Monitoring of the Running Waters started today!
Globally, surface freshwater habitats account for only 1% of the Earth’s total surface. However, they contain 10% of our biodiversity and are also essential for the survival of the vast…
ONLINE Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Halyomorpha halys, an invasive species in South Tyrol- from the first findings to a sustainable regulation possibility.
The colloquium will take place ONLINE on March 10 at 6:00 pm. In recent decades, the number of introductions of alien invasive species has been steadily increasing. The brown marmorated…
Project Video now online!
What exactly do we survey in the terrestrial part of the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol? How do our surveys work? Where in the province do we survey and in which…
ONLINE Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Botanical Documentation and Research at the Museum of Nature South Tyrol
The Colloquium will take place on February 10th at 6pm ONLINE. South Tyrol has a long botanical tradition. Thanks to the great achievements of Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre and Ludwig…
2 February: World Wetland Day and 50 years of the Ramsar Convention
Today, 2 February, is World Wetland Day, the international day for wetland habitats. The day was chosen because the Ramsar Convention, signed in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on 2…
ONLINE Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol, Review of the first two survey seasons
The Colloquium will take place on January 13th at 6pm ONLINE. On the initiative of the South Tyrolean government, Eurac Research started the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol in 2019, in collaboration…
Extensive meadows and pastures: last habitats for threatened bird species
In recent decades, the number of bird species that are tied to extensive meadows and pastures has declined significantly. Some of them have even disappeared altogether. In 2020, experts from…
International Mountain Day themed Biodiversity: Mountain ecosystems of exceptional importance
On the occasion of the International Mountain Day (11 December), the Alpine Association South Tyrol (AVS), together with the Center for Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) and the Biodiversity Monitoring…
The woodland brown: extinct in South Tyrol?
The woodland brown butterfly, which is endangered throughout Europe, has not been recorded in South Tyrol for 20 years. In a special project of the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol, a…
ONLINE Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: The ecological niche 2.0: movements and constraints of animals in the anthropocene
The Colloquium will take place on November 11th at 6pm ONLINE. Animals are distributed in space not by chance, but to acquire resources and to carry out interactions with other…