News from the Italian Parks

(01 Apr 10) Organisation of Sondrio Festival 2010 - International Documentary Film Festival on Parks - (Sondrio, Italy, 4 – 9 October 2010) is now underway!What is it? It's a Documentary Film Festival unique in its kind, focusing on high quality nature films shot in parks and protected areas worldwide. It...

(16 Mar 10) On Sunday 28th March 2010, on the occasion of the event "Ricordando Don Antonio Fiora e Maria Peron" that will take place in Cicogna, the SP road no. 90 Rovegro - Cicogna will become one way in direction Cicogna from noon until 3.00 p.m. (decree no. 65 of 11th March 2010 of Provincia del V...

(01 Gen 10) Between Cisa and Forbici Passes, the forest ridges separating Tuscany from Emilia give way to a real mountain environment. The summits of Alpe di Succiso, Mt. Prado, and Mt. Cusna go beyond the 2,000 meters, the forests give way to rocks, lakes, and high-mountain grasslands. At lower altitudes, on t...

(26 Giu 09) Today in Seville, UNESCO has decided the inclusion of the Dolomites in the World Heritage List.This recognition crowns a long route and confirms the extraordinary landscape and naturalistic value of the "most beautiful mountains of the world".The area declared World Heritage does not inclu...

(06 Mag 09) The European Day of Parks will be celebrated on 24th May and, as every year, the initiative of the European Federation of Parks repeats itself, to remind the day when in 1909 the first European park was established in Sweden. This date has without a doubt a great symbolic value, and for this reason ...

(11 Mar 09) Since this year, the Rome Marathon has another goal: the compensation of the greenhouse gas emission, according to what established by the Kyoto Protocol. As a matter of fact, the organization committee of the popular footrace has decided to join the project "Parchi per Kyoto" (Parks for Kyoto), the...

(10 Mar 09) Federparchi Board of Directors, updated during the recent national Congress, has unanimously appointed Giampiero Sammuri as the new President of the Association. Sammuri, President of Maremma Regional Park, will be supported by the new Executive Committee, unanimously appointed too. There are three ...

(09 Mar 09) Regione Toscana and the Italian Federation of Parks and Nature Reserve, within "Parco Libri – Festival dell'editoria ambientale", in association with Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Park and the Foundation Montanelli Bassi, announce the international journalism award IL PARCO IN...