Within the project LIFE PERDIX (http://www.lifeperdix.eu/) next Thursday 2 December 2021, at 16.30 pm, an on-line event entitled "The reintroduction of the Italian Gray Partridge in the Mezzano Valley: the first results" will take place. The Mezzano Valley, in the Po Delta of Emilia-Romagna, is an area today almost exclusively with an agricultural vocation, devoid of inhabited areas as it is the subject of one of the most recent reclamations. Also for this reason it is the area chosen for the reintroduction of the Gray partridge (Perdix perdix italica) - main objective of the LIFE Perdix project - a species that until recently had been considered extinct in nature.
With the appointment of 2 December we intend to take stock of the progress of the activities of the LIFE Perdix project and the upcoming safeguard actions. The meeting will also be an opportunity to analyze the first positive results after the installation of the fences and the placing of 750 specimens carried out in the summer of 2021 in the Mezzano Valley. Moderated by Nino Morabito of Legambiente, all the project partners will illustrate the activities they have carried out.
Daniel Tramontana of Federcaccia it will present the characteristics of the aviaries and enclosures that house and facilitate the reintroduction of the first specimens in nature; Francesco Riga of ISPRA will detail the first results regarding the results of the reintroduction of the first specimens monitored from last summer to today; Giancarlo Papitto of the Forestry Carabinieri will illustrate the actions of refinement and selection of couples in view of the next breeding season which will be followed by the second reintroduction in the summer of 2022; Anna Gavioli of the Po Delta Park will exhibit the environmental education and eco-tourism activities carried out so far and those in the future to spread the knowledge of Gray partridge and the importance of this species for the Po Delta area.
Participating is simple! Just register for the online event at this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1572956255783558160. Upon registration, everyone will be able to ask questions and propose discussion stimuli relating to the theme of the meeting or to the LIFE Perdix project. The most recurring and pertinent questions are asked to the speakers during the online meeting on December 2nd, all will be guaranteed an answer by e-mail.