Life PollinAction
in summary
| Coordinating Beneficiary | Ca’ Foscari University of Venice |
| Associated Beneficiaries |
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| Objective | Pollination crisis mitigation |
| Method | Strategic planning and implementation of Green Infrastructure to increase the heterogeneity of rural and urban landscapes |
| Total budget | € 3.293.690,00 |
| EU contribution | € 1.811.532,00 (55% of total budget)) |
| Beneficiaries’ contribution | € 1.482.158,00 (45% of total budget) |
| Start date | September 2020 |
| End date | March 2025 |
| Conversion of arable crops into species-rich meadows (sqm) | 150,000 |
| Enrichment of species-poor meadows (sqm) | 2,350,000 |
| Creation of species rich flower strips (sqm) | 70,000 |
| Creation of species-rich shrub assemblages (ha) | 20,000 |
| Creation of species-rich hedges (m) | 14,000 |
| Number of native herbaceous plant seedlings | 357,000 |
| Number of native woody shrubs seedlings | 28,200 |
| Production of seeds (kg) | 150 |
| Involved Municipalities | 6 |
| Involved farms | 15 |
| Natura 2000 sites included | 5 |
| Technical Guidelines for the creation of habitats for pollinators | 1 |
| GIS database of species-rich lowland grasslands in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 1 |
| Technical guideline for the identification of species-rich donor grasslands | 1 |
| Creation of production chain | 2 |
| Quantitative database on Ecosystem Services | 1 |
| Designing of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes | 2 |
| Designing of close-to-market solutions | 2 |
| Leaflets (Ita-Span) | 9.000 |
| Installation of educational notice boards | 65 |
| Project video | 1 |
