Case Study: Valle Camonica and the Adamello Park

Rijeka

2013

S. 323-354

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Valle Camonica is a N-S oriented valley located in the Rhaetian Alps, and it is characterized by greatly heterogeneous ecosystems in a territory with elevations ranging from the 390 m a.s.l. of the valley bottom to the 3539 m of the Monte Adamello peak (Figure 1). The Adamello massif covers a large area in the north-eastern side of the valley, and it is covered by one of the largest glacier of the southern Alps (Pian di Neve). The Adamello Park, founded in 1983, encompasses a surface of 51.000 ha and 19 municipalities in the district of Brescia within the Camonica Valley. It is located in the north-eastern part of Valle Camonica and it covers more than 60% of the valley area The Park shares its borders with the Adamello-Brenta Natural Park and the Stelvio Natural Park, thus determining one of the widest protected area in Europe (even larger if we consider also the near Engadina National Park).