News from the Italian Parks

(05 Ago 17) The “Praterie” project takes part in the 2017 edition, too, of the Sheep Exposition in Campo Imperatore. The Chamber of Commerce of L’Aquila organises this event in Fonte Macina, in the municipality of Castel del Monte. Over the last few years, the Park has been participating in th...

(27 Lug 17) The thousand-year old practice of transhumance is placed at the core of the new cultural initiative of LIFE Praterie’s  Service and Information Centres: a documentary titled “Transumanze d’Europa” will be shown Saturday, 29 July, in Rocca Calascio. The presence of its au...

(Manarola - Sede, 24 Lug 17) The Festival (MORE INFO) Artists Grandi & Fanti Grandi & Fanti are a band from Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre) that plays in local dialect. As their name suggests, band members are mostly young people (“fanti”): Irene Somovigo (voice), Luca Scapin (bouzouki), Leonardo Franceschetti...

(Manarola - Sede, 24 Lug 17) Grandi & Fanti are a band from Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre) that plays in local dialect. As their name suggests, band members are mostly young people ("fanti"): Irene Somovigo (voice), Luca Scapin (bouzouki), Leonardo Franceschetti (guitar), Lorenzo Beschi (electri...

(Treviso, 19 Lug 17) Now the Sile Park can be reached on its renewed official website at www.parcosile.it. The Park Authority constantly checks and updates all its contents, from the home page, which features a navigation bar in common with all the subpages, to the numerous boxes that emphasise some information on natur...

(Manarola - Sede, 13 Lug 17) Born in Tultepec, Mexico, Victor Contreras studied organ and harpsichord in Paris with Eric Lebrun, Élisabeth Joyé and Richard Siegel. He held organ specialisation courses at the Regional Conservatory of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne, France), at the National Music Co...

(Mantova, 13 Lug 17) In 47 out of 66 activities constituting the Action Plan of the Mincio River Contract (they were initially 62, then 4 more have been added) there have been progresses, or the related activities have been started and, in some cases, even concluded.The technical group that met yesterday at the Park off...

(Pescasseroli, 03 Lug 17) The National Park Authority of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise has set up, in the interest of the conservation of the areas and species that live there, a regulation of the tourist flow during these periods: from July 22 to September 3 2017In the areas of presence of the Apennines Chamois in Val di Ros...

(Treviso, 27 Giu 17) As the minimum number of participants has been reached, the above mentioned course will be held at the Park offices, via Tandura 40 – Treviso. PROGRAMME Thursday, 29 June Beginning of theoretical class, 9.30 am Lunch break, 1 pm Afternoon class, from 2 to 6.30 pm Friday, 30 June ...

(Treviso, 22 Giu 17) Concrete conservation actions in the framework of the SILIFFE Project go on, in particular through Action C4 - Interventions for autochthonous water fauna - aimed at restoring biodiversity, especially fish species of Community interest such as marble trouts and graylings. During the months of May a...