News from the Italian Parks: Venetia

(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...

(Feltre, 30 Set 10) Dolomiti Bellunesi continue their intense work of comparison with the international world of parks:The twinning linked to the emigration of people from Belluno and from Venetia in the world led to the creation of "sister park" relationships with Nahuel Huapi Park in Bariloche (Argentina) a...

(Feltre, 23 Set 10) The ISO Certification and the EMAS Registration of Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park have been renewed"A confirmation of the quality of our work" declared the President Benedetto FioriDolomiti Bellunesi National Park was the first European Park to obtain in 2003 the certification of its env...

(04 Ago 10) Dear Dottor Sammuri,I have received the letter you signed as President of the Italian Federation of Parks and Nature Reserves - Europarc Italia, together with all the Presidents of the National Park Authorities, in which you explain the difficult situation of the protected areas you have been entrus...

(08 Lug 10) In order to manage a protected area correctly, it is essential to know in detail the composition and consistency of the animal and vegetable populations living in it.For this reason, since its establishment, Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park Authority has decided to organize annual census activities ...

(05 Giu 10) Under the wonderful sun of a very hot month of June, the photovoltaic roof of the Park Authority Head Offices of Villa Binotto in Feltre was inaugurated.In front of a number of local administrators and the representatives of Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park, the mayor of Feltre sen. Gianvittore Vacc...

(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 ...