forest management – study within the COST Action “Bottoms-UP”
Project description and objectives Approximately half of the area of South Tyrol is covered by forest, which provides important ecosystem services. In addition to their protective function against avalanches, rockfalls…
New edition of the habitat list of South Tyrol
Project description and objectives In 2007, a working team led by Susanne Wallnöfer (University of Innsbruck) published a checklist of habitat types that were previously known or most likely to…
Save the date: Symposium on the inner-Alpine dry meadows of the Terra Raetica
Taking place on 6th of May 2022 in Schlanders/Silandro. Registration for the conference is mandatory. Please register following this link: Lebendige Steppe – Die inneralpinen Trockenrasen im Vinschgau und in…
Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Rivers of science
The mountains, the “water towers” of our planet, directly contribute to the quality of life of about 2 billion people, which corresponds to 25% of the world’s population. This is…
Competence building in the field of wild bee research in South Tyrol
Project description and objectives Wild bees, i.e. all wild bee species, with the exception of the domesticated honey bee, are an excellent indicator group for intact cultural landscapes and assume…
On the search of grassland-birds
Project description and objectives Bird species that are bound to extensive meadows and pastures are particularly endangered worldwide, and so also in South Tyrol. In order to protect them in…