E.5 – IRFEN

Progetto LIFE NAT/IT/000093 «ECORICE»Le risaie del vercellese: programma integrato per la riqualificazione ambientale e la

gestione sostenibile dell’agroecosistema risicolo

Con il patrocinio di: Francesco Pellicciari

MINISTERO DELL’AMBIENTEE DELLA TUTELA DEL TERRITORIO E DEL MARE

MINISTERO DELLE POLITICHE AGRICOLEALIMENTARI E FORESTALI

C. Lenti, Foto Archivio P.F.Po vc-al

International WORKSHOP – 21/6/2013 Vercelli

International networking

International Networking: Why

E.5 International NetworkingInternational WORKSHOP – 21/06/2013 Francesco Pellicciari

CountryCountry's rice field

TRF (ha)N2K (%)

France 37013.61 65.30

Spain 144641.05 37.16

Italy 286369.19 12.60

Hungary 11205.37 2.43

Romania 6864.96 9.73

Portugal 52823.61 29.87

Greece to identify

Bulgaria to identify

• LIFE+ ECO-RICE project was requested by EC to carry out a networking action• All across Europe, rice farming is playing a main role with regards to several habitats and species protected by the Birds and Habitats Directives, mainly referring to water related habitats and species• Is there room to achieve added value at EU level by acting as a network?

International Networking: What is

E.5 International NetworkingInternational WORKSHOP – 21/06/2013 Francesco Pellicciari

An attempt to start up a EU level network of subjects involved with management of rice farming and biodiversity conservation

The action target is to define a shared action plan to valorize the relationship between rice farming and biodiversity

conservation within Natura 2000 areas An opportunity to test the viability of future collaboration between different local EU “systems” working together to improve the role of farmers in biodiversity conservationMain issues:

define clear conservation objectives at the wider scale possible; to work with the best scientific evidence available; to learn from best management practice involving experts, and farmers

amongst them, in design; to define regionally adapted measures

International Networking: What have we done

E.5 International NetworkingInternational WORKSHOP – 21/06/2013 Francesco Pellicciari

Set up the staffSearch for “partners”: connection with EU-RICE projectMet some stakeholders: Ribatejo (P), Albufera (E), Axios (H), Maritza district (BG)Presented our local criticalities’ matrix

main topics, proposed for discussion by Provincia di Vercelli, concernedwater cycle management, treatment of rice antagonist, stubble management, agricultural landscape elements, canal and embankment management and exotic species management.

Discussed it

International Networking: What we got

E.5 International NetworkingInternational WORKSHOP – 21/06/2013 Francesco Pellicciari

•Results of Guglielmina meeting• Guests presented the local features of their areas• EU Rice-fields are hosting several water birds (herons, ducks, waders) and

habitats• rice farming practice differs quite significantly

•What we learnt• It is almost impossible to adopt the same “guidelines” at the EU level• Rice farming is truly connected with the conservation of several habitat

and species of EU interest• An EU common action would better start as general and focus on certain

“processes”• We needed informations on a wider set of subjects to define the contexts

(that’s why we asked you to fill the data sheets)•Did they make sense to you?

International Networking: What we wish for our future

E.5 International NetworkingInternational WORKSHOP – 21/06/2013 Francesco Pellicciari

•Expected results of this action• We would like to end up this action with a common action plan.• This is meant to identify objectives and lines of action worth of being

pursued by an EU network (for example: how to monitor biodiversity in agro-ecosystem, how to design measures for conservation, how to increase the farm competitiveness through biodiversity conservation…)

• Such document will be sent to EC as a project deliverable.

•Future steps toward EU cooperation• Such a document could be the basis for future collaboration between

partners: we met by a Citizenship project (EU-RICE), started to talk through a LIFEone (ECO-RICE). • We would like to become friends and get better together: maybe an

INTERREG 2014-2020?

International Networking: today's work

E.5 International NetworkingInternational WORKSHOP – 21/06/2013 Francesco Pellicciari

•Building up a shared vision• Our methodology• 4 focus areas

• Agriculture (what farmers can do to improve biodiversity? what they want in turn?)

• Environment (what’s the state of the art of science? indicators, monitoring, environmental/landscape typologies to pursue);

• Governance (how is it possible to improve the design & implementation of public policies?)

• Rural Development (how biodiversity could play as an added value?)• The logical framework : Priorities>Expected results>Actions

International Networking: today's work

E.5 International NetworkingInternational WORKSHOP – 21/06/2013 Francesco Pellicciari

•Building up a shared vision• The tools: we will work with posters and post-it (7-words), trying to connect

priorities with actions• The schedule:

• Context analysis (Pavia University & Guest contributions) 100 mins• Check up 60 mins

• Lunch break• Discussion 120 mins• Conclusions by Project Manager/Pavia Univ. 30 mins

•Next months:• Draft of a document• Osservations by network partners• Draft of the shared action plan