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MUSE – Trento Science Museum – Corso della Scienza, 3 – Trento I-38123 – Italy

NASSTEC The NAtive Seed Science, TEchnology and Conservation Initial Training Network

Marie Curie Multipartner ITN, Contract N. PITN-GA-2013-607785; 1.4.2014-31.3.2018

Outreach Workshop

MUSE, Trento, September 26-28, 2016 Anning and Fossey seminar rooms, ground floor

Programme and Abstract

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NASSTEC Outreach Workshop, MUSE, Trento, Italy 26-28/9/2016 2

PROGRAMME

Monday 26 September

09.00 Welcome and introduction to the workshop

An overview of native seed production and use with a focus on European countries (part I)

09.05 Armin Bischoff (University of Avignon, France). Why native plant species and local seed? The French “Végétal Local” approach

Education and outreach to the general public

09.45 Liliana Derewnicka (BGCI, UK). The what, why and how of science communication (part I)

10.45 Coffee break 11.05 Liliana Derewnicka (BGCI, UK). The what, why and how of

science communication (part II)

Arco Arboretum


12.05 Tim Owen (Grow Wild, UK). Interactive Presentation: Using wild flowers as a tool for community engagement and social action

13.05 Transfer to Arco by shuttle 14.00 Lunch 15.30 Costantino Bonomi (MUSE, Italy). Demonstration of IBSE

education activities with participation of MUSE staff and educators (Arco Arboretum)

17.00 Break for people to enjoy the garden on their own 17.30 Workshop to facilitate the development of IBSE education

activities 20.30 Dinner 22.30 Transfer to Trento

Tuesday 27 September

An overview of native seed production and use with a focus on European countries (part II)

09.00 Introduction to the topics of the day

Session 1. Examples of European projects dealing with native plants and ecosystem restoration 09.05 Clare Trivedi (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK). The UK

Native Seed Hub 09.35 Adamantia Kokkinaki (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of

Chania, Greece). The ECOPLANTMED project: Ecological use of native plants for environmental restoration and sustainable development in the Mediterranean region


10.05 Michele Scotton (University of Padua, Italy). The SALVERE project and the grassland restoration in Northeastern Italy

10.35

Coffee break

Session 2. A European overview of native seed production, certification, zoning and use for restoration 11.00 Ann Kareen Mainz (VWW, Germany). Wild Seed Production -

The situation in Germany 11.30 Giles Laverack (Scotia Seeds, UK). Native seed production

issues: examples from the UK 12.00 Candido Gálvez Ramírez (Semillas Silvestres, Spain). The

situation of native seeds in Spain 12.30 Ivana Jongepierova (CHKO Bílé Karpaty, Czech Republic).

Aspects of using regional seed mixtures in the Czech Republic

13.00 Lunch 14.00 Christian Tamegger (Kärntner Saatbau, Austria). Production

and certification of regional seeds in Austria 14.30 Silvia Assolari (Semenostrum, Italy). Native seed production

in Italy

Session 3. The situation of native seed production, certification and zoning outside Europe 15.00 Rob Fiegener (Institute for Applied Ecology, USA). United

States - Native Seed Selection, Increase, Marketing and Use 15.30 Simone Pedrini (Curtin University, Australia). Native seed

down under: what’s going on in Australia 16.00 Coffee Break


Wednesday 28 September

Seed origin and provenance, transfer zones and certification: exploring together needs and challenges of the native seed

community and new opportunities for the future

09.00 Introduction to the topics of the day Session 1. Seed origin and provenance 09.05 Markus Boner (Agroisolab GmbH, Germany). Tracking wild

plant seeds with stable isotopes 09.35 World Café: Native seed zoning in Europe 11.00 Coffee break Session 2. Ethics 11.30 Bottom-up discussion: Ethics in native seed production and use 13.00 Lunch Session 3. Outlook 14.00 Role playing discussion: Different perspectives, same

objectives...aiming at developing future joint projects


ABSTRACTS

Assolari S. Native seed production in Italy The production of the native seed company SemeNostrum, within Italy, is related to a particular arid grassland habitat, known as “Magredo friulano”, whose species show interesting characteristics for their use in anthropogenic environments. The difficulty in production is related to the climate and to other factors. As a matter of fact, Italy is peculiar in terms of high variety of habitats and high biodiversity. On the other hand, the incomplete knowledge about plant distribution on the Italian territory makes it really difficult to correctly use native species.

MUSE skyline looking East


Bischoff A. , Malaval S., Provendier D., Boutaud M., & Dao J. Why native plant species and local seed? The French “Végétal Local” approach So called wildflower seed mixtures have become increasingly popular in Europe. However, most of these mixtures comprise exotic species or cultivars of native species that are ecologically different from wild populations. In other cases, native species are used in such mixtures but seeds are collected far away from planting sites and are not adapted to local environment conditions. In particular, the last point is often not clear to stakeholders deciding on the choice of seed mixtures. The widespread use of non-local seed of native species involves several risks such as poor adaptation, hybridization with local populations (“genetic pollution”) and disruption of interactions with associated organisms. These risks need to be better communicated in order to convince stakeholders to buy more expensive local seed. In France, the private “Végétal Local” label managed by the non-governmental “National Federation of Botanical Conservatories” (FCBN) was introduced in 2015 in order to support local seed production of native plant species. Guidelines developed in collaboration with scientific experts involve a limitation of plant translocations to 11 mandatory seed zones and rules for plant collection in the wild and propagation in stock. Until now 4 seed companies and 12 tree nurseries have been accredited and are about to produce local plant or seed material.


Boner M. Tracking wild plant seeds with stable isotopes

The stable isotope method is one of the few scientific applications to check the authenticity of various goods. Therefore, many scientific papers are available which are dealing with stable isotopes to check the origin. Nevertheless, up to now the stable isotope method was not adapted to wild plant seeds. Therefore, a two-year project has started in 2016 to map up to 22 regions of Germany. These German regions were defined in a former DBU project (23931). The current project is funded by DBU as well. From the different regions up to five different species will be sampled, prepared and afterwards analysed with stable isotopic methods. Furthermore, the chemical fingerprint will be analysed with NIRS as well. The aim of the analysis is to define the possible discrimination factors of the regions, to verify the possible similarities or transfer parameters of different species and the consistent of the stable isotopic/chemical fingerprint over the time.

Bonomi C. Understanding and developing IBSE activities for education

Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) is an educational approach developed in the 1960ies to introduce students to the scientific method. It requires an engaging question to investigate, formulating an hypothesis, collecting data to prove it, elaborating the raw data, discussing and presenting the results to the peers. It is a flexible approach and it can be implemented at different levels and through different stages. During this session MUSE staff will provide case studies of successful IBSE activities run in Arco Arboretum and


stimulate participants to develop their own IBSE activities in a creative workshop with the support of MUSE educators. Derewnicka L. The what, why and how of science communication

This workshop will give an introduction to why it is important to communicate science to the public and how. Beginning with science communication theory and practice, participants will gain insight into where the discipline came from and current trends, including Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Through learning about the INQUIRE project participants will gain insight into effective pedagogy: Inquiry-Based Science Education. Then by looking at the Let it Grow campaign, these new skills and knowledge will be put into practice through devising ways to engage the public with biodiversity. This will be active, hands on session that will exercise communication skills and creativity. Participants will be invited to present an elevator pitch of their research for a non-science audience, so are advised to come prepared.

Fiegener R. & Shaw N. United States - Native Seed Selection, Increase, Marketing and Use In the United States, government directives and public concern for the status of the environment contribute to increasing use of native species and application of the principles of ecological restoration to repair damaged lands. Although national systems for native seed testing and certification are in place, the country's diverse ecosystems, land ownership patterns, and a myriad of social and


political factors, approaches to native plant selection and use remain highly varied. A National Seed Strategy signed by 12 federal agencies in 2015 includes the goals of: 1) conducting a public and private sector needs and capacity assessment and increasing native seed supplies, 2) identifying research gaps and promoting research, 3) developing decision support tools to aid seed growers and restoration practitioners, and 4) devising strategies for improving communication among those involved in any phase of restoration and with seed the general public. Ongoing efforts to implement the Strategy are focusing attention on prioritizing seed needs and removing existing barriers to native seed increase and use. Gálvez Ramírez C. The situation of native seeds in Spain Despite the wealth of plant genetic resources in the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands, so far, the Spanish Administration has paid little or no attention to the production, standardization and control of native herbaceous species. While forest resources (trees and shrubs) have legislation that allows certified production under international standards and management from a proper zoning, herbaceous species are under an administrative vacuum. Less than 10 companies, typically SMEs, serve this market, collecting wild materials, and only one case is cultivating for semi-mechanized production. There is a potential market demanding large amounts of native seeds to use in environmental and landscape restoration, and agroecosystems sustainability recovery (mainly olive groves and vineyards). However, addressing this market would involve a major effort in the future to develop the production system


based on zoning, mechanization to ensure quality and quantity, and all this at affordable prices for customers. The key for development of native seeds in Spain is the demands by the Administration of the genetic origin of populations against the great genetic pollution introduced currently. Jongepierová I., Prach K. & Ševčíková M. Aspects of using regional seed mixtures in the Czech Republic

In the White Carpathians (Bílé Karpaty), Czech Republic, a species-rich mixture of regional grasses and herbs has been used for grassland restoration on a large scale. Most of the restored sites are botanically and some also zoologically monitored. In order to facilitate the use of regional seed mixtures on a larger scale, the Czech Nature Conservation Agency has published a standard (Restoration of grasslands using regional seed mixtures, 2014), providing instructions for applying different methods of ecological grassland restoration on arable land. It also includes a map of provenance regions in the Czech Republic. However, even though the methods of preparing regional seed mixtures are theoretically well known, hardly any initiatives have yet been taken to produce regional seed mixtures. Active support of seed mixture production is urgently needed in all regions, along with a sound certification system. Kokkinaki A. The ECOPLANTMED project: Ecological use of native plants for environmental restoration and sustainable development in the Mediterranean region


The project ECOPLANTMED was a joint Mediterranean initiative based on the collaboration among seed banks, research institutes and institutions dealing with native plant conservation and management in Crete (Greece), Sardinia (Italy), Valencia (Spain), Ariana (Tunisia) and Lebanon. The project aimed to contribute to halting the loss of biodiversity and to promote a sustainable development model in the Mediterranean region by enhancing the conservation of native plants and promoting their use in habitat restoration and the plant production sector. Two main outputs of the project were a Guide of good restoration practices for Mediterranean habitats and a Manual for the propagation of selected Mediterranean native plant species. ECOPLANTMED was co-financed by the European Union through the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme 2007-2013. Mainz A.K. Wild seed production – The situation in Germany In Germany, a market for regional seed of native wild plants has been established with an annual trade volume of about 200 t in recent years. In order to meet the demand of Federal Natural Conservation Act to apply from 2020 only such seed in natural surroundings, the market in the next 4 years would need to grow about tenfold. However, reported to the BSA, figures do not show this trend so far and achieving this objective seems difficult. In addition to the requirements imposed by the proliferation of wild plants per se, actual conditions hinder the growers. The legal hurdles are high on one hand (German Regulation for Preservation Mixtures – ErMiV) and on the other hand they do not regulate the total wild seed market. Officially approved quality seals like RegiozertTM and VWW-


RegiosaatenTM give customers more security, but certification is only prescribed for the ErMiV subject mixtures. These loopholes facilitate the development of an extensive market of Wild Flower Mixtures of uncertain origin with which the more expensive local products have to compete. If politicians and conservationists do not support the market for regional wild plant seed in the next years massively, it will not grow as necessary, because the producers cannot bear all risks alone. Owen T. Interactive presentation: Using wild flowers as a tool for community engagement and social action With examples from the award winning Grow Wild programme, led by Royal Botanic Gardens - Kew, Tim Owen will present theories and concepts of participation and social action to explore how engaging groups and individuals in a shared activity can have a positive impact on the lives of people locally and nationally. Participants will explore the methods of community engagement used by Grow Wild and reflect on their impact, from a social and environmental perspective. Presenting the findings from recent academic research, the workshop will conclude with a summary of Grow Wild’s achievements in using a wild flower campaign as an effective tool for engaging people in environmental issues.


Pedrini S. Native seed down under: what’s going on in Australia In Australia, the concept of using native species is quite spread and culturally accepted, although not mandate by any legislation. The requirement for native seed of local origin is often a specification for landscape, infrastructure or mining rehabilitation projects, however control on the origin of the material are rarely performed. Most of the native seed available on the market are harvested from wild population, with very few companies engaging in seed production. Although the Australian scientific community has been very active in the discussion on seed provenance and zoning, at a practical level, there is not a recognized nation-wide standard. Tamegger C. Production and certification of regional seeds in Austria Due to soil sealing, land abandonment and intensification, the use of regional seeds for re-establishment of semi-natural grassland has become a special concern of agrarian- and environmental policy in Austria. To guarantee regional origin of the seeds, the certification system “G-Zert” was implemented, amongst others (REWISA, RGV), respecting the frame of EC regulation 2010/60. Within this certification system, Austria is divided into 10 regions of provenance, compatible with the regions in Germany and Switzerland. G-Zert also pretends to respect rules concerning the quality of donor sites, the genetic integrity of the collected material and important requirements for seed propagation, including transparency of mass flow. Every partner in this system is controlled yearly by an independent inspection body. Propagated seeds within this certification system are


also subject to quality checks concerning purity and germination capacity to guarantee top quality to seed consumers. For harvest 2016, 160 different species and/or origins were cultivated on an area exceeding 110 ha and marketed mainly as mixtures for different vegetation types or different site conditions. Trivedi C. The UK Native Seed Hub In 2011 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew launched the UK Native Seed Hub, based at the Millennium Seed Bank. The UKNSH provides a case study of the potential contributions that botanic gardens and seed banks can make to enhance the availability and use of native seed for use in the landscape. These contributions range from direct provision of seed and plant plugs based on Kew’s own seed collecting activities, to provision of technical advice and specialist services and research. The Seed Hub’s activities cover all aspects of seed collecting, conservation, production, propagation and use, and over the last 5 years we have developed a diverse range of partners and collaborators. The presentation will outline our range of activities to date, and draw out some key lessons of potential interest to the NASSTEC consortium.

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