News from the Italian Parks: Sicily

(Pantelleria, 09 Apr 19) Legambiente has mapped some itineraries thanks to the Street View Trekker Loan Program so as to offer new paths to be visited on foot and to be displayed "virtually" also on computer, using Google Maps. The trails' images have been "mapped" in recent months by the association's volunteers who have...

(Pantelleria, 05 Apr 19) The work by Gianpaolo Rampini found great appreciation in the first step of the communication launched through the commercial of the National Park of the Pantelleria Island on Sky network in December. 30 seconds of images that captivate and leave you breathless, capable of conveying all the essence...

(Caronia, 14 Giu 17) The Nebrodi Park Authority, the University of Palermo, and AIPIN (Italian Association for Soil Bioengineering), supported by AVIF (Association of Forest Nurseries), organise this international meeting, which will focus on themes connected with soil defence, interventions of habitat renaturalization ...

(Pantelleria, 27 Nov 14) The zibibbo vine is a World Heritage Site....

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 28 Mar 13) Alcantara Park is going to take part to the "Dèstination Nature - Salon des Randonnèes" Fair, which is taking place in Paris from 5th to 7th April. On that occasion the Alcantara's Valley - situated only a few steps far from Taormina and very near Mount Etna - will be present...

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 21 Feb 13) The initiative to promote river sports realized to foster Alcantara's territory, and organized by the Tisandros Association under the patronage of the Alcantara River Park, obtained a remarkable success. Thanks to a series of meetings carried out in the schools and on the occasion of...

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 13 Feb 13) Preparation activities in full swing to award the Quality Label to the Alcantara Park. In Francavilla the President Bruno De Vita, in the presence of the director Tiziana Lucchesi, the advisor Angelo Cantoni and the staff responsible for the activities, the procedure to award the ...

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 11 Feb 13) The above mentioned reasons led 50 young people from Bulgaria, Latvia, Holland, Poland, Romania and Italy to visit Alcantara's territory. (Read more in Italian)...

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 04 Feb 13) The conference entitled "La valorizzazione dei parchi e delle riserve naturali in Sicilia" (Enhancement of Sicily's Parks and Nature Reserves) and organized by the Lions 108 Yb District within the club's annual activities took place in Taormina. Throughout the day the activitie...

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 16 Gen 13) 2013 begins with the prestigious purpose of including the Park on the UNESCO World Heritage list: in the last few days a visit to the territory was carried out to evaluate the huge material and immaterial heritage of Alcantara Park's territory, and to define the procedures of inscription. ...