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Bajo N. & Di Noi A.
Mitigation measures to reduce the effects of fragmentation of the natural habitats deriving from the infrastructure development.
Abstract: Referring to the current infrastructures modernization Italian programme, it appears necessary to write up norms to integrate the last addresses of UE relatively to the biodiversity conservation with the transport development and the infrastructures implementation policy.
Within a specific APAT initiative, the 'Ecological Network and Territorial Defragmentation' workgroup has been engaged coordinating Public Administrations as the Environmental Protection Agencies System, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Cultural Activities, 'La Sapienza' University of Rome, Perugia University, the Italian Agency for the Ecology of the Landscape, companies dealing with the infrastructure networks, and NGO as WWF and LIPU.
The main project of such a multidisciplinary work group is to produce 'Guidelines for the sustainable planning of mitigation interventions to reduce the effects of the natural habitats fragmentation due to the linear infrastructures'.
Particular attention will be given to the management of ecological and functional hotspots connections as elements of the ecological network.
From the analysis of the collected data and from the study of the eventual critical points evidenced, the work group will define new criteria and lines of address in order to suggest to the planners and to the ad­ministrators methodologies and techniques to plan sustainable mitigation interventions in the respect of the Habitats Directive.
Key words: ecological network, transport infrastructure, habitat fragmentation, guidelines for the sustain­able planning, mitigation measures

Suggested citation: Bajo N. & Di Noi A. 2007. Mitigation measures to reduce the effects of fragmentation of the natural habitats deriving from the infrastructure development. In: B. Jackowiak (ed.). Influence of Transport Infrastructure on Nature. General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways, p. 143-145. Warszawa-Poznań-Lublin.
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