TRANSFOrm BiodivNBS

How we miss sampling! Did you know that in the 1960s, Verona was the top province in Italy for cherry production?🍒 Today, cherry orchards are shrinking (1,300 ha) due to urbanization, vineyards and hill management issues; the system has evolved from mixed crops to specialized, high-density plots.📉🚜

First year of TRANSForm sampling in Italy done!🌞To better understand biodiversity, we tested various techniques: pan and pitfall traps for pollinators and carabids, Audiomoth to study birds, netting for targeted pollinator capture, topsoil cores for chemical-physical analysis, and eDNA extraction.🍒🌳

First sampling season of the TRASNFOrm project in Val Venosta/Vinschgau is done!🌳Our 10 sites are among the few traditional orchard meadows left in South Tyrol (IT), which have declined >90% since 1950s—a heritage worth conserving. #Vinschgau #OrchardMeadows #TRANSFOrmProject

This week, #TRANSFORM was presented at the IALE 2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress in Bratislava 🗺️

Eleonora Palmeri (University of Verona) introduced the project’s objectives, shared the planned activities, and highlighted the institutions involved in #TRANSFORM 🐝

Just back from the HUMANITA Summer School in Villach: an inspiring week on how European regions monitor tourism impacts in protected areas. Lots of useful insights for the TRANSFOrm project on agroforestry systems and nature-based solutions, plus valuable new connections!
Photo credits Grabner Urosh

!!! SUPER EXCITED !!!
We choose 3 types of fields:
- Abandoned 🌳
- Extensive 🌱
- Intermediate 🍒
for a total of 15 sites spread across the Verona’s hills!
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#italiansites #transform #traditionagrosystemservice

Excited to launch #TRANSFOrm! 🌱🍎
We’re revitalising Traditional Agroforestry Systems as Nature-based Solutions to:
🐝 Halt biodiversity loss
🌍 Tackle climate change
🥗 Support sustainable food & well-being
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