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Caminon offers nature guided trekkings and environmental education activities.
It mainly organizes outdoor education activities for children aged 3 and over. Working each time on different subjects, children have the opportunity to learn more about animals in the environment in which they live. Functional games, multisensory experiences and themed workshops make learning fun and unforgettable.

Escursioni Liguria offers hiking, family walks, and guided trekkings. Its goal is to develop sustainable tourism at the local level, bringing out the still little known area of the Ligurian hinterland for its naturalistic beauties, making the presence of the wolf become also an economical resource for the territory.

BorberAmbiente is a technical office active in the fields of geological and environmental consultancy, services for the protection and enhancement of water resources and geotourism. Thanks to the professional skills of Irene Zembo and the network of her collaborators, the office also offers training and environmental education services aimed at schools and citizens.

Mistral Tour International is a tour operator specialized in cultural and naturalistic trips, on a project to enhance the value of Italian protected areas and the fauna present on our territory, of which the wolf is one of the noblest and most discussed representatives.

The association La Ventura – Trekking and Mountain Bike is based in Moretti di Ponzone (AL), and organizes guided trekkings and educational activities for children.

BcomeBiodiversity is a project of the ETS La Montanina that aims to enhance, map and communicate the biodiversity of the territory of the lower Bormida Valley, Tanaro, Orba, Belbo and the Alexandrian plain. These goals are pursued by naturalistic guides passionate about their territory and motivated to contribute to the collection of data on biodiversity. The disclosure of this knowledge gets through educational courses for schools and public meetings for the public.

Rémy grew up in the Roya valley in contact with nature. Passionate about wildlife since his childhood at the gates of the Mercantour Park, Rémy also became interested in the image business. He was able to reconcile his two passions in his professional activity since he is now a documentary maker, notably on the fauna of the Mercantour. His first film “Naïs aux Pays des loups” is a huge success and a second project is already underway. Rémy roams the park in search of images that make him a great expert of the wildlife of our valleys.

AIGAE, the Italian Association of Environmental Hiking Guides, was founded in 1992, and is the national association that represents those who by profession accompany people in nature, illustrating the environmental and cultural characteristics of the visited area. Today, we have over 3000 members throughout Italy, more than 100 associated companies, offices in every region of Italy, our Regional Coordinations, an internal quarterly newsletter, training courses, a website, a code of ethics to guarantee the members’ work quality, 2 compulsory insurances for its members, presence at the main trade fairs in the sector.
For years, AIGAE has been organizing national and international conferences, debates, setting them in protected areas distributed throughout Italy, having as partners ministries, parks, universities, specialized magazines, etc.
AIGAE is certainly an important reference in Italy for those involved in Environmental Education and ecotourism. AIGAE is also a member of the National Green Tourism Observatory, COLAP (Coordination of Free Professional Associations), Federparchi, Interpet Europe, and is a partner of numerous protected areas.

Dina is an information/visitor centre originated as a result of a Interreg project (Carnivora Dinarica). It hosts an interactive exhibition on large carnivores with the goal of raising awareness about the coexistence between humans and large carnivores. It presents the biology and ecology of the large carnivores of the Dinaric-Karst region (Slovenia, Croatia). Through the activation of stakeholders, the centre’s employees will continuously and comprehensively raise awareness among visitors, residents, professional and other interested public about the importance of conserving large carnivores and their ecosystem services.

The France Prešeren Gymnasium is a secondary school where students study in four gymnasium programmes: gymnasium, sports section of gymnasium, economic gymnasium and sports section of economic gymnasium. All programmes culminate in the matura examination. To pursue a successful sporting, artistic, business or scientific career, students build on their school knowledge in many projects (including LIFE WOLFALPS EU, SCHOOL21, NAMA, DDK, Erasmus+, eTweening, etc.), exchanges, competitions, camps and excursions. The Gymnasium promotes all positive values that enrich interpersonal relations between students, teachers, parents and the environment in which they live. One of the most important values we foster is responsibility for the future, as we aim to instil creativity, critical thinking and respect for the educational process in our students.

Peuples & Nature is a young association founded in France by adventure tourism professionals and travel enthusiasts, eager to incorporate all their ethics into their profession and their peregrinations.
Their values: prioritize the respect of the living, maximize local economic benefits, encourage encounters between cultures, offer unique destinations, choose soft mobility, propose ecological and coherent formulas

The Tridentine Mountaineers’ Society (SAT) was founded in Madonna di Campiglio on September the 2nd 1872 under the name Alpine Society of Trentino. The founding members intended to promote knowledge of the mountains of Trentino, the tourist development of the valleys and the “Italian-ness” of Trentino. Today, SAT has nearly 25,000 members, divided into numerous Sections spanning the entire Trentino territory, promoting each valley. It manages mountain huts (rifugi), bivouacs and various other facilities that are indispensable reference points for the safety and refreshment of mountaineers. It takes care of the signage and maintenance of 5,500 km of alpine paths, equipped trails and via ferrata routes thanks to the work of volunteer members. Through the work of its Commissions, composed of experienced volunteers, it develops content and expert advice useful in dealing with the complexity of the alpine world. Human-large carnivore coexistence is one of them.

Polvere di Stelle – Tour Operator was born in 2013 as an integration of a long professional path started in 2001 closely related to the outdoors in its different expressions: from the management of accommodation facilities characteristic of the alpine environment (summer and winter refuges, hotels and mountain restaurants) to projects and activities as Naturalistic Guides in the field of environmental education, nature tourism and territory development.
In more than two decades of experience, they have consolidated partnerships and built ties in the area by seeking to enhance and promote natural beauty, historical evidence and food and wine traditions with the Susa Valley Parks and various municipalities and public and private entities.
They make use of the collaboration of Tourist Guides, Professional Educators, Nature Leaders and Mountain Guides.

The Vigie Jura association was officially created in May 2022 to further coexistence between large predators and human activities in the Haut Doubs department of France (north of the French Alpes). In late August 2022, a series of suspected wolf predations on cattle took place in the area. Given the current lack of any direct and official public funding for the protection of cattle from depredation by large carnivores in France, Vigie Jura would like to set up a volunteering herd surveillance program similar to the one deployed in Switzerland (OPPAL: (Organization for the Protection of Alpine Pastures, https://oppal.ch/). The association plans set up their volunteering program during the summer. They also wish to create a partnership with the Forestry Agency to study the impact of wolf predation on deer and its possible cascading impact on the forest.

Settled in the Ubaye valley since 1990, Gil has developed his activity around the big wild fauna (wolf in particular) and animal photography. The Mercantour territory is exceptional for this and he is in close contact with the Mercantour national park team. He also proposes field stays in Italy and Spain. It is the passion that guides him and the great emotions shared with his close relations or with his customers that motivate him.

Ilaria Selvaggio is a naturalist and loves to chat. If it is for work, she chats about science: in the field, in schools, in training courses and at events. Otherwise, she writes – popular texts in various fields of communication – and often walks for work and pleasure. She is an environmental hiking guide on nature excursions, trying to tell the story of the relationship between nature and human culture. She also enjoys taking photographs, which are useful for her outreach activities.