News from the Italian Parks

(07 Ott 19) Since November 1st, 2019 the email address info@parcopocollina.to.it is no longer active. All official communications to the Park Authority must be sent to this PEC address: parcopocollina.to@pec.it. For any further information or request, please visit the website www.areeprotettepotorinese.it...

(Riomaggiore, 07 Ott 19) The existing rockfall tunnel towards Riomaggiore is going to be extended for over 80 mt, with almost 3,000 cubic meters to be disgorged, the laying of almost 20 thousand square meters of steel near the slopes and 4 km of rockfall barriers. There also 40 km of bolts to block unstable rock portions an...

(Manarola - Sede Parco Cinque Terre, 04 Ott 19) On 3rd and 4th October 2019, the Park will move to Brussels for the presentation of the STONEWALLSFORLIFE project at the Kick-off Meeting organized by EASME, an EU agency that manages the financing programme for the protection of the environment and the risks related to climate change. Further info...

(Riomaggiore, 04 Ott 19) Next Sunday, October 6th, at 12 pm at Cinque Terre, at the hall of the Riomaggiore Castle will be held the presentation of the "Project of technical and economic feasibility" about the restoration and mitigation interventions of hydrogeological risk, aimed at the reopening of the Via dell'Amore in t...

(27 Set 19) Last week, at the MaB UNESCO Reserve of Monviso, the 2nd National Meeting of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves was held, an event convened by the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea and organized by the Body of the Monviso Protected Areas. For further information:www...

(Manarola - Sede-, 25 Set 19)    The works of the EUROPARC International Conference now at the Kemeri National Park in Latvia are live on FB. This year, the topic of the meeting is “nature on my mind”, the relationships between nature and social, economic, and human life issues. Here is the...

(Manarola - Sede-, 05 Set 19) The ADHOC company, that won the tender for the execution of three-dimensional geometric surveys of the coastal stretch of the 5 Terre National Park, will carry out the free course within the “Maregot” Interreg project for the use of the ADHOC3D software (https://www.adhoc3d.com/it/softwa...

(Manarola - Sede-, 28 Ago 19) Seven years ago, the Per Tramonti Association ODV started a project against the vineyards’ abandonment. Some owners, who could no longer take care of them, sold their vineyards on free loan to the Association. The Association has replanted new vines and has been producing and distributing ...

(Manarola - Sede-, 28 Ago 19) Published in the magazine "Water" a scientific article concerning the multi-temporal quantitative analysis of cadastral data and satellite photos, with the aim of evaluating land use transformations from 1954 to the present day in relation to the triggering of landslides in sample area (the Vernazza...

(Manarola - Sede-, 26 Ago 19) CINQUE TERRE HIKING GUIDE: download it from Apple Store or Google Play For centuries the paths of the Cinque Terre were the only link between one country and another and between these and the hinterland. Today the network that extends for over 120 kilometers allows you to appre...