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The Ferrata dell'Orrido di Foresto was reopened on June 28, 2025.

The American pond turtles present in the Grande Lake of Avigliana are carriers of infectious diseases that can be transmitted to humans. This is what emerges from a scientific study conducted by the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Piedmont, Liguria, and Aosta Valley in the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes. It has been found that 13.3% of individuals were infected with salmonellosis and/or cryptosporidium.

Mercoledì 19 giugno 2025 nel Parco Naturale della Val Troncea, è stata inanellata la 48esima specie di avifauna da quando è iniziata l’attività, ormai 11 anni fa. L’uccello finito nelle reti è uno splendido esemplare di cuculo che è stato preso in carico dalle sapienti e delicate mani di Beppe Roux-Poignant, guardiaparco, e Domenico Rosselli, da poco in pensione ma presente come inanellatore riconosciuto da Ispra, che hanno effettuato tutte le misurazioni da protocollo, gli hanno apposto un anello numerato alla zampina e lo hanno liberato dopo pochi minuti in ottime condizioni.

Martedì 17 giugno 2025: ARPA Piemonte segnala la presenza di schiume algali sul Lago Grande di Avigliana con potenziali rischi per la salute. Si tratta di una fioritura cianobatterica. 

From Wednesday, June 4 to Friday, June 6, 2025, the Protected Areas of the Cottian Alps participated in the monitoring visit of the Life Predator project, which took place in Portugal along the Tagus River basin. As expected in this type of program, the event was characterized as a technical and practical meeting halfway through the project between the project partners and the body designated by the European Union to oversee the progress of the work.

The mountainous areas are among the most valuable and fragile biodiversity hotspots globally, hosting unique species adapted to harsh climatic conditions and extreme environments. However, a recent study conducted along an altitude gradient in the Western Alps highlights how protected areas, while essential for the conservation of mountain fauna, are facing increasing pressures related to climate change and land use changes, which have repercussions on mountain biodiversity.

In occasione della Giornata Mondiale dell'Ambiente vi proponiamo il video realizzato da Città Metropolitana di Torino nell'ambito del progetto Connettere l'Ambiente, dedicato a Miriophyllum spicatum nel Parco naturale dei Laghi di Avigliana.

On Monday, May 26, 2025, work began on the restoration of the landslides on the Selleries road, where the refuge and pasture are located, in the Val Chisone. This is a project that was initiated even before the significant damage recorded during the summer of 2024, whereby the Management Authority of the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps is the beneficiary of a FESR funding of €385,500 for a project shared with the Municipalities of Fenestrelle and Roure.

The renovation of the road between Colle delle Finestre and Colle della Vecchia, Val Chisone, is in the starting phase. After the assignment and procurement of the works, a first operational meeting has already taken place between the involved entities and the contracted company, where the start of the construction site was set for the first days of June.

On the occasion of the World Biodiversity Day, established by the United Nations in 2000, celebrated every year on May 22, we publish the results of a monitoring activity carried out by the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park on the Emys orbicularis, the rare European marsh turtle, of which about thirty specimens survive and are at risk of extinction. A small example of biodiversity that is at risk of being lost forever.