Environmental enhancement of the territory
It was also obtained through the planting of a triple row hedge, as part of the operation 4.4.1 - “Natural elements of the agro-ecosystem” of the Rural Development Plan of the Piedmont region.
This Operation supports non-productive investments which include the introduction, restoration or expansion of shrub and tree formations designed to promote biodiversity, the improvement of the quality of the agricultural landscape and in general the achievement of agro-climatic-environmental objectives.
The hedge was built with the financial support of the European Community using more than 1,650 specimens of English oak, hornbeam, dogwood, field maple, blackthorn and hawthorn.
"A forest is forever"
Still with a view to enhancing the environment, a permanent forest was created as part of operation 8.1.1 - “Afforestation of agricultural and non-agricultural land” of the Rural Development Plan of the Piedmont region. The Operation 8.1.1, in implementation of art. 22 of Reg. (EU) n ° 1305/2013, supports the afforestation of agricultural and non-agricultural land, with the use of wood species suitable for the location and climatic conditions of the area concerned, in compliance with specific environmental requirements and pursues '' objective of spreading agricultural and forestry practices suitable for increasing carbon sequestration, restoring, maintaining and improving natural and agricultural biodiversity and the landscape.
This intervention was also carried out with the financial support of the European Community, planting more than 2,500 specimens of white poplar, black poplar, ash, cherry, hackberry, hornbeam, blackthorn, dogwood, evonimo on about 3 hectares of land.
