B.I.A.P. Biodiversity and Anthropogenic Impact in the Parthenium Park.

Staff

05/12/2025

Project sheet

The project introduces entirely new monitoring techniques for Parthenio Park, bringing innovation to an area where these practices have not yet been applied. In addition, the approach of training people from outside the Park to enhance citizen science could generate significant impact by expanding community involvement and improving the quality of the data collected.

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Project name

B.I.A.P. Biodiversity and Anthropogenic Impact in the Parthenium Park.

Duration

15 months

Location

Partenio Regional Park

Responsible organisation

NBFC

Partners

Institute of Wildlife Management aps

Index

Goals Stakeholders involved Main expected results Dissemination results

Goals

B.I.A.P. has two complementary tracks, combining field research and active community participation:

Environmental monitoring: the conservation status of the habitats in the SAC and the condition of the most representative species are checked, while assessing the impact of human activities on the area. Careful and ongoing work that is essential to understanding how ecosystems are changing and what pressures they are experiencing.
Didactics and on communication. Area associations will be involved in forming “expert based” groups capable of collecting data during treks and excursions. Schools will participate through citizen science activities, expanding monitoring capacity especially with respect to anthropogenic impacts.
To complete the journey, a popular document made up of video interviews and storytelling will tell the story of the project in an accessible way, turning the scientific results into a shared story that everyone can understand.

Stakeholders involved

The B.I.A.P. project involves a diverse network of stakeholders, each with a key role in land protection and enhancement. Private associations bring expertise and resources, while hiking associations become a direct bridge between monitoring and responsible enjoyment of the environment. Schools represent the educational heart of the project, training new generations in the knowledge and care of the territory. Finally, local governments provide institutional support and strategic vision, making effective and lasting collaboration possible.

“Collapsing sinkhole” structure typical of karstification in the Parthenium Park. Sabatino R. Troisi

Main expected results

Through the B.I.A.P project, the aim is to generate concrete and lasting results for the protection of the Parthenio Park. The first goal is the creation of a permanent monitoring network, capable of extending not only to the protected area (14,870 hectares) but also to the entire SAC, thus expanding the capacity for observation and intervention. In parallel, new technological protocols will be developed and tested, innovative tools designed to adapt to the Park’s characteristics and easily exportable elsewhere.

Data collection will produce up-to-date information on biodiversity, made available through digital platforms accessible to all. Finally, the project aims to raise public awareness of the value of Parthenio’s natural resources, bringing citizens, students and visitors closer to the knowledge of a heritage that deserves to be understood and protected.

Dissemination results

The dissemination and replicability of the results is one of the strengths of the project.
As for monitoring, the data collected will be made easily accessible through digital tools, while the protocols developed-from the use of environmental DNA to bioacoustics-can also be adopted in other contexts, facilitating modern, standardized monitoring.

On the educational and communication front, the training aimed at citizens and students will leave a lasting legacy: knowledge, awareness and sensitivity that will enter their cultural background and continue to support, over time, the protection of the area’s biodiversity.

Evocative aerial view of the typical morphology of the Partenio massif. The photo highlights the color contrast between the deep green of the forest and the warm tones of the light at sunset. Francesco Rinaldi

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