Regional Meeting on the role of Biosphere Reserves in the management and sustainable development of large river basins

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1 Regional Meeting on the role of Biosphere Reserves in the management and sustainable development of large river basins Collina Po: Una nuova alleanza fra città e campagna per uno sviluppo territoriale sostenibile M. Valle

2 COLLINA PO MAN AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE

3 COLLINA PO MAN AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE Total Area (ha): 171, ha Fourteen Core zones 1. Confluenza Po Maira 2. Lanca di San Michele 3. Oasi del Po Morto 4. Lanca di Santa Marta e Confluenza con il Banna 5. Molinello 6. Le Vallere 7. Meisino e Isolone Bertolla 8. Collina di Superga 9. Orco e Malone 10. Bosco del Vaj 11. Confluenza della Dora Baltea 12. Isolotto del Ritano 13. Isola dei salici 14. Mulino Vecchio. 85 municipalities involved

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5 LABORATORY FOR TESTING AND IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES The nomination becomes an opportunity to integrate the defence of natural resources and socio-economic development into a territory that unwinds along an urban river axis, with planning, design and management.

6 LABORATORY FOR TESTING AND IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES The proposed Reserve hopes to be a true laboratory of sustainability where the three zones involved core, buffer and transition cooperate and interact, each with its own special characteristics.

7 AN ALLIANCE WITH THE METROPOLITAN AREA

8 AN ALLIANCE WITH THE METROPOLITAN AREA Sustainable use of the territory: the nature fifteen minute walk from the center of Turin

9 AN ALLIANCE WITH THE AGRICOLTURAL AREA In the nominated reserve, agriculture is an important activity both in economic terms and in terms of territorial management. Of all production industries, agriculture is the one that has the closest links with the environment and therefore has an enormous influence on biodiversity and the landscape

10 AN ALLIANCE WITH THE AGRICOLTURAL AREA

11 AN ALLIANCE WITH THE ECONOMICAL SYSTEM

12 Sustainable management of the territory: from a territory used as quarry to a site of natural value AN ALLIANCE WITH THE ECONOMICAL SYSTEM

13 ACTION PLAN Action Plan : as an instrument for planning future actions to put into practice in the candidate territory. Four reference themes: 1. strategic policies for the candidate reserve 2. local projects 3. the governance model proposed for the management of the reserve 4.the monitoring plan proposed for the mab reserve

14 1. STRATEGIC POLICIES FOR THE CANDIDATE RESERVE

15 1. STRATEGIC POLICIES FOR THE CANDIDATE RESERVE The strategic policies referred to make up what can be described as the vision for the candidate Reserve. They represent what is expected of the Reserve s future and describe a purposely ambitious picture, in which nature, culture and fruition of the territory communicate and relation to one another, often according to a virtuous approach of mutual exchange. In some cases they are projects that are already active in the area, for which the continuation of the activities is expected, while in other cases, they are new projects, conceived with a view to making the objectives assumed for the candidate Reserve operational.

16 1. STRATEGIC POLICIES FOR THE CANDIDATE RESERVE 1. Conservation of nature 2. Strategic design on the territory 3. Activities linked to the Po dei Laghi Masterplan 4. Fruition of the Collina Torinese 5. Communication and territorial marketing project in relation to the principles behind the Reserve 6. The Rete dei Sentieri 7. Sustainable fruition of the River Po: Po Cycleway and Cavour Canal Cycleway 8. Enhancement of typical products and sustainable agriculture * *This strategic line, which can be considered relatively new in the panorama of actions entered into in the area, aims to enhance the typical products present on the territory, along with sustainable agriculture, as activities capable of integrating economic, social and cultural development.

17 2. LOCAL PROJECTS The 85 municipalities involved have always been committed to the entry into operation of territorial management and requalification projects, as well as communication and participation projects. Three reference segments Environment and nature Society Culture. Projects in the area Network project/local Lead municipality Un Associazione per i sentieri Network project Brozolo Da Ponte a Ponte Local project Chivasso Enhancement of Lake Arignano Network project Arignano and Marentino Anello Verde Local project Torino Coordinamento Associativo Sentieri della Collina Torinese Network project Protected Areas of the Po and Collina Torinese Works to organise the Rura ditch and cycle path. Local project Cambiano New cycle path from Cambiano to Madonna della Scala Local project Cambiano Beica an bike Network project Pralormo Lake Spina Local project Pralormo Study of possible cycling walking itineraries Local project Volpiano Nature Path Local project Lombriasco Study of forms of Community Based Natural Resource Management Creation of an Activity Centre for the sustainable and multifunctional management of the woods Local project Local project Lauriano (with Turin University and SEAcoop) Turin (IPLA) Park volunteers Local project Settimo Torinese A ruota libera Local project Settimo Torinese Adotta un po di verde Local project Settimo Torinese Urban allotments Local project Borgaro Torinese Cascina Bert - una casa per tutti Local project Turin Per Nobili Terre Network project Protected Areas of the Po and Collina Torinese Un paese ed un pittore: Pavarolo e Felice Casorati Local project Pavarolo I love Pulcherada Local project San Mauro Verrua Savoia Fort Local project Verrua Savoia Po eticamente Network project Carignano La città del Principe Network project Carignano Percorsi artistici e devozionali nel Feudo dei Nove Merli Local project Volvera Borgo Cornalese mill Local project Villastellone

18 3.THE GOVERNANCE MODEL PROPOSED FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RESERVE At this time of severe economic crisis, the protected areas are required to elaborate new forms of management, capable of adapting to the lack of funds available and of directing the parks towards new methods of design and planning, focused increasingly on building networks. The MAB could be an opportunity to try out an innovative management model capable of meeting this new requirements

19 4. THE MONITORING PLAN PROPOSED FOR THE MAB RESERVE Starting with the instruments already operating in the territory, the Monitoring Plan aims to focus on the Reserve and on achieving the aims identified, assessing the individual detailed actions and strategic policies First level : achievement of the aims for the Reserve. verify the achievement of the aims established for the Reserve. Second level: assessment of the conditions of the components check on the progress of the individual components of the environment and territory, for many of which indicators have been explained in the file. Third level: assessment of the state of progress of strategic and local projects assess the projects present in the area, in terms of progress and effects.

20 Regional Meeting on the role of Biosphere Reserves in the management and sustainable development of large river basins CROSSING FINGERS