In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

In October 2025, the AIRC Foundation is launching the Pink Ribbon Campaign with the symbol of the incomplete ribbon, representing the yet-to-be-achieved goal of curing all forms of breast cancer, including the most aggressive ones. Thanks to advances in research, the five-year survival rate has risen to 88%, but every year in Italy there are still about 53,000 new diagnoses and one in eight women falls ill, while there remains a 12% of patients for whom there are still no effective therapies, particularly in cases of triple-negative and metastatic breast cancer affecting about 37,000 women.

To tackle these challenges, AIRC is investing 14 million euros in projects and scholarships in 2025, continuing a commitment that over 60 years has helped revolutionize breast cancer treatment, from trastuzumab to targeted therapies, to immunotherapy and immuno-conjugated antibodies.

As Anna Mondino, scientific director of the AIRC Foundation, explains, "Significant results have been achieved for the treatment of breast cancer: until almost thirty years ago, besides surgery, we could only resort to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapies. Then in 1998, trastuzumab arrived, the first monoclonal antibody against a solid tumor. It is one of the drugs that has most revolutionized breast cancer treatment, particularly for HER2-positive cases, previously difficult to treat. Subsequently, researchers identified other molecular characteristics in specific groups of patients and types of cancer, developing targeted therapies capable of blocking the growth of cancer cells. Today, thanks to studies that took a few decades, we also have immunotherapy, a new frontier that is changing the history of this cancer when it is in the early stages. For advanced forms, immuno-conjugated antibodies can be used: drugs that have profoundly modified treatment protocols, offering significant survival benefits."

The campaign also emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and prevention through healthy lifestyles, reminding that in Italy only 75% of women aged 50 to 69 undergo mammography, with significant differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and that factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of developing the disease.

To support research and raise awareness, people can wear the pin with the incomplete ribbon, distributed in pharmacies and participating stores, thanks to the "Together for Prevention" project and the support of numerous corporate and institutional partners, including The Estée Lauder Companies Italia as the main partner, along with organizations like Acqua Vitasnella, AICG, ALDI, ANCI, Cassa Centrale Banca, Chiquita, Coccinelle, Dr. Max, Magazzini Gabrielli, Marcolin, Veepee, and other distribution networks.

AIRC, which since 1965 has invested 2.5 billion euros supporting over 5,000 researchers in 96 Italian institutes and promoting a culture of prevention thanks to 4.5 million supporters and 20,000 volunteers, invites everyone to participate and get informed at airc.it.

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

The European project LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts has officially begun. It is dedicated to the protection of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a symbolic species of our rivers and the Adriatic Sea, now at risk of extinction.

Sturgeons today represent the most threatened group of fish species in the world: of the 26 existing species, all are considered at risk of extinction, mainly due to intensive fishing for caviar production and habitat loss. Among them, the Adriatic sturgeon holds particular importance: it is an Italian endemic species, found only in the Po River basin and the Adriatic Sea, and is classified as critically endangered.

Despite its extremely fragile condition, it is also the only sturgeon species worldwide that in recent years has shown weak but encouraging signs of recovery — a signal that makes the new project even more urgent and relevant.

The LIFE-RESTORE project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, aims to strengthen wild populations of Adriatic sturgeon. The project will last 72 months, with a total budget of over €10 million, and includes concrete actions for reproduction, breeding, reintroduction into the wild, and protection of river habitats. Advanced scientific monitoring, public engagement campaigns, and the development of coordinated long-term conservation strategies are also planned.

The main goals of LIFE-RESTORE are ambitious but concrete. The project intends to increase the number of Adriatic sturgeon by releasing more than 70,000 individuals into all rivers within their original range; reinforce the population through genetic-based selective breeding; reduce predation pressure from the invasive wels catfish, one of the most damaging alien species in our rivers; apply innovative monitoring techniques; and raise awareness about the sturgeon’s fundamental ecological role. In fact, the survival of this species is crucial for our waters, as the sturgeon is an “umbrella species,” meaning that its protection also benefits many other species sharing the same environment.

The partnership brings together universities, scientific institutes, natural parks, and associations, including the University of Padua (coordinator), the University of Ferrara, ISPRA, the Ticino Valley Regional Park, the Po Delta Regional Park, the Management Authority for the Protected Areas of the Piedmontese Po, the Delta Institute of Applied Ecology, GRAIA Ltd., Storione Ticino, and the Fish Heritage Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

“Coordinating such a broad and highly qualified partnership is both a responsibility and a great honour,” says Leonardo Congiu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Padua and project coordinator. “With LIFE-RESTORE, we are bringing together scientific, institutional, and operational expertise to finally give the Adriatic sturgeon a real chance at survival. Working together, sharing goals and methods, is the only way to ensure concrete and lasting results.”

“LIFE-RESTORE is an innovative project because it puts into practice concrete conservation tools based on the most recent guidelines of the Pan-European Action Plan for sturgeons. It is a model of how scientific research and institutions can act in synergy to restore a symbolic species like the Adriatic sturgeon to a stable and lasting conservation status,” says Dr. Giovanna Marino (ISPRA – Research Director BIO-AMC and National Focal Point of the Pan-European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).

Al via il  progetto europeo LIFE-RESTORE – Recovery of Endangered Sturgeons Through Optimized Restocking Efforts, dedicato alla tutela dello storione cobice (Acipenser naccarii), specie simbolo dei nostri fiumi e del Mar Adriatico, oggi a rischio di estinzione.

Gli storioni rappresentano oggi il gruppo di specie ittiche più minacciato al mondo: delle 26 specie esistenti, tutte sono considerate a rischio di estinzione, principalmente a causa della pesca intensiva per la produzione di caviale e della perdita di habitat. Tra queste, lo storione cobice riveste un valore particolare: è infatti una specie endemica italiana, presente solo nel bacino del Po e nell’Adriatico, ed è classificato come critically endangered.

Nonostante la sua situazione di estrema fragilità, è anche l’unica specie di storione al mondo che negli ultimi anni ha mostrato deboli ma incoraggianti segnali di ripresa, un segnale che rende ancora più urgente e rilevante il nuovo progetto.

Il progetto LIFE RESTORE, finanziato dal programma LIFE della Commissione Europea, mira a rafforzare le popolazioni selvatiche di storione cobice. Il progetto ha una durata di 72 mesi e un budget complessivo di oltre 10 milioni di euro e prevede interventi concreti di riproduzione, allevamento, reintroduzione in natura e tutela degli habitat fluviali. Sono previste inoltre azioni di monitoraggio scientifico avanzato, campagne di coinvolgimento pubblico e l’elaborazione di strategie di conservazione coordinate e condivise di lungo termine.

Gli obiettivi principali di LIFE-RESTORE sono ambiziosi ma concreti. Il progetto, infatti, si propone di far crescere il numero di storione cobice rilasciando oltre 70.000 individui in tutti i fiumi del suo areale originale; rafforzarne la popolazione mediante incroci guidati da analisi genetiche; ridurre la pressione predatoria del pesce siluro una delle specie invasive con in maggior impatto negativo sui nostri fiumi; usare tecniche innovative per il monitoraggio e diffondere la conoscenza sul ruolo ecologico fondamentale di questo pesce. La sopravvivenza di questa specie è infatti fondamentale per le nostre acque perché lo storione è una “specie ombrella”, ovvero la salvaguardia porta benefici anche a molte altre specie con cui lo storione condivide l’ambiente.

Il partenariato riunisce università, istituti scientifici, parchi naturali e associazioni, tra cui l’Università di Padova (coordinatore), l’Università di Ferrara, ISPRA, il Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, l’Ente Parco del Delta del Po, l’Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette del Po piemontese, l’Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata, GRAIA srl, Storione Ticino e l’Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico del Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

«Coordinare un partenariato così ampio e qualificato è una responsabilità ma anche un grande onore – dice Leonardo Congiu, del dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Padova e coordinatore del progetto -. Con LIFE-RESTORE uniamo competenze scientifiche, istituzionali e operative per dare finalmente allo storione cobice una prospettiva reale di futuro. Lavorare insieme, condividendo obiettivi e metodi, è l’unico modo per garantire risultati concreti e duraturi.»

«LIFE-RESTORE rappresenta un progetto innovativo perché mette in campo strumenti concreti di conservazione basati sulle più recenti linee guida del Pan-European Action Plan per gli storioni. È un modello di come ricerca scientifica e istituzioni possano agire in sinergia per riportare una specie simbolo come lo storione cobice a uno stato di conservazione stabile e duraturo.» afferma la dott.ssa Giovanna Marino (ISPRA - Direttrice di ricerca BIO-AMC e National focal Point del Pan European Action Plan).