Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso - Ibex country. 1-25. Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso; Ministero dell'Ambiente e delal Tutela del Territorio.

Keywords: 8IT/Capra ibex/Gran Paradiso NP/ibex/Malme/national park

Abstract: The Gran Paradiso National Park/Italy is being presented in this PowerPoint Presentation. Its location, faunistic and botanical richness, natural heritage and monitoring & preservation efforts are highlighted.

Notes: Power point presentation

Ibex Country

Experiences and practisesmanaging a protected area

Ente Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso

Location

Longitude W 7° 15’ 55’’Latitude N 45° 35’

EuropeItaly

North western Alps

From the spaceSurface : 70.318 haAltitude: 800 - 4061 m

Mean altitude:2426 m

-Glaciers-5 Valleys-Rocks,moraines

-Meadows-Forests-Villages

Soil destination

- Moraines, rocks, glaciers

- Meadows and pastures

- Woods and bushy lands

- Urbanized areas and cultivations

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An extraordinary faunistic richness

4.000 Ibex10.000 chamois

40 mammalspecies

100 nesting birdsspecies

… and botanical one

985 spermatophyta - 363 briophyta

1 alpine garden and 952 species in cultivation

700 seeds specimens for international exchanges

900 herbarium specimens

Natural heritage and experience

- An impressivemassif, first real bastionof the N-W Alps

-A great geological and climatic variety thatallows the presence of a flora rich in endemicspecies

-A privileged space for the protectionof the environment and of the lastautochthon Alpine Ibex population(Capra ibex ibex) in the world

100% SIC and ZPS

Natural heritage and experience

83 years of preservation

- high and constant growthof ungulate population(9564 Chamois)

- integrity of the habitats

- censuses of Alpine Ibex and Chamois since 1956 (1877)

- 21 Golden Eaglenesting couples

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Natural heritage and experienceNot only a passive task- Ibex reintroductions on the whole alpine arch- Secretariat of the Alpine IbexEuropean Specialist Group

- Participation in european projects:HabitalpBearded Vulture in the AlpsAlpencom

- An active role in Alpine Network of Protected Areas

International co-operationGran Paradiso National Park collaborates with the neighbour and twinnedVanoise National Park tomake a common Europeanpreservation policy of the biggest protected area in Western Europe

VNP and GPNP approved a Neighbourhood Charter to:

-bring nearer men and institutions-carry out common managing techniques-promote a sustainable tourism

Other experiences

- 1 Tourist Office

- 8 Visitor and information centres

-1 Botanical alpine garden

- 2 free expositionsand 1 eco-museum

Other experiences

- 1 EnvironmentEducational Centre

- 1 Team of Rangersspecialized in Environmenteducation

- 56 nature Park guides

Other experiences

4 Veterinary centreswith operatingtheatres and pens

for scientific research, autopsies , lab tests, to shelterwild animals

Sharing the experience: watching

The high level of preservation isguaranteed by the work of the historical WardenCorps of the Park

- Watching techniques

- Poaching contrasttechniques

- Poaching prevention

What to transfer:

Sharing the experience:Monitoring andPreservation

Habitat and biodiversity Monitoring

Surveys about Wild Fauna presence in test areas, from the intertebrates to the Alpine Ibex or other ungulates

Sharing the experience:Monitoring and Preservation

• Techniques of Predators`watching

• Wolf an Owls owling

Sharing the experience: Monitoring and Preservation

1956-2005: 50 years of Ungulates censuses

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2005:Ibex: 3.565 Chamois: 9.564

Wild fauna censuses

Sharing the Experience

Wild fauna healthmonitoring

• Wild fauna health watching

• Finds and bones preparation and cataloging

• Serologic investigations• Autopsies

Sharing the experience

Wild fauna seizures

for healthmonitoring

Sharing the experience

Wild fauna seizures

for reintroductions

Sharing the experience

Wild fauna seizures

for monitoring and scientific research

Merci

Grazie

Thank you

Danke

Sharing the experience

Wild fauna seizures

to contrastpoaching

Sharing the experience

4 pens