RETI fra Adda e Brembo

This report presents a two-year project started in 2011 and promoted by 20 municipalities of the middle and upper lowlands of Bergamo and by the Plis Basso Brembo Park. The project was co-financed by the Cariplo Foundation. The aim of this work is to propose an ecological network between the rivers of Brembo and Adda and the Monte Canto mountain. A bio-indicator approach was used to reshape the ecological network. A pool of focal species (vascular plants, amphibians, reptiles and birds) was selected to measure environmental richness and quality. The result is a local ecological network, called R.E.T.I., that identifies the main functional ecological elements (core areas, corridors, ecomosaics) and the most critical areas. Plans for 32 critical spots have been finally realized.