Open-air laboratory: students from the Geopedology course at the Vivaio Bicocca Over the past few days, the Vivaio Bicocca site has become an area of study for students on the Geopedology course (three-year degree in Environmental Science and Technology). With

Research and urban land management: the case of Vivaio Bicocca Vivaio Bicocca’s tree have been studied for about a year. In view of the opening of the area to the public, it was necessary to carry out a series of

The Vivaio Bicocca apiary Pollinating insects play a fundamental role not only in natural areas but also in urban and peri-urban environments. Among the most effective pollinators are bees, both wild bees, which are already protected in our Vivaio, and

Inauguration of the birch Gardens at U7. New green spaces for the academic community The Birch Gardens have been created in the two green spaces on the first floor of the U7 building. This action is one of many being

Rescuing young blackbirds Urbanisation causes habitat degradation and this is one of the causes of the current biodiversity crisis, which scientists fear could represent the ‘sixth mass extinction’. However, the urban environment offers a wide variety of habitats with different

The ‘Vivaio Bicocca’: an urban hub for the protection of pollinating insects The importance of pollinators About 90% of flower-producing plants entrust the delicate process of pollen transfer, necessary for sexual reproduction, to animal organisms, among which insects stand out

  Pollinating insects in the Vivaio Bicocca Everyone, at some point, needs shelter and a home. In the animal world this is also called the “need for a nesting place”. In very natural environments, life regulates itself and animals find