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servation service of Trento Autonomous Province (PAT), Wildlife service of PAT, Trento
municipality, Parco naturale Adamello-Brenta, Parco nazionale dello stelvio, Parco
naturale di Paneveggio - Pale di san Martino, and Agenzia Provinciale per la Protezione
dell’Ambiente), which are all stakeholders using the Museum research results to
orient land use planning. Programme 2 includes publication of results on scientific
journals, popular science magazine and technical reports. it supports the organization
of conferences, public seminars, temporal exhibits, and school practical lessons.
The Programme currently includes 15 projects and it overall involves the Geology
and Vertebrate zoology sections, and to a less extent invertebrate zoology and
Botany sections.
Programme 3r
Plant conservation:
seedbanking and Plant translocation
The ex situ plant conservation and translocation Programme focuses on seed collection
in the wild, their long term conservation, germination, propagation, plant reintroduction
and reinforcement. This action is particularly relevant for narrow endemics
and threatened species. These activities are complementary to the expertise
present in the other research centres present in Trentino, such as the plant distribution
mapping project carried out at Rovereto museum, the genetic investigations
Programme at FeM-environment, the in situ conservation and monitoring actions
carried out by the protected areas. in an integrated vision all these actions put together
will lay the foundations for an integrated strategy for plant conservation in
Trentino, capable to deliver management plans and mitigation tools to mend negative
impacts on flora and vegetations caused by human activities. These activities
are consistent with the key international conventions and agreements in this area
such as art. 8 & 9 of the cBd; target 8 of the GsPc, target 2.5 of the ePcs, the Bern
convention, the habitat directive. Mds plant conservation unit plays a key role on a
national level, providing the secretariat of the italian network for seed conservation
and is involved in international networks.
Programme 4r
troPical biodiversity
The research programmes
The research is generally aimed at determining the diversity, evolutionary patterns,
ecological adaptations and at promoting the conservation of biodiversity-rich areas in
eastern Africa, especially the mountain rainforests of Tanzania, with a marked target
on the vertebrates. This area is led by the Tropical Biodiversity section that has been
established in 2008. Museum researchers were however involved since before on zoological
inventories and ecological research in Tanzania. The activities originated in 2004
a coordinated Programme integrating research and applied conservation with the latter
component being especially developed in the udzungwa Mountains, one of the most
important sites in Africa for biodiversity conservation. here Trento Museum established
the udzungwa ecological Monitoring centre, a field station annexed to the udzungwa
Mountains national Park and dedicated to enhancing ecological monitoring and supporting
local and international researchers. scientific and applied research moves from
inventories of vertebrates in poorly known forests, population and ecology studies on
forest mammals especially primates and ungulates, diversity and biogeography of amphibians
and reptiles. conservation-relevant results are used to provide technical support
to local stakeholders for enhancing protection of these sites.
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