Through the LIFE programme, the European Commission funds member states in order to start projects that safeguard nature, the environment and biodiversity.

The park has been successfully participating in LIFE’s projects for years, and the technicians that follow them have made a lot of experience on environmental matters through the years; experience that continues to serve them well in their daily work.

The Ticino’s park represents a key area for biodiversity in Northern Italy, the Mediterranean and the Alps. Nowadays it’s the most important ecologic corridor capable to link Appennines and Alps, allowing many species to move to the north or south. The project to preserve and improve this function has identified 15 target species that belong to different faunal groups, from insects, to vertebrates…