Honorary President – Prof. Alfio Piva Mesén – He was Vice President of Costa Rica, Executive Director of InBio (National Institute for Biodiversity), Rector of the National University.
Board of Directors
President Dr. Matteo Dal Zotto – Ph.D. in Evolutionary and Environmental Biology. Engaged in research at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s Department of Life Sciences and the Interuniversity Center of Marine Biology and Applied Ecology in Livorno. Lecturer in the Master’s program in Experimental and Applied Biology at UNIMORE.
Vice President for Latin American Representation – Prof. Dario Sonetti – Biologist and former faculty member at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s Biosciences and Biotechnologies department. Founding member of the Volunteer Ecological Guard Corps of the Province of Modena
Vice President – Dr. Paolo Filetto – Forestry Doctor President of the Volunteer Ecological Guard Corps of the Province of Modena . Former director of the Alto Appennino Modenese Regional Park and director of the Oriented Nature Reserve “Casse di Espansione del Fiume Secchia”
Treasurer – Roberto Fangareggi GEV – Treasurer
Dr. Marco Sassi – Forestry Doctor – Natural Sciences teacher (Earth Sciences and Biology) in State High Schools of the Province of Modena – President of VIM Italian Volunteers for Madagascar
Daniela Milano – Studied Philosophy with a focus on Psychology. Journalist collaborator at Scienza e Conoscenza / Vivere Sostenibile and clinical counselor with a Jungian orientation. Training – well-being – personal education.
Dr. Claudio Santini – Naturalist and Board Member – A former official in the Environment Sector of the Municipality of Modena, Dr. Santini has focused on projects for landscape protection and restoration of degraded or ecologically significant areas. Collaborating with institutions and universities, he has conducted botanical research and environmental studies, contributing numerous articles to the field.
Enrico Turillazzi – GEV Parma – Nature Photographer
Luca Lombroso – Technician at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Geophysical Observatory. Meteorologist and TV broadcaster. Author of several books. official website
Scientific Committee
Francesco Mezzatesta.
Naturalist and doctor, “historical father” of LIPU , which he worked with for over twenty years, also creating the Raptor Recovery Center in Parma. He launched birdwatching in Italy and in 1996 invented biowatching. He is the author of several books. Facebook page
Simone Molteni
Former member of the Board of Directors of ENEA . Responsible for the ImpattoZero® project of LifeGate
Márcia Theóphilo
Brazilian poet and anthropologist. All her work is dedicated to the protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the Amazon forest and to the denunciation of its destruction. Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. official website
Franca Zanichelli
Naturalist, Director of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, was National Advisor of WWF ITALY .
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Control Committee
Franco Zanasi – Treasurer of the Volunteer Ecological Guard Corps of the Province of Modena
Prof. Dino Fratello – Biologist, GEV , wildlife instructor, former full professor of Biology and General Genetics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Giuseppe Romeo – Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences – Researcher at the Meteorological and Climatic Biological Station “Italy – Costa Rica”
In memory of:
Dr. Paolo Pettazzoni – Founding Member of Foreste per Sempre ODV and of the Volunteer Ecological Guard Corps of the Province of Modena .
