The project aims at restocking the Italian population of the Egyptian vulture by putting in place concrete conservation actions which can also reduce the impact of serious threats affecting the species. The main actions are the following: captive breeding of the species at the CERM (Endangered Raptors Centre, in southern Tuscany), release into the wild … Continued
Collettivo Rewild Sicily set out the mission to make the largest island of the Mediterranean basin a greener, more conscious and wilder place. We do that by shifting towards a pro-rewilding culture through tangible actions on the ground. Our tools are agroforestry, anti-wildfire measures, grazing systems, citizen science and wildlife monitoring. We are bottom-up, starting … Continued
The Oasis is the result of a LIFE+09 NAT/IT/000150 project “Conservation interventions for the habitats of coastal wetlands in the Capitanata wetland SCI” in partnership with the Capitanata Reclamation Consortium and with the Puglia Region thanks to which, following the demolition of numerous illegal buildings, work was carried out for the hydraulic re-functionalisation of the … Continued
The coast of Scerne is home to many plant species which have become rare on the rest of the Adriatic coast due to extensive urbanisation, habitat fragmentation and alteration. Thanks to the proximity of the river Vomano and the coastal agricultural plain between the seashore and the railway, the whole area is an important stopover … Continued
Wildlife Adventures is a small nature based tourism company. It offers outdoor experiences promoting green tourism through hiking and trekking, supporting wildlife conservation and developing environmental education. In 2015 Wildlife Adventures had the possibility to renovate an old shepherd house and rebuilt it as a cosy mountain hut. Terraegna hut was born completely from a … Continued
LIFE Lynx project’s primary objective is rescuing the Dinaric-SE Alpine lynx population from extinction and to preserve it in the long term. Currently, the population is small, isolated, and extremely inbred. It urgently needs reinforcement by introducing additional, healthy animals from another population. LIFE Lynx will reinforce the Dinaric-SE Alpine population with lynx from the … Continued
LIVING ON THE EDGE is a photography and public outreach project carried out by three Austrian wildlife and nature conservation photographers, Christine Sonvilla, Marc Graf and Robert Haasmann. The project came about due to the scarcity of brown bears, wolves and Eurasian lynx in Austria, whilst neighbouring countries host significant numbers of these predators. This … Continued
LIFE PRIMED is focused on the rewilding and restoration of the Palo Laziale wood in central Italy, and the delta of the Nestos River in Greece – both of these are Natura 2000 sites. It aims to identify the reasons behind the current unfavourable conservation status of the two sites, and to work to restore degraded … Continued
Return of the Wolf project is working promote wolf conservation in the Italian Alpine Arc region and support human-wildlife coexistence. Using non-invasive sampling methods the project is also conducting wolf monitoring in the Upper Taro Valley (an extensive area of wild land in the province of Parma), the northern Apennines and the Alps, and following the … Continued
Reintroduction of the Northern Bald Ibis is one of the largest European species conservation projects. The Northern Bald Ibis is a migratory bird which was native in Central Europe until the 17th century, before it became extinct due to the huge hunting pressure. Today the Northern Bald Ibis is one of the most endangered bird … Continued