{"id":"372a476n2e","reading":"6x2e3k0u4j","url":"https://read.dearwise.earth/land/372a476n2e","name":"Varzo, Piedmont","place":{"country":"Italy","country_iso":"IT","region":"Piedmont"},"area_ha":100.2,"centroid":[8.15399,46.27181],"geometry":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[8.147479242012631,46.2673061],[8.160499357987367,46.2673061],[8.160499357987367,46.2763061],[8.147479242012631,46.2763061],[8.147479242012631,46.2673061]]]},"score":72,"verdict":"Restore","headline":"Worth restoring, and worth the patience.","summary":"This 100-hectare parcel near Varzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont is land with sound foundations and clear regenerative upside, scoring 72 out of 100. The reading that most shapes the work here is that the terrain is steep, which constrains construction and raises erosion risk. Its main strength is that the soil is rich in organic carbon, a strong base for farming and restoration. The first move: design roads and structures to the contour, and get a geotechnical and erosion assessment before any earthworks.","pillars":[{"label":"Water","value":95},{"label":"Ecology","value":37},{"label":"Climate","value":57},{"label":"Pressure","value":82},{"label":"Soil","value":84}],"figures":[{"label":"Rain","value":"1,062","unit":"mm a year"},{"label":"Elevation","value":"1,818","unit":"m"},{"label":"Tree cover","value":"63.3","unit":"%"},{"label":"Climate 2050","value":"+2.2","unit":"°C"},{"label":"Records of life","value":"20","unit":"GBIF"},{"label":"Area","value":"100","unit":"ha"}],"findings":[{"kind":"Strength","finding":"A watercourse runs through the parcel.","evidence":"A mapped river or stream crosses the parcel (Steinubach).","confidence":"clear sky"},{"kind":"Risk","finding":"The terrain is steep, which constrains construction and raises erosion risk.","evidence":"Mean slope 11.7°, with 249 m of elevation change across the parcel.","confidence":"clear sky"},{"kind":"Unknown","finding":"Most of the parcel reads as tree cover.","evidence":"63% of the parcel reads as tree cover (satellite land-cover mapping).","confidence":"in fog"}],"first_move":{"action":"Design roads and structures to the contour, and get a geotechnical and erosion assessment before any earthworks.","verify":"Have a geotechnical engineer assess slope stability and cut-and-fill on the ground before a road line is committed.","then":"Design to the 2050 climate projections rather than today's conditions."},"sources_read":["the river and road trace","the species record","Sentinel-2","the radar","the infrastructure reach","osm adaptation","the heritage record","the place's memory","the place lookup","the terrain","the rain record","the soil survey","the land-cover map","the surface-water archive","the governance record","the forest history","hansen front","terra upstream","terra deforestation free","the thermal read","the underground atlas","ghm v3","the siting geometry","the seismic record","the satellite signature","the governance record","the 2020 forest map"],"sources_silent":["the biomass map","the population grid","the hazard screen","modis fire history"],"read_at":"2026-10-16T20:14:38.066Z","signature":{"sha256":"8ec95cb049421d078e070b15583ea08e056f841a24bf0bbeebda49eb1e249e55","signed_at":"2026-10-16T20:14:38.465Z"},"record":[{"id":"372a476n2e","read_at":"2026-09-23T06:06:19.408Z","score":55,"verdict":"Restore"},{"id":"6x2e3k0u4j","read_at":"2026-10-16T20:14:38.066Z","score":72,"verdict":"Restore"}],"full_reading":"https://read.dearwise.earth/api/v1/readings/6x2e3k0u4j","note":"A first pass from orbit: not a survey, not a title search, not legal advice. Quote figures with their source and date."}