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Born in Naples in 1955, he studied and lived in Pescara, Rome and Milan. A lifelong nature enthusiast, he is professionally involved in industrial project management. Loves hiking in the mountains, good food and dogs. He strongly wanted the creation of the Association because he believes that continuous prodding and monitoring of institutions is necessary and thinks that volunteers can play an important role in safeguarding the Marsican brown bear as well as similar experiences around the world have already shown.

Born in Boiano (CB) in 1983, she holds a bachelor’s degree in natural science communication, a master’s degree in governance of protected natural areas and an international doctorate in landscape management and conservation. During his university career, he gained important experiences abroad, including spending six months in Vermont (USA) to further his doctoral research on rural landscape management through community engagement. Since 2011, he has been working with the DNA (National Didactics for the Environment) Network team of CURSA – University Consortium for Socioeconomic and Environmental Research – to develop and implement environmental education and interpretation projects, adult education courses and children’s educational programs on the topics of Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, especially in protected natural areas. Always passionate about Nature and a firm believer in volunteerism as an important social resource in favor of environmental protection, she found in Salviamo l’Orso the right organization to contribute concretely to the preservation of the Marsican bear, an extraordinary animal that once also populated “her” mountains.

Born in Ortona, in the province of Chieti in 1993. Always fascinated by nature and the mountains, she began her first steps on the trails with her uncle. Passion that when she grew up led her to graduate with a degree in Environmental Science and Technology in L’Aquila, Italy, where she began independently exploring mountains and trails. She became an environmental hiking guide by taking the AIGAE course in the beautiful autumn setting of Villetta Barrea in the Abruzzo National Park, an experience that made her fall in love with small towns. In 2022, in fact, she moved to Pettorano sul Gizio. And it is during this period that between her Universal Civil Service in the Maiella National Park and her volunteer activities with Salviamo l’Orso and Rewilding Apennines, she gets closer and closer to the world of conservation and coexistence with wildlife in small towns. Hand in hand she also establishes herself as an environmental educator, leading days out, guided tours and summer camps with nature-focused creative and educational workshops for young children. On weekends she works as an environmental hiking guide and on weekdays she is a camp tutor for Salviamo l’Orso and Rewilding Apennines volunteers.

Biodiversity expert scientist, political scientist and environmental journalist. Author of “What is Biodiversity, Today,” published in 2022 by Edizioni Ambiente and WANE – We Are Nature Expedition, a reportage that took her into the field for 22 months to document the state of biodiversity and the human-nature relationship along the Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina. She collaborates with GEO (Rai3) where she holds a column on biodiversity conservation and biomimesis, and with several publications where she analyzes anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity and tells stories of possible coexistence between humans and other animals. Lecturer and speaker at national and international events. He serves on the Commission on Communication and Education of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Like Buck, the protagonist of his coming-of-age novel – The Call of the Forest, by Jack London – he believes strongly in the values of freedom and justice. She writes anytime, anywhere, climbs trees and continues to marvel, every day, at what nature has to teach us. An explorer by vocation, she has visited 44 countries on 5 continents to study their ecosystems and observe the behavior of animal and plant species. She has found in Save the Bear a place to work in the service of grassroots conservation.

Born in Celano in 1963, after graduating from the Liceo Scientifico Statale “Vitruvio Pollione” high school in Avezzano, he graduated from the University of Siena with a degree in economics and banking. He has always been passionate about nature with special attention to those mountainous areas surrounding Fucino, namely Marsica. He has collaborated with the Sirente-Velino Regional Park since its establishment in monitoring and surveillance activities as part of the Life Rupestrian Gorge Project (years 1996/98). From 2000 to 2007, following a public competition, he was an employee of Majella National Park, at the Legal Headquarters in Guardiagrele, with the role of Accounting and Heritage Manager and for which Entity, among other things, he managed the administrative-accounting part of the first Life-Camoscio Projects. He currently continues his work as a civil servant in public administration. He collaborates, as a volunteer, with various agencies and associations in the activity of safeguarding and census of Apennine wildlife, with particular regard to the most important naturalistic emergencies of his territory including, of course, first and foremost the Marsican bear.

Born in 1995 and originally from the Castelli Romani, he has always been passionate about mountains, nature and the outdoors, especially thanks to the imprinting he received from his father during his childhood. Characterized by a strong environmentalist vocation and moved to the Central Apennines in 2021, he came in contact with Salviamo L’Orso because of a number of legal battles in defense of the environment, including the mountain hotel at the Pantani di Accumoli and the ski facilities on Terminillo. Since 2023 he has worked for the association as an electrified fence technician and as a contact person for the province of Rieti and the Roveto Valley, areas that offer great potential for the expansion of the Marsican bear.