Study site description: Rendina, Italy

Table of Contents

1. Responsible IP partner
2. General information
   1. Site selection
   2. Local partners
   3. Photographs of study site
3. Bio-physical description
4. Land use management and degradation processes
5. Socio-economic description
6. Institutional and political setting
7. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups (at all levels)
8. Past and on-going projects
9. References
10. Annex: Soil characteristics of the Rendina Basin

Local partners

The participating local partner institutions are the first and major users involved in the problem are the Consorzio di bonifica del Vulture e Alto Bradano (CBV) and the Autorità di Bacino del Fiume Ofanto, which coincide with the Autorità di Bacino della Puglia(AbP). They have shown an immediate interest in the DESIRE project: the CBV has actually partly supported the first meeting held in February 2008 and workshop in November 2008.

Further information on the two main stakeholders is given in Section G below.