Gaetano Ladisa is an agronomist and scout chief with the heart of an explorer. He works as a researcher at CIHEAM Bari, an International Organization based in Puglia, the land of ancient oliveti. These olive groves are of extraordinary heritage and priceless natural and cultural value. When we say ancient, we mean it. Some of the olive trees that shape Apulia’s unmistakable landscape are more than a thousand years old. They have grown here since the first human settlements were established in the south of Italy.
"I visited my first oliveto as a child. I remember that I was enraptured by a sense of wonder in admiring the beauty and majesty of those thousand-year-old trunks. Today, I still carry that feeling in my heart. I am so proud to have made my contribution to safeguarding their biodiversity."
- Gaetano Ladisa, agronomist.
The variety of animal species that nest in the trunks of these living monuments and the spontaneous vegetation that grows in the surrounding soil and muretti a secco (dry-stone walls) highlight these oliveti as a treasure trove.
Ancient oliveti are constantly threatened by intensive agricultural practices: uprooted for ornamental purposes, high costs of production, insufficient compensation, and limited community knowledge of their environmental and cultural value. These landscapes are mainly valued for their agricultural potential; shrubs, bushes, wild animals, and grasses are looked upon as merely weeds and pests. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Oliveti are complex ecosystems that provide invaluable services far beyond olive production.
Gaetano knows that well. That is why he decided to dedicate his experience as an agronomist to the protection of these elderly giants. Together with Jenny Calabrese, Scientific Administrator at CIHEAM Bari, and a high-profile team of researchers and experts, they brought together an army of farmers and embarked on a complex, three-year journey. Along the way, they found new strategies to safeguard biodiversity and secure a future for these venerable trees and their ecosystems.
Their effort gave birth to a Life+ project called Cent.Oli.Med, first in Apulia (Gargano and Salento regions) and then across the Adriatic Sea to Greece. The project aimed to study and preserve ancient oliveti from the threats generated by irrational land management.
“In the initial phase of the project, preliminary investigations were carried out to understand whether the ancient oliveti were able to act as reservoirs of animal and plant biodiversity,” says Jenny Calabrese. “This was confirmed by the considerable presence of indicator species such as bats, birds of prey, reptiles, insects, and small mammals that find refuge in the trunks and the adjacent flora. But what we found surprising is that a key element that makes these ecosystems unique is constituted by a non-living actor: the traditional muretti a secco (dry-stone walls)”.
These structures, once ubiquitous in Apulia’s landscapes, create conditions to maintain the landscape’s biodiversity. The dry stone serves as a barrier against water erosion and landslides. In the centuries-old oliveti of Apulia, traditional farming techniques eliminate the grassy layer, making the land perfectly flat for the olive nets to spread. Without roots to hold it in place, the land is easily eroded by rainfall, which deposits near the dry stone walls. Here it forms an accumulation of fertile material on which vegetation can easily take root, making the dry stone wall an active sink for plant biodiversity.
The wall’s stones and cavities draw humidity in the soil. This moisture is stored below the wall, generating a water reserve that encourages vegetation’s spontaneous growth. This water reserve is also used by reptiles and small mammals that are prey for the local raptor birds such as hawks and buzzards. The dry stone also serves as a barrier against water erosion and landslides.
All these benefits are strengthened when the soil is covered by grass and perennial shrubs. Jenny Calabrese of CIHEAM Bari conducted surveys of the vegetation on abandoned, centuries-old oliveti to identify the most common herbaceous plants, considered “weeds” by some. She found that these wild plants played a role as important as the olive trees themselves. Trees and shrubs like carob, mastic, myrtle, Mediterranean buckthorn, bramble, and hawthorn not only play a crucial role in soil health but are also a great source of food for wildlife and humans.
“When we realized the importance of these plants, we started communicating it to the farmers,” Jenny said. “It wasn’t easy. We organized workshops and courses on value addition of these plants and fruits to show farmers that these “weeds” could be a profitable source of additional income”. Once the farmers understood their value, these plants were collected and cultivated by local growers.
Since the project’s early stages, researchers, farmers, and public institutions were brought together for the common good. Challenges have risen as different stakeholders have voiced their concerns and doubts. Farmers were frustrated by the new agricultural practices that required a greater commitment in land management. “You cannot just go to a farmer and tell him ‘Hey, what you have been doing until now is wrong. Do it like that.’ Especially if what you are telling them to drop what the market has rewarded him for”. Careful and frequent conversations and education sessions were held to identify key practices like planting new species and building new dry stone walls on land that had been previously used for intense agricultural practices.
“The first big challenge was to create an alliance of actors who would work together for the good of the landscape. And it’s not so easy to bring very diverse people, with very diverse goals, together.”
- Gaetano Ladisa, agronomist.
Over the last four years, a series of biodiversity conservation interventions have been carried out by this unique alliance of farmers, scientists, and local institutions. More than five hundred ancient olive trees were surveyed for information on characteristics like trunk shape and diameter and the tree’s height. Studies were also carried out for the morpho-genetic and environmental characterization of biodiversity in ancient olive trees. “Due to the high phenotypic and genotypic variability of secular olive trees, germplasm from target areas in Apulia and Crete was collected to acquire their genetic characterization,” Gaetano explained in technical terms. “This plant material, after sanitary selection ensured their exemption from the main viruses, has been multiplied. Now more than nine thousand seedlings from the selected varieties of secular olive trees are hosted in the greenhouse and the collection field in the Torre Guaceto area”.
In the oliveti of Voukolies (Crete) and Torre Guaceto (Apulia), more than 1000 meters of dry stone walls have been built or restored using traditional techniques and materials. These provide shelter for small vertebrates and preserve the humidity necessary for the survival of the Mediterranean shrubs. “That has been quite a challenge. There aren’t many people who know how to make dry stone walls anymore. We had to look abroad to Albania to find the right craftsmanship.”, Gaetano explains. The art of making the muretti a secco has been lost with generations, leaving foreign labor to carry on the tradition.
Along the dry-stone walls, 2,000 meters of hedgerows have been planted with over 3,000 types of local species (mastic, myrtle, Mediterranean buckthorn, bramble, hawthorn). They provide shelter for insects and animals, especially during the winter season. By propagating typical Mediterranean steppe species, the biodiversity of the plant cover has improved. In some plots, small groups of carob trees, figs, and pomegranate trees have been planted. These fruits are good for the ecosystem and can be easily sold at local markets. Since 2008, the olive trees of Puglia and Europe have succumbed to an infection called Xylella Fastidiosa. The most effective solution that was previously found was the eradication of sick trees and as a result barren land was created. The travelers from Bari to Lecce can witness the heart-breaking devastation that this pandemic has left in the landscape.
Despite challenges, these new practices have persisted. “Two years passed after the end of the Cent.Oli.Med. project,” Jenny told us. “I recently came back to the area of Torre Guaceto, where we carried out our first trials and was amazed to find that many of the farmers involved in our research continued to use the practices we taught them. Of course, some of them returned to their usual farming practices, pushed by habits and markets. But many decided not to. Now, when you walk those lands, you can see these beautiful, wild hedgerows full of carob and fig trees. We also see recurring sightings of badgers and hawks.”
Gaetano Ladisa is still moved when he talks about his work with these timeless giants:
“I looked with the same wonder of a child at the shapes and living sculptures we encountered in one of the main attractions of Puglia (this area has the highest concentration of tourist facilities in Italy). Mastodontic olive trees, so big that they were used by farmers as dressing rooms and tool sheds. It is a heritage that we constantly witness but don’t appreciate as we should, crossing the territory in an inattentive way.
What I carry within me and what I pass on to my children and the scouts is not to pass carelessly through these territories and landscapes. Grasping the beauty of people’s work, perceiving the almost friendly relationship between the farmer and the plant, the care that the farmer has for every single element, that makes us understand how important humankind’s work is to maintain this heritage that must be loved and respected.”
Large monocultures and land-use change put biodiversity under great stress and endanger much more than agricultural ecosystems. Biodiversity-friendly land management practices safeguard the environment, help keep farmlands secure, and protect wildlife, helping communities plant the seeds for future prosperity.
Companion planting is the planting of different crops in proximity for any of a number of different reasons, including pest control, pollination, providing habitat for beneficial insects, maximizing the use of space, and to otherwise increase crop productivity.
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Who can enter and how selections are made.
A Greener Blue is a global call to action that is open to individuals and teams from all over the world. Below is a non-exhaustive list of subjects the initiative targets.
To apply, prospective participants will need to fill out the form on the website, by filling out each part of it. Applications left incomplete or containing information that is not complete enough will receive a low score and have less chance of being admitted to the storytelling lab.
Nonprofit organizations, communities of fishers and fish farmers and companies that are seeking a closer partnership or special support can also apply by contacting hello@thelexicon.org and interacting with the members of our team.
Special attention will be given to the section of the form regarding the stories that the applicants want to tell and the reasons for participating. All proposals for stories regarding small-scale or artisanal fishers or aquaculturists, communities of artisanal fishers or aquaculturists, and workers in different steps of the seafood value chain will be considered.
Stories should show the important role that these figures play in building a more sustainable seafood system. To help with this narrative, the initiative has identified 10 principles that define a more sustainable seafood system. These can be viewed on the initiative’s website and they state:
Seafood is sustainable when:
Proposed stories should show one or more of these principles in practice.
Applications are open from the 28th of June to the 15th of August 2022. There will be 50 selected applicants who will be granted access to The Lexicon’s Total Storytelling Lab. These 50 applicants will be asked to accept and sign a learning agreement and acceptance of participation document with which they agree to respect The Lexicon’s code of conduct.
The first part of the lab will take place online between August the 22nd and August the 26th and focus on training participants on the foundation of storytelling, supporting them to create a production plan, and aligning all of them around a shared vision.
Based on their motivation, quality of the story, geography, and participation in the online Lab, a selected group of participants will be gifted a GoPro camera offered to the program by GoPro For A Change. Participants who are selected to receive the GoPro camera will need to sign an acceptance and usage agreement.
The second part of the Storytelling Lab will consist of a production period in which each participant will be supported in the production of their own story. This period goes from August 26th to October 13th. Each participant will have the opportunity to access special mentorship from an international network of storytellers and seafood experts who will help them build their story. The Lexicon also provides editors, animators, and graphic designers to support participants with more technical skills.
The final deadline to submit the stories is the 14th of October. Participants will be able to both submit complete edited stories, or footage accompanied by a storyboard to be assembled by The Lexicon’s team.
All applicants who will exhibit conduct and behavior that is contrary to The Lexicon’s code of conduct will be automatically disqualified. This includes applicants proposing stories that openly discriminate against a social or ethnic group, advocate for a political group, incite violence against any group, or incite to commit crimes of any kind.
All submissions must be the entrant’s original work. Submissions must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.
Participants will retain the copyrights to their work while also granting access to The Lexicon and the other partners of the initiative to share their contributions as part of A Greener Blue Global Storytelling Initiative.
If a potential selected applicant cannot be reached by the team of the Initiative within three (3) working days, using the contact information provided at the time of entry, or if the communication is returned as undeliverable, that potential participant shall forfeit.
Selected applicants will be granted access to an advanced Storytelling Lab taught and facilitated by Douglas Gayeton, award-winning storyteller and information architect, co-founder of The Lexicon. In this course, participants will learn new techniques that will improve their storytelling skills and be able to better communicate their work with a global audience. This skill includes (but is not limited to) how to build a production plan for a documentary, how to find and interact with subjects, and how to shoot a short documentary.
Twenty of the participants will receive a GoPro Hero 11 Digital Video and Audio Cameras by September 15, 2022. Additional participants may receive GoPro Digital Video and Audio Cameras to be announced at a later date. The recipients will be selected by advisors to the program and will be based on selection criteria (see below) on proposals by Storytelling Lab participants. The selections will keep in accordance with Lab criteria concerning geography, active participation in the Storytelling Lab and commitment to the creation of a story for the Initiative, a GoPro Camera to use to complete the storytelling lab and document their story. These recipients will be asked to sign an acceptance letter with terms of use and condition to receive the camera.
The Lexicon provides video editors, graphic designers, and animators to support the participants to complete their stories.
The submitted stories will be showcased during international and local events, starting from the closing event of the International Year of Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 in Rome, in January 2023. The authors of the stories will be credited and may be invited to join.
Storytelling lab participation:
Applicants that will be granted access to the storytelling Lab will be evaluated based on the entries they provided in the online form, and in particular:
Applications will be evaluated by a team of 4 judges from The Lexicon, GSSI and the team of IYAFA (Selection committee).
When selecting applications, the call promoters may request additional documentation or interviews both for the purpose of verifying compliance with eligibility requirements and to facilitate proposal evaluation.
Camera recipients:
Participants to the Storytelling Lab who will be given a GoPro camera will be selected based on:
The evaluation will be carried out by a team of 4 judges from The Lexicon, GSSI and the team of IYAFA (Selection committee).
Incidental expenses and all other costs and expenses which are not specifically listed in these Official Rules but which may be associated with the acceptance, receipt and use of the Storytelling Lab and the camera are solely the responsibility of the respective participants and are not covered by The Lexicon or any of the A Greener Blue partners.
All participants who receive a Camera are required to sign an agreement allowing GoPro for a Cause, The Lexicon and GSSI to utilize the films for A Greener Blue and their promotional purposes. All participants will be required to an agreement to upload their footage into the shared drive of The Lexicon and make the stories, films and images available for The Lexicon and the promoting partners of A Greener Blue.
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