{"id":1638,"date":"2026-09-10T02:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/?page_id=1638"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:26:09","slug":"levissima-valdisotto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/projects\/levissima-valdisotto\/","title":{"rendered":"Levissima \/ Sanpellegrino \u2013 Water regeneration and post-Vaia forest restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2021\u20132026 \u00b7 Sanpellegrino S.p.A. \/ Levissima \u00b7 Valdisotto, Italian Alps \u00b7 Available results show that deadwood volume in the main treated areas decreased by approximately 2,000 m\u00b3, while retaining part of the deadwood as a temporary carbon pool, biodiversity substrate and soil-protection component. In 2025, 871 regenerating trees belonging to six species were recorded in the main areas affected by silvicultural interventions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Gruppo Sanpellegrino \/ Levissima \u00b7 Source: Levissima<\/a><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

The collaboration between Sanpellegrino, the University of Milan and Consorzio Forestale Alta Valtellina started in 2021 to adapt the Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA) methodology to forested slopes in Valdisotto, severely affected by Storm Vaia and the subsequent expansion of Ips typographus. The research combines field surveys, remote sensing and modelling to identify vulnerable areas, simulate disturbance and restoration scenarios, and quantify benefits related to infiltration, runoff, slope stability and carbon storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first phase developed bark-beetle and restoration scenarios, assessed hydrological and environmental benefits, and translated the results into differentiated restoration measures according to disturbance type and severity. Interventions include management of damaged stands, retention of seed trees and deadwood, natural regeneration, enrichment planting and reforestation, with particular attention to protection functions and slope stability. Since 2024, Forest Lab has systematically monitored restoration effectiveness through pre- and post-intervention measurements of stand structure, growing stock, deadwood, regeneration, vegetation composition and diversity, carbon, soil properties and infiltration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related research lines:<\/strong> Forest restoration, rewilding and afforestation<\/a> \u00b7 Forest resilience, extreme events and disturbances<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Reports and outputs:<\/strong> 2022 final report \u2013 Water-related multi-hazard assessment and VWBA in Valdisotto<\/a> \u00b7 Forest restoration intervention guidelines<\/a> \u00b7 2024 report \u2013 Forest condition after Storm Vaia and bark beetle disturbance<\/a> \u00b7 2025 report \u2013 Assessment of forest restoration interventions in Valdisotto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2021\u20132026 \u00b7 Sanpellegrino S.p.A. \/ Levissima \u00b7 Valdisotto, Italian Alps \u00b7 Available results show that deadwood volume in the main treated areas decreased by approximately 2,000 m\u00b3, while retaining part of the deadwood as a temporary carbon pool, biodiversity substrate and soil-protection component. In 2025, 871 regenerating trees belonging to six species were recorded in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":1798,"parent":570,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1638","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1638\/revisions\/1801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}