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Rights of Nature: A European Initiative to Give a Voice to Ecosystems Such as the Simbruini Beech Forests
The signature drive for the European Citizens’ Initiative to recognize the Rights of Nature has begun. Among its goals is to enable citizens to legally represent and protect ecosystems. Part of this effort is a proposal to grant legal personhood to the beech forests of the Simbruini Mountains, one...
Simbruini Mountains Regional Park: When Poor Management Undermines Nature Conservation
Salviamo L’Orso, together with Mountain Wilderness and AIGAE, met with representatives of the Lazio Region and the Park’s management to raise concerns about shortcomings in the management of the protected area. Logging, inadequate enforcement and quad biking excursions: concrete answers and timely...
Thirty Years of Nature, Research and Coexistence: The Monte Genzana Alto Gizio Nature Reserve Celebrates Its Journey
For thirty years, this remarkable area has helped safeguard the biodiversity of the Apennines, demonstrating that protecting the Marsican brown bear can also create opportunities for local communities to thrive. In Pettorano sul Gizio, three days of events, activities and shared experiences...
The Marsican Brown Bear in Umbria and Marche: A Story of Returns, Tracks and Sightings
From the Sibillini Mountains to the Valnerina, and across the Laga Mountains, several events over recent decades have documented the occasional presence of the Marsican brown bear in the Apennines of Umbria and Marche. A recent report from the Orvieto area has once again drawn attention to a...
The LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors project comes to an end, but the journey towards Bear-Smart Communities continues.
More than 150 people took part in the closing event in Pescasseroli, marking the culmination of five years of work to build a possible and lasting coexistence between people and bears.At the heart of the project, for the first time with such a strong focus, were local communities: 16 Bear-Smart...
Pescasseroli, the world capital of bear research and conservation.
From September 20 to 25, Pescasseroli hosted the 29th Conference of the International Association for Bear Research and Management. This international gathering brought researchers, technical experts, land managers, organisations and representatives of local communities to the heart of the central...
Gabbietta has two cubs: good news that calls for respect, not noise
There's one piece of news that every conservation biologist hopes to hear at the start of each new breeding season: a female bear has been spotted with her cubs. This is what happened with Gabbietta, a female Marsican brown bear and daughter of Amarena—who was brutally shot to death by a man...
Pizzone II: MACSE Risks Reopening the Debate in the Heart of the Apennines
It seemed destined to be shelved under the weight of the numerous objections filed as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process. Among these, the strongly negative opinion of the Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park stands out, as it highlighted the project’s incompatibility with the...
81 Marsican Brown Bears: the Future Lies now Beyond the Core Range
Today, July 16, 2026, at the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE), the results of the first population estimate of the Marsican brown bear were presented, based on a survey of the subspecies’ entire range. This marks a historic moment for bear conservation, in which Salviamo...
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