Regional Parks

(Tonadico, 21 Mag 13) Summer in the Park begins in June with the opening of the first Visitor Centers and it ends in early October with the initiatives dedicated to the deers' breeding bellow in the Paneveggio Forest. A rich-in-proposals calendar for all, walkers and people curious about nature, and families with childre...

(Bosco Nordio, 18 Apr 13) The first results of a traineeship attended by Giovanni Bombieri - a Forestry Sciences and Technologies student - which will be collected in his graduation thesis, showed the presence of a substantial Italian Agile Frog (Rana latastei) population in the Bosco Nordio Nature Reserve, a frog species in...

(Bosco Nordio, 18 Apr 13) Within the activities of the LIFE Project in progress continue the monitoring of the ponds carried out in 2011 with the concrete C6 action. Recent good news is the colonization of some ponds in the Reserve by young specimens of Common Spadefoot (Pelobates fuscus) coming from the reintroductions carr...

(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...

(Rocca di Mezzo, 21 Mar 13) Sirente Velino Regional Park AuthorityAIPIN - Associazione Italiana per l'Ingegneria Naturalistica (Italian Association for Soil Bioengineering)AEIP - Asociación Española de Ingenieria del Paisaje (Spanish Association for Soil Bioengineering)University of Florence - Department for Econ...

(Tonadico, 15 Mar 13) In 2009 the Paneveggio Pale di San Martino Park, in order to preserve the Canali Valley's biodiversity - also including domestic animals - started a project to breed the "Lamon" sheep, a breed of sheep facing a risk of extinction. Since ancient times this sheep has been bred in Trentino, ...

(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...