On March 26th, a theorico-practical training day has been imparted for plant health inspectors and autorities of Generalitat Valenciana, under Action A4.2. At the first part, SAMFIX project has been presented and we speak on biology, ecology, distribution and invasive process of Xylosandrus craussiusculus. After a coffe break a mini-workshop of insect identification and tree

LIFE SAMFIX team reuned in the beautiful garden of Villa Thuret at Antibes. Preparing for the first trapping season that will be kicked off in forthcoming months. Highly necessary because previous activities have shown that infestation is spreading along the Tyrrhenian coast. No time to lose! Stay tuned

A map of Ecosystem services for El Tello and Surrounding has been drawn by the UA team. This implied the digital cartography on 4151 ha of natural and semi-natural ecosystem and land uses (agriculture, residential, routes,…), using the aerial photos RGBI of Comunitat Valenciana (25 cm pixel). Flights hereto were performed between 13/06/2018 to 30/07/2018.

On 14 December 2018, the INRA team of SAMFIX organized a meeting in Antibes in order to gather all French partners and supporting institutions. The meeting was hosted by the  partner Ville d’Antibes and the local staff of INRA Villa Thuret. The meeting was highly successful with more than 40 attendants. Most of the local

On 8-9 November 2018 SAMFIX Project Manager Daniele Guarneri and Management Technical Assistant Gertruud van Leijen participate to the kick-off meeting of the LIFE projects on Nature and Biodiversity that have been approved this year. During this event, organised by EASME in collaboration with the DG Environment of the European Commission and NEEMO, representatives of

Tuesday, October 23th, at the Botanical Garden of Rome, the LIFE Project The Green Link (LIFE15 CCA / ES / 000125) organized its conference “Facing desertification in the Mediterranean with the Cocoon”. During the day, that was chaired by our Management Technical Assistant Gertruud van Leijen, an innovative technique was shared with the Italian audience

In Slovenia, X. crassiusculus was found casually in traps during a survey for early detection of the walnut twig beetle,Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman. On 1 August 2017, 117 reddish-brown beetles were caught in a trap in Podsabotin. Shortly after two beetles were foundalso in the sample collected from Prvačina. Herewith Slovenia is the fourth European country

Although in the Valencia region in 2017 no notifications of  Xylosandrus crassiusculus occurred, the inventory carried out during July-October 2018 confirmed that beetles are present in 12 Carob trees distributed in an area of 60 ha surrounding the 2016 outbreak. They were quit difficult to detect, because no  foliar symtoms on canopy are evident, and