The partners of the project Desert Adapt will visit other EU and spanish projects to learn from others experience and to exchange ideas and views on sustainable land management in ecosystems under climate change risk and strong anthropic pressures. 

26th February: Visit at Casablanca site, part of the LIFE Montado Project (https://www.lifemontadoadapt.com/) with the owner  Enrique Vega. Casablanca farm (http://dehesando.com)

27 February I vist: Campete farm, part of Agriadapt Life project (https://agriadapt.eu/) with the owner Alfonso García and project coordinator Laura García.  (+info: http://www.wagyuiberico.com)

27 February II visit:  Project site of Mosaico project in Villasbuenas municipality with the owner Luis Mariano García and project coordinator Fernando Pulido. +info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGCus3kuB4 (min 1:40) +info: https://www.mosaicoextremadura.es

 2nd Steering Committee Meeting of Desert-Adapt

Plasencia, 26th February

Hosted by Universidad de Extremadura

8.30 -12.30 at Venue: Centro Universitario de Plasencia, Avenida Virgen del Puerto, 2

LIFE DESERT ADAPT EXPERTS WILL HELD TRAINING COURSES ON

Biodiversity and agriculture (Tommaso Lamantia and Rafael da Siveira Bueno, University of Palermo, IT)

Biodiversity indicators (Paola Quatrini and Gabriella Lo Verde from University of Palermo, IT)

Micorrhizae (Paola Quatrini, University of Palermo, IT)

Growing aids (Alice Nunes, Faculdade de Ciencia da Universidade de Lisboa, PT)

Course of formation on

DESERTIFICATION INDICATORS held by Carlos Machado, FSCH Nova University of Lisbon

BIOMASS & CARBON held by           Fernando Pulido University of Extremadura

Where?

PORTUGAL – 26/11/18 at ADPM Mertola ->get program 

SPAIN – 27/11/18 at Municipality of Hoyos ->get program 

ITALY – 29/11/18 at REAM srl Caltanisetta ->get program

Fifth training course of Desert-Adapt 

"DESERTIFICATION ADAPTATION MEASURES: Training in depth"

held by Forest Service Group (NL) 

Mértola (PT) 27th September 2018 at ADPM headquarters, in the field at Monte do Vento

Hoyos (SP), 28th September 2018 at Casa de Cultura de Hoyos, in the field at Mosaico project sites

Caltagirone (IT) 1st October 2018 at Azienda Agricola Caudarella di Michele Russo, Azienda il Giardino delle Belle

NEW COURSES ON

"WORKING WITH SOIL"

"HYDROLOGY"

held by experts of Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (IT) at

Mértola, Portugal, 6th September 2018  ADPM headquarters

Hoyos, Spain, 7th September 2018, Casa de Cultura de Hoyos

Palermo, Italia 11 September 2018 Dipartimento STEBICEF  (Viale delle Scienze Edif.16)