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31/08/2010 - News from the protected areas The first wildlife centre in the Italian Alps dedicated to wolves has opened.

The Alpi Marittime Regional Park's Wildlife Centre begins by offering visitors young and old, from novices to wildlife experts, a chance to learn more about these animals.

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01/04/2011 - News from the protected areas The otter returns to the Alps

 

Otters continue to astonish the scientific community. For decades, the otter was on the brink of extinction but the population is now growing rapidly without any human assistance. Sightings of the mammals, which are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), are becoming more common throughout the Alps, particularly in Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland.

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12/08/2010 - News from the Alps The wolf in Switzerland

Switzerland counts its first couple of wolves since more then one century.

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01/12/2010 - News from the network ALPARC The “Wall” in the City of Lyon

 

2010, Year of the biodiversity: to act against the fragmentation of the habitats "The Wall" was built in Lyon, on the Place St Jean from 9:00 to 18:00 on November 19. The pedestrians ran up against a wall of 13 meters high and 3 meters long.

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07/04/2010 - News from the protected areas Un gypaéton nommé Primevert

Le gypaéton né le 5 mars dernier dans le Parc national de la Vanoise a été baptisé Primevert.

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