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Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo

symbol of park.jpgThe National Park of Abruzzo is one of the oldest parks in Italy and it is one of the largest as well.
The National Park of Abruzzo was established by the Royal decree n. 257 of January 2, 1923. Later, on July 12 of the same year, that decree was made law. Its present-day area of 44,000 hectares, which is the result of several enlargements, includes 22 towns in the provinces of L'Aquila, Frosinone and Isernia.
In 1980 the Autonomous Board "National Park of Abruzzo", in charge of the Park administration, has started a zonation project, which consists in dividing the whole territory in zones. This Board has set very severe restraints on full protection areas and it has established more flexible rules for tourism in the remaining ones. At present, the Park is divided into 4 zones: Full Reserve, General Reserve, Protection Zone and Development Zone. Almost every town has been provided with a Tour Information Centre and with Zone Offices. A Centre for the Apennine Ecological Studies has also been established in order to do research and publish data on the rarest animal species.

wolf.jpg The Park is inhabited by bears, chamois, wolves, deer. The symbol of the Park is the Marsican Brown Bear, which represented, until recently, an endangered species. At present, this danger seems to have been averted, thanks to the punctual protection activity of the Park Board. Indeed, there are about 80 examples of bear living both in the Park area and in the nearby mountains. The Board of the National Park of Abruzzo has also taken several initiatives about other areas.
An example of this activity is represented by the Operation Chamois that has favoured the reappearance of this mountain goat even on the Eastern Majella and the Gran Sasso.

There are about 40 wolves living in the Park. The Operation San Francesco (started 20 years ago) has made possible the creation of a Tour Information Centre dedicated to them and a special Faunal Area.

This information was provided by the regione Abruzzo
 
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