Ex Monastero di Valmarina – 9.15 – 18.30 – Suitable for all ages
Morning Session
STORIES OF AGRICULTURE IN PRE-INDUSTRIAL BERGAMO AND GOOD INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES
9.15 – Oscar Locatelli, President of the Colli of Bergamo Regional Park
Introduction to the session
9.30 – Claudia Maria Terzi, Lombardy Regional Councillor for the Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development
Protected areas and new forms of agriculture
10.00 – Renato Ferlinghetti, Council member, Colli of Bergamo Regional Park, University of Bergamo
From the city on the hill to the plain: the change in landscape identity to high agricultural productivity
10.45 – Sabrina Diamanti, Coordinator of Landscape, Planning and Green Systems Department of the National Council of Agronomists and Foresters (C.O.N.A.F.)
Impacts on landscape of urban and peri-urban agriculture
11.30 – Moris Lorenzi, CST – L. Pagani Center for Territorial Studies, University of Bergamo
Peri-urban agricultural parks, the examples of BaixLlobregat agricultural park of Barcellona and the community vegetable gardens of Vitoria-Gasteiz
12.00 – Angelo Colleoni, Francesca Caironi, Tito Cicinelli, Colli of Bergamo Regional Park
Guided tour of the former Monastery of Valmarina
Light Lunch offered by MIA Foundation
Afternoon Session
KEY PLAYERS AND LOCAL INITIATIVES
14.00 – Fabio Bombardieri, President of the Fondazione Congregazione della Misericordia Maggiore (MIA)
Greetings and introduction to the afternoon session topics
14.15 – Pasquale Bergamelli, Conservation Office of the Colli of Bergamo Regional Park
The role of the Colli di Bergamo Park in adding value to the rural system in the peri-urban territory
14.45 – Video “Astino”
15.00 – Leone Bigoni, Technical Office MIA Foundation, Mario Rovaris, consultant Società Valle d’Astino SRL
The agro-environmental enhancement project for the Astino Valley
15.30 – Enrico Antignati, President Association of Organic Agriculture Producers (APAB) of the Astino Valley
Conservation, enhancement and promotion of agri-food products in the Astino Valley territory: The role of the A.P.A.B.
16.00 – Gabriele Rinaldi, Director Botanical Garden of Bergamo
The Valley of Biodiversity, a living museum for teaching biodiverse agriculture
16.20 – Alessandro Mazzoleni, wildlife expert
Urban ecology and farmland, a necessary synergy
16.40 – Panel discussion, moderated by Angelo Colleoni, vice president of the Colli of Bergamo Regional Park
Organized by: Colli of Bergamo Regional Park, Lorenzo Rota Botanical Garden of Bergamo e Association of Organic Agriculture Producers (APAB) of the Astino Valley
Information and reservations: segreteria@parcocollibergamo.it
