The World Biodiversity Association, in collaboration with Gruppo Attività Speleologica Veronese, organizes from 15 to 22 August, 2010, the annual “Biodiversity Week”. Members and sympathizers of the WBA are invited to Malga Zocchi in the territory of San Zeno di Montagna (Verona) at 1,280 m asl, on the western versant of the Monte Baldo, to spend a week of investigations in one of the most interesting and beautiful naturalistic areas of Europe.
On Monte Baldo, that ancient botanists defined as “The Garden of Italy”, there is a wide selection of very different habitats, from sub-Mediterranean ones on the shores of the Lake Garda, to the alpine ones over 2,200 metres a.s.l.
On Monte Baldo, a mountain 300 square kilometres in extent (one thousand times smaller than the whole of Italy) live half of all the species of Italian orchids and a good 2.085 different species of butterflies, corresponding to 40% of all those registered in our country. There are also tens of endemic species, exclusive for this mountain, among plants and, over all, among insects. An exceptional biological variety that indeed allows this area to be counted among one of the sites with the highest biodiversity not only in Italy, but in all Europe.
Botanists, zoologists, speleologists, students, simple nature enthusiasts, can spend a week in a unique natural environment, among investigations, study and relax.
There will be surely convivial moments, discussions, debates and, over all, naturalistic investigations in very different habitas: arid meadows, woodlands, mountain pastures, screes, gorges, caves, glacial cirques ...
In conclusion, a week in contact with nature and … naturalists.
The presence can be also limited to 2 or 3 days; to the participants are asked a contribution of 10 (members) and 15 (non-members) euro/day  for food and accomodation.
The largest capacity is 25 guests; therefore adhesions will be considered in chronological order, till the exhaustion of the places.
For reservations and info write to:  info@biodiversityassociation.org

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