News from the Italian Parks

(Vogogna, 13 Lug 12) "I Sentieri del Gusto" is a wine and food initiative organized by the Val Grande park managing authority to promote local typical products. This year marks the 12th edition of the initiative, which foresees a calendar of events in restaurants and trattorie in October and Nov...

(Comuni del Parco, 14 Giu 12) The "Earth Week 2012" is a national initiative promoted by GeoItalia Italian Federation of Earth Sciences Onlus to spread the geological scientific culture and make the local Communities aware of the research's themes and of the scientific discoveries. Within the week it will be possible ...

(Marsiconuovo, 22 Mag 12) On Friday 25th May, from 10.30 a.m., in the congress hall of Appennino Lucano Val d'Agri Lagonegrese National Park Authority in Marsico Nuovo (via Manzoni, 1), there will be the press conference with presentation of the Communication Plan Guidelines and the first issue of the online journal "Appenni...

(Comacchio, 24 Apr 12) On the occasion of the PHOTO COMPETITION during LIFE's 20th anniversary, the photo presented by the Managing Authority for Parks and Biodiversity of the Po Delta concerning the LIFE00NATIT7215 Project on the Comacchio Saltworks, SCI and SPA area "Valli di Comacchio", has been selected amon...

(Comacchio, 24 Apr 12) A new brochure has been realized in collaboration with Legambiente Emilia-Romagna, and some copies will be given out on the occasion of the Bird Watching Festival in Comacchio, form 27th to 29th April 2012....

(Comacchio, 24 Apr 12) Within the LIFE09NATIT000110 NATURA 2000 IN THE PO DELTA Project some initiatives have been planned to spread the ongoing activities and the first goals achieved. On the occasion of the Bird Watching Festival taking place every year in the last week of April, three initiatives have been organized: t...

(Feltre, 19 Apr 12) During the weekend Chieti hosted the 22nd edition of Ecotur, the International Fair and Exchange of Nature Tourism. During this event, the new edition of the Ecotur report on green tourism was presented.The report's data, resulting from the collaboration between Istat, Enit and University of L'Aquil...

(Feltre, 14 Mar 12) About thirty years ago Vittorino Cazzetta discovered a series of strange aligned holes on a huge rock on the slopes of Mount Pelmetto. They were the footprints left more than 200 million years before by the dinosaurs that walked on a muddy tropical plain: Cazzetta had discovered the first proof of t...

(07 Feb 12) Last Friday, after gathering in Alberese in the Maremma Regional Park offices (Tuscany), Europarc Federation Coucil has expressed its support towards the activities of Black rat eradication from the island of Montecristo, belonging to the Arcipelago Toscano National Park, in Italy. Europarc Federat...

(Rocca di Mezzo, 02 Gen 12) The nature of Sirente Velino Regional Park is fascinating and amazing, and invites you to discover it. The uncontaminated plateaus surrounded by Sirente and Velino mountain chains, the beech tree woodlands and the high-mountain pastures, the karst basins of the plateaus, the thick woodlands, the ...