Coasts and Islands

(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...

(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...

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 16 Gen 13) 2013 begins with the prestigious purpose of including the Park on the UNESCO World Heritage list: in the last few days a visit to the territory was carried out to evaluate the huge material and immaterial heritage of Alcantara Park's territory, and to define the procedures of inscription. ...

(Francavilla di Sicilia, 07 Dic 12) In December 6, 2013 the first meeting between the President Bruno De Vita and the environmentalist associations took place in Francavilla to define a common way to protect and safeguard the Alcantara's ecosystem. In the presence of the representatives of the Italian Alpine Club (Giambat...

(Vallo della Lucania, 23 Nov 12) From 4th to 7th of September the 12th European Geoparks international Conference will take place in Ascea: it was established during the European Geoparks Network Conference which occurred in Norway in 2011. Italy, represented by a delegation from the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National ...