Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "environmental" projects in Italy

PROJECT: Workcamp is part of the project called Lake B.E.S.T Biodiversity Ecosystem Services Tools. Legambiente Basilicata works for a long time to counter the loss of diversity, the illegal abandonment of waste and to mitigate environmental risk caused by human presence and by tourist exploitation of the area. Workcamp intends to aware volunteers and local people about protection of territory and the sustainable tourism and to improve the use of the area with a view to environmental sustainability LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Legambiente Basilicata carries out its activities on a regional basis, with more than 10 local groups. It focuses to a society based on a balanced relationship between man and nature and to the correct use of natural resources. It promotes Citiziens Science and environmental volunteering activities, supports local and biological agriculture, in order to improve society. LOCATION AND LEISURE: San Fele is a small village of 2.882 inhabitants. Rich of history and traditions, the village is situated in the Vulture Regional Natural Park. Volunteers will visit the Monticchio Lakes, ancient volcanic craters, extinguished 130 thousand years ago, natural habitat of night butterfly, the Brahmaea europaea; the Vulture Museum in Monticchio tells the Vulture's story. WORK: The San Fele waterfalls are a strong tourist attraction. The large presence of visitors caused, over time, damage and deterioration of the nature trails. Volunteers, in accordance with the indications of the Park Authority and the Municipality of San Fele, will be involved in the maintenance and in the cleaning of the paths of the Park in Cascate di San Fele area. In particular, they will deal with the arrangement and repair of paths, detached and damaged horizontal and vertical signs. STUDY PART: Volunteers will participate in seminars and training courses about the environmental sustainability. The main topics will be conservation and protection of biodiversity, local flora and fauna and agricultural biodiversity. In particular biological agriculture. So volunteers will visit ScamBioLogico, the first italian green station. An emporium of organic products at km 0, connected to fair and sustainable trade. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteers will be hosted in the rectory. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a common area with a self-managed kitchen. They will eat local products and moderate meat. TERMINAL: Airport Napoli Capodichino and Airport Bari Palese;Train Station Rionero-Atella-Ripacandida. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: attitude for manual work; propensity to go hiking and walking for short or long path. LANGUAGE: English

WORK: The San Fele waterfalls are a strong tourist attraction. The large presence of visitors caused, over time, damage and deterioration of the nature trails. Volunteers, in accordance with the indications of the Park Authority and the Municipality of San Fele, will be involved in the maintenance and in the cleaning of the paths of the Park in Cascate di San Fele area. In particular, they will deal with the arrangement and repair of paths, detached and damaged horizontal and vertical signs. STUDY PART: Volunteers will participate in seminars and training courses about the environmental sustainability. The main topics will be conservation and protection of biodiversity, local flora and fauna and agricultural biodiversity. In particular biological agriculture. So volunteers will visit ScamBioLogico, the first italian green station. An emporium of organic products at km 0, connected to fair and sustainable trade.

Volunteers will be hosted in the rectory. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a common area with a self-managed kitchen. They will eat local products and moderate meat.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: San Fele is a small village of 2.882 inhabitants. Rich of history and traditions, the village is situated in the Vulture Regional Natural Park. Volunteers will visit the Monticchio Lakes, ancient volcanic craters, extinguished 130 thousand years ago, natural habitat of night butterfly, the Brahmaea europaea; the Vulture Museum in Monticchio tells the Vulture's story. TERMINAL: Airport Napoli Capodichino and Airport Bari Palese;Train Station Rionero-Atella-Ripacandida.

attitude for manual work; propensity to go hiking and walking for short or long path.

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San fele

English

PROJECT: Alpe Dosso is located at 1600 meters over sea level surrounded by breathtaking landscapes. It is a place full of woods which are in need of constant maintenance. Volunteers will take care of pathways, woods, plants in order to keep the park clean and beautiful. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Our Legambiente local group is made up of young and dynamic people, mostly under 30. Our main activity is the management of a hostel; moreover, we carry on a campaign against food waste and for the correct waste management. Take a look at https://it-it.facebook.com/legambiente.lecco for details and on  our website www.legambientelecco.it/en/LOCATION AND LEISURE: Orobie is the first alpine chain in the north of Lombardia plain. Since the alpine hut is quite isolated, leisure trips will be arranged inside the park itself, who has breathtaking landscapes and lots of pathways that volunteers will be free to visit to enjoy fully the Orobie Valtellinesi mountains park. WORK: Volunteers will clean pathways, eliminate infesting plants and take care of the woods. They will be working with the constant help of experienced voluntary people from Consorzio Montagna Viva - http://www.cmviva.it that will provide all the necessary tools. STUDY PART: Volunteers will learn about biodiversity of the park and its conservation. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Our alpine hut is quite isolated and has bad line reception. It takes 2 hours by foot to reach the alpine hut, which is provided of a kitchen, beds and toilets. TERMINAL: Nearest airports: Orio al Serio, Bergamo or Milano Malpensa, Milano. Nearest train station: Colico SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Predisposition to live, walk and work in the mountains. Motivation to live an experience far away from caos of big cities. It is mandatory to know the English language. A project related motivation letter is required and if necessary a skype interview. Please send ML with application! LANGUAGE: English

WORK: Volunteers will clean pathways, eliminate infesting plants and take care of the woods. They will be working with the constant help of experienced voluntary people from Consorzio Montagna Viva - http://www.cmviva.it that will provide all the necessary tools. STUDY PART: Volunteers will learn about biodiversity of the park and its conservation.

Our alpine hut is quite isolated and has bad line reception. It takes 2 hours by foot to reach the alpine hut, which is provided of a kitchen, beds and toilets.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Orobie is the first alpine chain in the north of Lombardia plain. Since the alpine hut is quite isolated, leisure trips will be arranged inside the park itself, who has breathtaking landscapes and lots of pathways that volunteers will be free to visit to enjoy fully the Orobie Valtellinesi mountains park.

Nearest airports: Orio al Serio, Bergamo or Milano Malpensa, Milano. Nearest train station: Colico

Predisposition to live, walk and work in the mountains. Motivation to live an experience far away from caos of big cities. It is mandatory to know the English language. A project related motivation letter is required and if necessary a skype interview. Please send ML with application!

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Alpe dosso

English

PROJECT: The camp is part of a project called INVOLVE (INtegration of migrants as VOLunteers for the safeguarding of Vulnerable Environments). We are going to create a Local Community Hub where migrants and locals can come together to identify environmental and cultural issues in their locality and plan common actions for enhancing and promoting their shared resources. Legambiente Paestum is running the project with several partners to involve local communities, students and volunteers. During the workcamp, the volunteers will help to strengthen respect for diversity in the community and educate citizens in caring for the area's natural, historical and cultural riches. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Born in 1987, Legambiente local group Freewheeling is currently enaged in the running of Dune Oasis and the project "INVOLVE" (INtegration of migrants as VOLunteers for the safeguarding of Vulnerable Environments). LOCATION AND LEISURE: Paestum is a little town founded during VI century b.C. by Greeks, who built wonderful temples - and civilization – that now consitute a very important archeological area (UNESCO site) among the best maintaines in the Mediterranean. For its art, nature, tastes and events  Paestum is one of the most important beautiful cities of Magna Grecia. The old city is located in a strategic position, a few km from the Amalfi Coast that extends along the Tirreno Sea and from the National Park of Cilento. The Archaeological site includes three Temples (it dates back to 550 B.C) WORK: The volunteers will cooperate with a group of migrants and the local staff to run the activities connected with maintenance and the cleaning of a coastal area that Legambiente transformed in a protected area composed by a pinewood, the mediterranean bushes and the sand vegetation (the mediterranea brush). Volunteers will be involved also in beach and old city walls of Paestum cleaning. Easy activities but very important not only for the preservation of the area but specially to raise awareness tourists that visit the region during summer. Moreover the presence of migrants will require attitude in supporting them in learning italian and in socializing during the working activities and during free time. STUDY PART: Trainings on environment and sustainability. Practices of integration and social inclusion of migrants. Trainings on cultural heritage. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteers will be hosted in bungalows in a camping on the coast. Moreover there is a cottage just on the beach where is possible to have meals after the working activities. TERMINAL:  Naples Capodichino international airport. There are buses connection for the central railway station of Naples where is possibile to take a regional train to Paestum. The requested time is about 1hour and 20 minutes. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: none. LANGUAGE: English

WORK: The volunteers will cooperate with a group of migrants and the local staff to run the activities connected with maintenance and the cleaning of a coastal area that Legambiente transformed in a protected area composed by a pinewood, the mediterranean bushes and the sand vegetation (the mediterranea brush). Volunteers will be involved also in beach and old city walls of Paestum cleaning. Easy activities but very important not only for the preservation of the area but specially to raise awareness tourists that visit the region during summer. Moreover the presence of migrants will require attitude in supporting them in learning italian and in socializing during the working activities and during free time. STUDY PART: Trainings on environment and sustainability. Practices of integration and social inclusion of migrants. Trainings on cultural heritage.

Volunteers will be hosted in bungalows in a camping on the coast. Moreover there is a cottage just on the beach where is possible to have meals after the working activities.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Paestum is a little town founded during VI century b.C. by Greeks, who built wonderful temples - and civilization – that now consitute a very important archeological area (UNESCO site) among the best maintaines in the Mediterranean. For its art, nature, tastes and events Paestum is one of the most important beautiful cities of Magna Grecia. The old city is located in a strategic position, a few km from the Amalfi Coast that extends along the Tirreno Sea and from the National Park of Cilento. The Archaeological site includes three Temples (it dates back to 550 B.C).

Naples Capodichino international airport. There are buses connection for the central railway station of Naples where is possibile to take a regional train to Paestum. The requested time is about 1hour and 20 minutes.

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Paestum

English

PROJECT: The project envisages differentiated actions both for the maintenance of paths and for equipping the National Park as a fire control activity in defense of the flora of Pantelleria. All in close contact with the local population who will collaborate in voluntary activities. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: The  Legambiente local group "Francesco Lojacono" is in favor of a society based on a balanced relationship between man and nature for a development model based on the appropriate use of natural and human resources. The local group also carries out civil protection activities, promotes training, prevention and intervention in the event of an emergency awith a specialization in the protection and safeguard of cultural heritage. LOCATION AND LEISURE: Pantelleria si trova tra la Sicilia e la Tunisia. Nell'isola si trova la riserva naturale orientata Isola di Pantelleria e un ampio lago (lo specchio di Venere) il cui bacino occupa i resti di una caldera vulcanica. Nel 2016 la riserva e un'ampia porzione dell'isola sono stati inseriti nel Parco nazionale dell'Isola di Pantelleria. The base of the workcamp will be in Scauri, one of the small villages in Pantelleria island.  Pantelleria is a place of unparalleled charm, in it you can still read very well the remains of the ancient prehistoric civilization of the "Sesi" and the other monuments of the historic ages. WORK: Volunteers will be involved in small path maintenance tasks, recovery of portions of public gardens, rearrangement of signs and path markers along paths. Fire control with the aid of sighting points and drones. STUDY PART: Training sessions will be held on the history of Pantelleria, on the civilization of the island, on volcanism and on the nature of this microcontinent. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteers will be hosted in a school, a few meters from the sea. Diet will be based on local products. TERMINAL: Pantelleria airport. Pantelleria port. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: ability to adapt to a very hot climate LANGUAGE: English

WORK: Volunteers will be involved in small path maintenance tasks, recovery of portions of public gardens, rearrangement of signs and path markers along paths. Fire control with the aid of sighting points and drones. STUDY PART: Training sessions will be held on the history of Pantelleria, on the civilization of the island, on volcanism and on the nature of this microcontinent.

Volunteers will be hosted in a school, a few meters from the sea. Diet will be based on local products.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Pantelleria si trova tra la Sicilia e la Tunisia. Nell'isola si trova la riserva naturale orientata Isola di Pantelleria e un ampio lago (lo specchio di Venere) il cui bacino occupa i resti di una caldera vulcanica. Nel 2016 la riserva e un'ampia porzione dell'isola sono stati inseriti nel Parco nazionale dell'Isola di Pantelleria. The base of the workcamp will be in Scauri, one of the small villages in Pantelleria island. Pantelleria is a place of unparalleled charm, in it you can still read very well the remains of the ancient prehistoric civilization of the "Sesi" and the other monuments of the historic ages.

Pantelleria airport. Pantelleria port.

ability to adapt to a very hot climate

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Pantelleria

English

PROJECT: The camp activities will be aimed at touristic and environmental recovery of Val Camonica. Volunteers will work on a Romanic pathway called Via Valeriana, on the Ciclovia Oglio elected the most beautiful Italian cycle paths to Italian Green Road Awards 2019. Adamello Regional Park will be partner of project too. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Legambiente Valle Camonica local group is active since the eighties and has already organized several international workcamps. It promotes initiatives in various issues like rivers safeguard, soil consumption, landscape protection and care of the environment. LOCATION AND LEISURE: Malegno is a small town of Valcamonica located in a suggestive mountain landscape, in the central Alpes. During the free days, volunteers can visit places and cities with historical and cultural interest: the National Park of Rock Carvings, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iseo Lake, where Montisola rises, the largest lake island in Europe, the town of Bienno, which is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy or the cities of Brescia and Bergamo. WORK: volunteers will be involved in works as recovery of some of the footpaths with an historical importance and breathtaking views, that bring to locality Dois. They will clean and recover part of the cycle path Oglio, where the municipality has just built a Cyclo-pedestrian bridge; and clean the pathway of vineyard recently planted and owned by the municipality. Moreover they will help locals to set up the fence of municipal animal shelter. STUDY PART: Volunteers will meet people from Pia Foundation, a center which welcomes people with psycho-physical disabilities. During this meeting a girl with disability will design and write, using a special computer, posters in English that will be left as a gift to the participants. Poster will be about a particular species of ant, named "rufa",  with the aim to inform about this particular ant who lives in this area. Indeed the Giovetto Reserve is the first area in Europe to create a protective environment for these ants, which play a role to defend the ecosystem of woods. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: The participants will stay one week with host families. The second week they will stay in a former convent with 10 rooms, 4 bathrooms and showers. The meals will always take place in common also during the first week. TERMINAL: Nearest airports: Milano Linate and Milano Malpensa in Milan, Orio al Serio in Bergamo and Valeria Catullo in Verona. The nearest train station are: Cividate-Malegno and Breno (train from Brescia). SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Ability to walk and work in the mountains. LANGUAGE: English

WORK: volunteers will be involved in works as recovery of some of the footpaths with an historical importance and breathtaking views, that bring to locality Dois. They will clean and recover part of the cycle path Oglio, where the municipality has just built a Cyclo-pedestrian bridge; and clean the pathway of vineyard recently planted and owned by the municipality. Moreover they will help locals to set up the fence of municipal animal shelter. STUDY PART: Volunteers will meet people from Pia Foundation, a center which welcomes people with psycho-physical disabilities. During this meeting a girl with disability will design and write, using a special computer, posters in English that will be left as a gift to the participants. Poster will be about a particular species of ant, named "rufa", with the aim to inform about this particular ant who lives in this area. Indeed the Giovetto Reserve is the first area in Europe to create a protective environment for these ants, which play a role to defend the ecosystem of woods.

The participants will stay one week with host families. The second week they will stay in a former convent with 10 rooms, 4 bathrooms and showers. The meals will always take place in common also during the first week.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Malegno is a small town of Valcamonica located in a suggestive mountain landscape, in the central Alpes. During the free days, volunteers can visit places and cities with historical and cultural interest: the National Park of Rock Carvings, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iseo Lake, where Montisola rises, the largest lake island in Europe, the town of Bienno, which is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy or the cities of Brescia and Bergamo.

Nearest airports: Milano Linate and Milano Malpensa in Milan, Orio al Serio in Bergamo and Valeria Catullo in Verona. The nearest train station are: Cividate-Malegno and Breno (train from Brescia).

Ability to walk and work in the mountains.

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Malegno

English

PROJECT: The workcamp is part of a project called Dirama - Nature and Communities. Within this project, the classic outline of a workcamp (maintenance of protected areas) merges with a series of events open to the public (concerts, workshops, tours). Bringing together the volunteers and the local community to share these experiences, we aim to create a new awareness towards our territory. Last year edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk-E2R7vRZU LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Legambiente Bergamo local group promotes environmental education addressed to youngest generations and environmentally friendly lifestyles, thanks to collaboration with local parks, municipalities and associations. LOCATION AND LEISURE: Ca' Matta is located in the heart of Parco dei Colli di Bergamo (Bergamo Hills' Park), which covers around 4,700 hectares of hills, woods and streams. The Park was established in 1977 with aim to protect the area and regulate human activities, but also to promote its value for the community. Surroundings areas include natural and architectural beauties, such as Bergamo old town named Città Alta. In summer, the city hosts many events for all target. WORK: the work consists in taking care, cleaning paths and ponds, removal of litter, surrounding Ca' Matta, center of Environmental Education of Parco dei Colli di Bergamo. In collaboration with local associations and youth clubs, volunteers will work at cleaning of Bergamo neighborhoods on special event day. Sometimes they may be asked for working over the weekend or early in the morning in case of high temperature. In the same weeks of workcamps, city of Bergamo will host the festival and volunteers will be involved in organization such as logistic, reception and information tasks. STUDY PART: Throughout the workcamp, the staff will provide the volunteers with all the relevant information regarding the local biodiversity, landscape and environmental issues. Volunteers will also have the chance to take part in guided tours in nearby protected areas. Moreover they will take part to workshops about Reuse-Reduce-Recycle. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteers will sleep in mixed rooms (6 to 10 beds) Food will be almost vegetarian and based on local products. No Wi-Fi available. TERMINAL: Nearest airports: Orio al Serio, Bergamo. Nearest train station: Bergamo. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Special skills are not required. Nevertheless, participation, enthusiasm and motivation are welcome! Volunteers are expected to be open-minded, flexible, and adaptable to different situations. LANGUAGE: English

WORK: the work consists in taking care, cleaning paths and ponds, removal of litter, surrounding Ca' Matta, center of Environmental Education of Parco dei Colli di Bergamo. In collaboration with local associations and youth clubs, volunteers will work at cleaning of Bergamo neighborhoods on special event day. Sometimes they may be asked for working over the weekend or early in the morning in case of high temperature. In the same weeks of workcamps, city of Bergamo will host the festival and volunteers will be involved in organization such as logistic, reception and information tasks. STUDY PART: Throughout the workcamp, the staff will provide the volunteers with all the relevant information regarding the local biodiversity, landscape and environmental issues. Volunteers will also have the chance to take part in guided tours in nearby protected areas. Moreover they will take part to workshops about Reuse-Reduce-Recycle.

Volunteers will sleep in mixed rooms (6 to 10 beds) Food will be almost vegetarian and based on local products. No Wi-Fi available.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Ca' Matta is located in the heart of Parco dei Colli di Bergamo (Bergamo Hills' Park), which covers around 4,700 hectares of hills, woods and streams. The Park was established in 1977 with aim to protect the area and regulate human activities, but also to promote its value for the community. Surroundings areas include natural and architectural beauties, such as Bergamo old town named Città Alta. In summer, the city hosts many events for all target.

Nearest airports: Orio al Serio, Bergamo. Nearest train station: Bergamo.

Special skills are not required. Nevertheless, participation, enthusiasm and motivation are welcome! Volunteers are expected to be open-minded, flexible, and adaptable to different situations.

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Colle maresana

English

PROJECT: The project includes some local actions about: - restore and adding cycle paths billboards; - planning and building up a new path through the San Stino forest; - cleaning of the trails among trees in the wood; - promotion of local products through the involvement of associations and companies of this territory. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Legambiente "Pascutto-Geretto" local group was born almost twenty years ago at the urging of Geretto Franco, with the aim to aware about environmental issues in the Eastern Veneto, where territory subjected to a rapid transformation. The club is named after the Romano Pascutto important dialect poet and writer born in S. Stino di Livenza. Later, after the death of the founder, the members decided to assign to the club the surname of Geretto. LOCATION AND LEISURE: The town of San Stino di Livenza, where the Green Station is located, is a rich area in terms of environmental and historical values and landscape, as well as being a central node in the system of mobility infrastructure such as highway, railway and waterway, features that make it a crucial junction for the tourist itineraries. WORK: Small maintenance of the forest such as cutting herbaceous and shrubby plants, waste cleaning, making posters/billboards, signage for cycling trails. Promotion of social events related to the local cycling. STUDY PART: Involving in authorities and local technicians interconnection on strategic planning cycle tourist infrastructure. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Green stations are unattended stations that Legambiente has redeveloped and enhanced by converting them into centers of environmental sustainability, tourism and innovative mobility in support of the territories. The Green stations have thus become places of meeting and socializing, as well as poles of urban attraction, social, environmental and collective mobility service centers.The Green Station is equipped with 2 rooms with bunk beds, a kitchen, a bathroom with shower, a laboratory for the bike repairing, a dining room and Internet access. TERMINAL: Nearest airports: Venice Marco Polo; Trieste airport.  Nearest railway station: Trieste SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: ability to ride a bike! EXTRA FEE: 100 Euro to pay locally LANGUAGE: English

WORK: Small maintenance of the forest such as cutting herbaceous and shrubby plants, waste cleaning, making posters/billboards, signage for cycling trails. Promotion of social events related to the local cycling. STUDY PART: Involving in authorities and local technicians interconnection on strategic planning cycle tourist infrastructure.

Green stations are unattended stations that Legambiente has redeveloped and enhanced by converting them into centers of environmental sustainability, tourism and innovative mobility in support of the territories. The Green stations have thus become places of meeting and socializing, as well as poles of urban attraction, social, environmental and collective mobility service centers.The Green Station is equipped with 2 rooms with bunk beds, a kitchen, a bathroom with shower, a laboratory for the bike repairing, a dining room and Internet access.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: The town of San Stino di Livenza, where the Green Station is located, is a rich area in terms of environmental and historical values and landscape, as well as being a central node in the system of mobility infrastructure such as highway, railway and waterway, features that make it a crucial junction for the tourist itineraries.

Nearest airports: Venice Marco Polo; Trieste airport. Nearest railway station: Trieste

ability to ride a bike! EXTRA FEE: 100 Euro to pay locally

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San stino di livenza, venezia

English

PROJECT: In the Monte Genzana Alto Gizio Regional Nature Reserve, the Abruzzo protected area that connects the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park and the Majella National Park, there are all the main fauna species characteristic of the central Apennines. The Marsican brown bear is certainly the most important species, but also the one with the highest risk of extinction.For years, the Nature Reserve has launched numerous conservation actions and, starting from 2014, it is carrying out useful interventions to reduce the conflict between bear and local populations. The camp fits right into this system, and the volunteers will be engaged in communication actions and manual works. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: The Monte Genzana Alto Gizio Regional Natural Reserve, the largest of the Abruzzo reserves with its 3,162 ha, is the only one to include the historic center within its perimeter. Thanks to this feature, tourists and residents have often seen some specimens of the most representative species of fauna of the central Apennines right from the viewpoint in front of the headquarters of the protected area.The Nature Reserve was established in 1996 with the aim of protecting an area of ​​great importance for biodiversity, in a place that bridges the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park and the Majella National Park. Today the stable presence of the wolf (Canis lupus), the increasingly frequent sightings of individuals of the Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and the Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) confirm that the Reserve represents an important hub in the ecological network of Apennine biodiversity. LOCATION AND LEISURE: Pettorano sul Gizio is counted among the "most beautiful villages in Italy". The origins of the current town of Pettorano sul Gizio date back to medieval times, but the surrounding area and the hills close to the town were frequented by man since the Palaeolithic era. WORK: Volunteer will collaborate with Reserve for the maintenance of the "Vitto Massei pond" site, in order to implement the touristic offer of the Bear Smart Community Genzana; they will clean and remove solid organic waste along paths, that attract local fauna in particularthe Marsican brown bear. STUDY PART: - ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteer will be hosted in a school. The dormitory will be used by both men and women. In the house, they will find a kitchen, bathrooms, a big shared living room. Italian diet and local products. TERMINAL: Nearest airports Roma or Pescara; nearest train station Pescara. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Propensity to go hiking and walking for short or long path LANGUAGE: English

WORK: Volunteer will collaborate with Reserve for the maintenance of the "Vitto Massei pond" site, in order to implement the touristic offer of the Bear Smart Community Genzana; they will clean and remove solid organic waste along paths, that attract local fauna in particularthe Marsican brown bear. STUDY PART: -

Volunteer will be hosted in a school. The dormitory will be used by both men and women. In the house, they will find a kitchen, bathrooms, a big shared living room. Italian diet and local products.

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Pettorano sul Gizio is counted among the "most beautiful villages in Italy". The origins of the current town of Pettorano sul Gizio date back to medieval times, but the surrounding area and the hills close to the town were frequented by man since the Palaeolithic era.

Nearest airports Roma or Pescara; nearest train station Pescara.

Propensity to go hiking and walking for short or long path

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Pettorano sul gizio

English