It will be a festival dedicated to the mountains and, in particular, to ethics, adventure, and respect in the use of high lands, as stated in the subtitle of Bardomont, the new event that will enliven the town of Bardonecchia during the days of the Immaculate Conception, from December 6 to 8, 2024.
After 5 intense years of work in the field and coordination of activities and actions, the final conference of LIFE WolfAlps EU, organized in Trento from May 17 to 19, marked the milestone of a project that since 2019 has been able to disseminate a wealth of scientific knowledge and informative tools on the coexistence between human activities and wolves in the Alps.
Two different guided high-altitude excursions, with simultaneous departures - one from the valley, in the Gran Bosco di Salbertrand Natural Park, will meet at Col Bleiger. Park rangers Elisa Ramassa and Massimo Rosso will be present to discuss curiosities and the latest monitoring data.
Excursion in the surroundings of the Certosa di Montebenedetto dedicated to learning about the wolf. Possibility to have lunch at the Apeggio Fumavecchia.
On Saturday, August 31 at 9:00 PM at Rifugio Selleries in Roure, in the Orsiera Rocciavrè Park, there will be a thematic meeting with the park ranger Luca Giunti.
On Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 9 p.m., in the UGET hall at 192 C.so Francia in Turin (Parco della Tesoriera), the Hiking Group TAM of CAI UGET TORINO and CAI TORINO in collaboration with the Protected Areas of the Cottian Alps are organizing an informative evening with park ranger Luca Giunti.
Il progetto mira a migliorare la coesistenza fra il lupo e le persone che vivono e lavorano sull'arco alpino costruendo e individuando soluzioni condivise con allevatori, cacciatori, cittadini, amministratori per garantire la conservazione a lungo termine del lupo sulle Alpi.
Il lupo nelle Alpi: azioni coordinate per la conservazione del lupo nelle aree chiave e sull’intero arco alpino
In the territories where today the Parks of the Cottian Alps are located, and in general throughout the entire Alpine arc, the wolf became extinct between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century due to human hunting activity. Starting from the 1970s, from a small nucleus of wolves of the subspecies Canis lupus italicus present in the Apennines of Central Italy (between 100 and 200 individuals), a process of numerical growth and spontaneous recolonization began, leading the species to spread throughout the entire peninsula.
The 2017 calendar of the Parks of the Cottian Alps is dedicated to the wolf and the European project LIFE WOLFALPS.
If you think of the wolf, what comes to mind? Who is it, where does it live, what does it eat? Should we be afraid of it? We will learn to know the "real" wolf, we will be able to distinguish it from the animal present in stories and from the sensationalistic one evoked in newspapers.
What is the first adjective that comes to mind when you think of the wolf? Bad, good, cunning, hungry, aggressive, mysterious...? The presence of the wolf, real or imaginary, has always accompanied human beings. The course will explore the relationship between man and wolf over time and history, drawing on literary materials (classical literature, fiction, myths, and popular local and non-local legends) that will be provided to the class as a stimulus and starting point for a broader reflection.
The choice to dedicate a path to the landscape arises to highlight the similarities between wolves and humans and to analyze the environment that surrounds us in a more detailed way.
An increasingly anthropized Earth urgently requires us to reflect on the needs, critical issues, limits, and strategies necessary for sharing spaces with other living beings and utilizing the planet's resources. A path that will challenge our ability to engage in dialogue-listening.