With the support of the Open Rivers Programme, Rewilding Apennines is opening two new strands of work on the rivers of the central Apennines: mapping the barriers of the Aterno-Pescara basin, and preparing the next removal on the Giovenco, where five barriers were already taken out in 2024.
A European coalition of experts and NGOs, which Rewilding Apennines is part of, is calling for the European Commission to intervene and is preparing a complaint to the Bern Convention.
A study promoted by Rewilding Apennines in the basins of the Pescara and Aterno rivers has confirmed the presence of at least four Eurasian beavers, which reached the central Apennines following unauthorised releases. The organisation is following this presence with scientific and ecological interest, treating it for what it is: a new phenomenon, to be studied methodically.
This year too, Rewilding Apennines renews its commitment to running its international literary competition: a space where writing becomes a tool to tell the story of nature, the restoration of ecosystems and the benefits that rewilding brings to people as well.
From 22 to 27 June, Pettorano sul Gizio will once again transform into a film set for an entire week, hosting the second edition of KinoAppennino, organised by Rewilding Apennines. Film professionals and enthusiasts will come together to produce short films of every genre in record time, giving priority to the strong bond between nature and culture that the village perfectly embodies.
16,826 animals poisoned in Italy in fifteen years, an underground supply chain of banned substances, near-total impunity. The full text of Rewilding Apennines’ address, with a concrete proposal: to extend the logic of Italy’s wildfire law to poisoning.
The recent poisoning incidents that occurred between April and May in the Central Apennines, causing the death of at least 21 wolves and other wild animals inside and outside the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, were at the centre of the meeting held today in the Press Room of the Chamber of Deputies, on … Continued
From Darwin to bowerbirds, from Tokyo pigeons to macaques: for over a century, science has been trying to understand whether animals have a sense of beauty. The answers are more nuanced than they appear, and end up saying something about us too.
On 28 May 2026, at 13:00, the press conference “Wolves, bears and poisons – Data, critical issues and tools to tackle the illegal mortality of the Apennine wolf and the Marsican brown bear” will be held at the Press Room of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome.
Altura and Rewilding Apennines have carried out a concrete conservation action aimed at supporting the return of a rare and valuable species for wetland ecosystems.
