Tag: Central Apennines

Rewilding Apennines opens a job vacancy

November 27, 2023  |  News

  There’s a new job opportunity with Rewilding Apennines! We’re looking for a full-time Communications Officer who either lives in or is willing to relocate long-term to the Central Apennines. The role involves actively contributing to the growth of the rewilding movement at the local, national, and international levels by engaging all stakeholders. The Communications … Continued

“Italicus” at Sulmona, the thematic event on wolf

November 7, 2023  |  News

Saturday 11 November in Sulmona, at the auditorium in the historic SS. Annunziata Palace, the conference “Italicus. The wolf in the Belpaese between conservation and coexistence“, dedicated entirely to one of the most fascinating and charismatic species of Italian fauna, will take place. The history of this large predator in our Country is full of … Continued

Rewilding in Italy

September 18, 2023  |  News

A seminar to talk about the state of the art and the future perspectives of the rewilding in our Country.

Rewilding Apennines joins the “A future for the bear” event

September 9, 2023  |  News

Rewilding Apennines joins the numerous associations that have organized a demonstration in memory of the Amarena the bear, to ask the authorities and law enforcement agencies for greater control of the territory and commitment to the protection of fauna and for citizens to actively participate in putting into practice a real coexistence. The initiative will be held on Sunday 10 September at 10:00 in Piazza Mazzarino in Pescina (AQ).

Bear workshops build engagement and promote coexistence in the Central Apennines

July 19, 2023  |  News

The aim of the LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors initiative is to enhance human-bear coexistence in Italy, Greece, and further afield. The initiative’s well-attended first two public meetings, in the towns of Pettorano sul Gizio and Vastogirardi in the Central Apennines rewilding landscape, proved very positive and educational events.

The Eurasian beaver is making a comeback to Italy: living alongside

July 16, 2023  |  Blog

The appearance of small groups of Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) in various areas of the Italian territory has attracted the attention of the scientific community. The return of this species after more than five hundred years of absence and its ability to change the landscape highlights the potential for coexistence with a wild animal species relatively unknown in Italy.

Can human-bear coexistence be threatened by fake news?

June 26, 2023  |  News

Recently, a local news website relating to the Gran Sasso area published a letter from one of its readers without first verifying the veracity of the content and, then, selecting the correct information. Since this letter concerns the presence of specimens of the Marsican brown bear in the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, many have questioned whether it could undermine the delicate process of peaceful coexistence between the local communities and the bear in the newly expanding territories of the species, which is also carrying out through the LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors initiative.