Yesterday, September 30, 2025, was a great, satisfactory day for the LIFE BEEadapt project.
The first event of the day took place in Latina in the morning, where some of the project partners gathered to lead a workshop dedicated to local farmers, students, and researchers. During their presentations, they shared the work done so far and the best practices identified, as demonstrated by Marco Paccosi, Director of the Aprilia Environmental Department, Claudio Carpineti of Confagricoltura Latina, and Stefano Boschetto, owner of one of the farms involved in the Agro Pontino area. A more theoretical framework, which touched on another aspect of LIFE BEEadapt—governance—was provided by Dino Biancolini of the CNR-IBE, who presented a study on potential climate scenarios, and Carolina Pozzi of the University of Roma Tre, who spoke about green infrastructures in urban settings.
Approximately 25 participants attended the workshop, which ended with a discussion of the potential needs of local stakeholders, the challenges they face, and how LIFE BEEadapt can provide them with tools to overcome difficulties.
Local initiatives like this one, the second of its kind within the project following the first workshop held in May in the Parco Nazionale Appennino tosco-emiliano, are important for sharing the project’s actions with a growing audience, especially with a view to replication, for which the partnership is now beginning to develop specific tools. Promoting the type of interventions carried out on local farms, for example, could lead interested farmers to sign the Pact for the Protection of Pollinating Insects from Climate Change and to follow the guidelines for choosing products and undertaking initiatives that promote the presence of pollinators in their lands.
In the afternoon, another initiative was held, again aimed at promoting conservation efforts and raising awareness about the importance of pollinators. In collaboration with Amici della Luce – Aprilia chapter and the Toscanini Neighborhood Committee, we conducted a workshop for boys and girls in Aprilia’s Parco Europa. About 15 of them enthusiastically participated, creating seed bombs with clay and learning how important flowers, bees, butterflies, and the like are to our well-being.
After the workshop and a snack, together with the Neighborhood Committee and a few girls, we planted some of the seed bombs we had made: a small symbolic gesture of love for Parco Europa, which has been regenerated thanks in part to the project’s contribution. We hope that these seeds will soon blossom into flowers that will join the others already present, helping to attract many pollinating insects and making this green space ever more beautiful.
These two initiatives represent the two souls of the project, complementary and equally important to achieving the ultimate goal: protecting pollinating insects from climate change.
