THE PROJECT Life Diomedee

Life Diomedee is a project co-financed by the European Union in support of the protection of species and habitats of the Gargano National Park and the Regional Park of the Coastal Dunes.

The objectives include the protection of the Scopoli’s shearwater  and the Yelkouan shearwater , the safeguarding of the dune and rear dune habitats and of the native vegetation in the protected area of the project area.

To pursue the aim, actions will be undertaken to eradicate invasive alien animal and plant species.

Life Diomedee is a project co-financed by the European Union in support of the protection of species and habitats of the Gargano National Park and the Regional Park of the Coastal Dunes.

The objectives include the protection of the Scopoli’s shearwater and the Yelkouan shearwater, the safeguarding of the dune and rear dune habitats and of the native vegetation in the protected area of the project area.

To pursue the aim, actions will be undertaken to eradicate invasive alien animal and plant species.

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Berta Minore | Life Diomedee

Learn about alien and native species in the project area.

Species ed habitat

The LIFE Diomedee Project aims to protect the Scopoli’s shearwater and Yelkouan shearwater and their natural habitat, as well as to eradicate the invasive alien species and plant species that are harmful to the habitat in which the shearwaters breed.

The institutions that take part in the Project.

In March, the Berta, after spending the winter at sea, returned to the remote nesting sites of the Tremiti Archipelago. A few days ago the female laid her only egg, which will be i