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“I was coming home exhausted, but happy. The work was hard, due to the shifts and being outdoors in any weather condition, but there were many satisfactions.”

Since October 1, 2025, Valentina Mangini has retired, having served as a park ranger at the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park since 1991.

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.