Rivers and Lakes

(Mantova, 21 Dic 13) For the 30th anniversary of its establishment neither the wonderful pictures of the animal and plant species, nor those of the landscapes we are used to see published in the calendar since 1988, but people will tell us the 12th month of 2014. The 12 protagonists were chosen by the park to summarize...

(Mantova, 13 Dic 13) Two short guides propose eight thematic itineraries in the Terre del Mincio, presenting the territory between the Garda lake and the Po river through its thousand-year old history - Arcehomincio - and historical events - Mincio and War: they are the popular version of the studies carried out by two ...

(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. ...