Dolomites

(Strembo, 13 Nov 13) On the occasion of the upcoming Christmas holidays the Adamello Brenta Nature Park proposes a family-nature-vacation by the Villa Santi Nature House, immersed in the fascinating rural landscape of the municipality of Montagne, only a few kilometers far from Madonna di Campiglio, Comano Terme and Mo...

(Strembo, 28 Ago 13) The twelfth European Geoparks Conference will take place this year in Italy, in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano Geopark on the 4th, 5th and 6th of September. In Ascea, the ancient greek city of Elea, one of the cradles of western philosophy, which has been recently recognized as UNESCO World Heritage...

(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...

(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, ...

(Tonadico, 22 Nov 12) On Friday 9th November the new volume of the series "Quaderni del Parco" was presented in the wonderful setting of the Scopoli Palace in Tonadico. The twelfth book of the series deals with the history and the renovation of the Boaletti power center's ancient hydroelectric system d...

(Tonadico, 11 Set 12) On Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September In the afternoon participants will be introduced to a day dedicated to deers. A short presentation about the deers of the Park will be shown and the radiotracking technique used to study their behaviour will ...

(Feltre, 01 Giu 12) A stylized flower consisting of a big letter "E" surrounded by 12 stars instead of by petals: it is the Ecolabel mark of the European Union many of you might have noticed on some products at the supermarket.The mark allows the consumers to find the products which meet the high standards co...

(Feltre, 19 Apr 12) During the weekend Chieti hosted the 22nd edition of Ecotur, the International Fair and Exchange of Nature Tourism. During this event, the new edition of the Ecotur report on green tourism was presented.The report's data, resulting from the collaboration between Istat, Enit and University of L'Aquil...

(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, 28 Giu 11) In the hills of Vermont, in the north of the town of Woodstock, in the north-eastern corner of the United States, there is Marsh-Billings–Rockefeller National Historical Park, preserving the most ancient sustainably managed forest of the whole North America. The Park has been named after th...