Torbiere del Sebino

Features Torbiere del Sebino

The "Oriented Regional Nature Reserve of the Torbiere del Sebino" protects a wetlandof International Importance pursuant to the Ramsar Convention.Wetlands are in fact among the most productive environments in the world, preserving diversitybiological and provide water and primary productivity from which countless species ofplants and animals depend for their survival.
They claim numerouspopulations of species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates.
For thisreason the reserve has been defined as an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) erecognized by the European regulation "Natura 2000" as a SPA site (Protection Area)Special) pursuant to the Birds Directive concerning the conservation of birdswild and as SAC (Special Conservation Area) pursuant to the Habitat Directiveon the conservation of natural and semi-natural habitats and of flora and faunawild.The marshes were once considered only as unproductive and dangerous lands dueof the Anopheles mosquito, a vehicle for malaria.
Today the marshes are no longer considered asunhealthy places but as precious treasures of biodiversity, indispensable for thesurvival of thousands of migratory birds, which need to find places into take refuge and rich food to recover energy during their long journeys.The Reserve of the Peat bogs of Iseo, being in the center of the Po Valley,intensely man-made and cultivated, it has an even greater ecological importance.Due to its size and uniqueness, it constitutes a real "oasis" for manybirds both during the autumn and spring migration, and during the summer period of thenesting, both in winter when many species coming from northern Europe needof water free from ice where to find food.Birds are the most visible component of the living beings that inhabit the peat bogs,but we must not forget the great quantity of species of marsh plants, of fish, amphibians and,not least, of insects.
In particular, the Reserve is an elective site for dragonfliesand it is possible to observe here up to 30 different species of these fascinating winged predators.The Peat bogs of Iseo constitute an ecosystem in which each element has a large oneecological importance and relates to others, even what is less in our eyessignificant.
Moreover the value of this zone is amplified by the morphological context in whichit is inserted, the morainic amphitheater of Franciacorta and of the Sebino and from its history, for thesurrounding cultural and artistic emergencies, including in particular the Monastery of S.Pietro in Lamosa.
This Cluniac site, whose central core dates back to the year 1000,it certainly deserves a careful visit (possibly guided) so that you can appreciate itthe interesting architecture and the frescoes, as well as to know its history.Ticket with 1 euro ticket."Torbiere del Sebino" Nature Reserve ManagerVia Europa 5 - 25050 Provaglio dIseo (BS)[email protected]