European project LIFE FAGESOS

Saveguarding Mediterranean forests from oak decline and ink disease

The Origin

Problems to be faced

Project Goals

Main actions

Expected Results and Impacts

Partnership

Italy

Comune di Monte San Biagio, Lazio:

coordinates the project; coordinates the analysis of socio-economic impacts; carries out local information and awareness raising activities; and provide for dissemination at national level.

Ente Parco Naturale Regionale dei Monti Ausoni e Lago di Fondi, Lazio:

carries out the interventions established in the IPM protocols in the cork oak forests of its park; creates a nursery for the reproduction of resistant seeds; and carries out local and national communication and dissemination activities.

Regione Lazio:

supports the activities of the Regional Nature Park of Monti Ausoni & Lago di Fondi and strengthens dissemination and skills transfer activities also through its website dedicated to the fruition of parks in Lazio.

Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Lazio:

carries out mesocosm experiments related to chestnut; coordinates and monitors the implementation of IPM protocols in Lazio and supervises such work at a transnational level; coordinates the tests with the drone application of p-phosphonate on chestnut trees; carries out knowledge transfer activities to sector technicians in Italy and disseminates results at national and international level.

Comune di Canepina, Lazio:

promotes, coordinates and monitors the interventions established in the IPM protocols in the chestnut groves of its territory and carries out local communication and dissemination activities.

Comune di Vallerano, Lazio:

promotes, coordinates and monitors the interventions established in the IPM protocols in the chestnut groves of its territory and carries out local communication and dissemination activities.

Società Agricola Monte Arcosu Srl, Sardenia:

promotes, coordinates and monitors the interventions established in the IPM protocols in the chestnut groves of its territory and carries out local communication and dissemination activities.

Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sardenia:

coordinates the mesocosm experiments and performs those related to cork; coordinates and monitors the implementation of integrated protocols in Sardinia; carries out knowledge transfer activities to sector technicians in Italy and disseminates results at national and international level.

Portugal

Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Centro:

promotes and coordinates the implementation of IPR protocols in the selected areas in the Municipality of Trancoso and monitors the results; provides for knowledge transfer to sector technicians in Portugal, and local, national and international dissemination.

Spain

La Almoraima SA SME, Andalusia:

implements and monitors the interventions established in the IPM protocols in the company’s dehesas and carries out local and national dissemination activities.

Universidad de Cordoba, Andalusia:

coordinates and participates in the development of the FAGESOS-GIS; carries out mesocosm experiments related to holm oak; coordinates and monitors the implementation of integrated protocols in Andalusia; provides for knowledge transfer to sector technicians in Spain and disseminates results at national and international level; coordinates the monitoring and evaluation of results and impacts.

Centro De Investigaciones Aplicadas Al Desarrollo Agroforestal, Andalusia:

collaborates in the development of the FAGESOS-GIS by providing mapping services based on remote sensing and modeling of biological processes; disseminates the results among potential future users of risk monitoring and risk analysis systems; and develops a plan for future commercialization.

Agrotecnologias Naturales SL, Catalunia:

develops microorganisms dedicated to the fight against Phytophtphora, reproduces them for use in the areas covered by the project’s IPM protocols; disseminates the results among potential future buyers; and develops a business plan for their future market introduction.