Actions and means involved
1.
Construction of a governance system (Pact for Biodiversity) in the Agro Pontino
and in the North Region of Malta, for increasing the functionality and
ecological connectivity of the agricultural territory. The Pacts are the headquarters in which
elaborate and share tools and guidelines adopting a multistakeholder approach
to support the rural areas management in order to improve the ecosystem
regulation and maintenance services. The Pact will involve public and private
entities operating in the management and implementation of agricultural
policies, as well as Local Authorities and Managers of areas of high natural
value. Through the identification of specific criteria and tools, GREENCHANGE
intends to provide a widely shared contribution at territorial level for the
integration of the ecological aspects into the Rural Development Programs (RDP)
in force and for the new planning 2021/2027.
2. Planning and implementation of green
infrastructures in agriculture through the direct involvement of entrepreneurs.
The demonstration interventions are aimed at experimenting techniques and
methods of intervention to optimize the yield in terms of production quality,
biodiversity conservation and supply of services by the agroecosystems.
In Agro Pontino, the actions will set up a direct contribution to the implementation of the Provincial Ecological Network Plan in wet and agricultural environments.
3. Implementation of awareness-raising,
communication and support activities that stimulate entrepreneurs and their
representatives to work for the mitigation of the environmental impacts and in
strengthening the services provided by agro-ecosystems (app for business
planning, information desk and training and laboratory activities for increase
the ability to access CAP funds for ecological-environmental purposes). Communication
tools will be built through continuous sharing with entrepreneurs to maximize
their potential use.
4. Construction of pathways for
transferring the GREENCHANGE model at national level, and in the EU and MED
area countries. The networking and dissemination actions are designed to
build a network that is primarily at the Mediterranean level (AGRIMED PACT)
that groups the partnerships working on issues related to the ecological
functionality of agroecosystems as an environment advantageous to the promotion
of transferring the GREENCHANGE intervention model.
List of all proposed actions
- A. Preparatory actions, elaboration of management plans and/or of action plans
- C. Conservation actions
- C1 – The Biodiversity Pact: increasing the functionality and ecological connectivity of rural areas
- C2 – Orienting and training farmers to enhance ES in rural areas
- C3 – Environmental Restoration of the wet ecosystem along the Ufente river
- C4 – Improvement of ecological functionality and increase of biodiversity in the “Giardino di Ninfa” Natural Monument – Pantanello area
- C5 – Construction of green infrastructures in the Gelasio Caetani farm
- C6 – Restoration of the Cicerchia and Allacciante channels
- C7 – Environmental requalification in livestock farms
- C8 – Renewal and management of linear ecological connections: windbreaks
- C9 – Linear ecological connections, rubble walls and wildflower strips in the rural areas of Ghadira and Chadwick Lakes
- D. Monitoring of the impact of the project actions
- E. Public awareness and dissemination of results
- F. Project management