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From Wednesday, June 4 to Friday, June 6, 2025, the Protected Areas of the Cottian Alps participated in the monitoring visit of the Life Predator project, which took place in Portugal along the Tagus River basin. As expected in this type of program, the event was characterized as a technical and practical meeting halfway through the project between the project partners and the body designated by the European Union to oversee the progress of the work.

The evening/night fishing sessions for catfish in the Grande Lake of Avigliana will begin on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 8 PM. From June to October, twice a month, a group of amateur fishermen will be engaged in selective fishing to contain Silurus glanis, the invasive alien species that has been introduced into the freshwater basins of the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park, altering its ecological balance. This activity is part of the Life Predator Project, which aims to contain the spread of the large aquatic predator in the lakes of Southern Europe.

The mountainous areas are among the most valuable and fragile biodiversity hotspots globally, hosting unique species adapted to harsh climatic conditions and extreme environments. However, a recent study conducted along an altitude gradient in the Western Alps highlights how protected areas, while essential for the conservation of mountain fauna, are facing increasing pressures related to climate change and land use changes, which have repercussions on mountain biodiversity.

Consegnati e iniziati mercoledì 11 giugno 2025 i lavori di Sistemazione della Strada che dal Colle delle Finestre sale al Colle della Vecchia

In occasione della Giornata Mondiale dell'Ambiente vi proponiamo il video realizzato da Città Metropolitana di Torino nell'ambito del progetto Connettere l'Ambiente, dedicato a Miriophyllum spicatum nel Parco naturale dei Laghi di Avigliana.

Fresca di stampa la nuova Guida Free della Valle di Susa, realizzata dal Piano di Valorizzazione Territoriale Valle Susa Tesori, in collaborazione con Parchi Alpi Cozie e Studio Graffio di Borgone.

On Saturday, May 31, 2025, the Giro d'Italia will pass through the Orsiera Rocciavré Natural Park, crossing the Colle delle Finestre with an ascent from the Val di Susa side and a descent on the Val Chisone side. It will be a beautiful day of sport and celebration, especially since the stage is expected to be one of the most interesting and competitive, featuring the ascent to Cima Coppi, the highest point of the event at Colle delle Finestre with its elevation of 2176 m, moreover after 8 km of dirt road.

On Monday, May 26, 2025, work began on the restoration of the landslides on the Selleries road, where the refuge and pasture are located, in the Val Chisone. This is a project that was initiated even before the significant damage recorded during the summer of 2024, whereby the Management Authority of the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps is the beneficiary of a FESR funding of €385,500 for a project shared with the Municipalities of Fenestrelle and Roure.

The renovation of the road between Colle delle Finestre and Colle della Vecchia, Val Chisone, is in the starting phase. After the assignment and procurement of the works, a first operational meeting has already taken place between the involved entities and the contracted company, where the start of the construction site was set for the first days of June.

On the occasion of the World Biodiversity Day, established by the United Nations in 2000, celebrated every year on May 22, we publish the results of a monitoring activity carried out by the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park on the Emys orbicularis, the rare European marsh turtle, of which about thirty specimens survive and are at risk of extinction. A small example of biodiversity that is at risk of being lost forever.