ROMA (ITALPRESS) – On Sunday, April 26, the Biopark of Rome adheres to the “City Nature Challenge”, a friendly race that takes place simultaneously in 450 cities around the world and which consists in the collection, by citizens, of photographs and naturalistic observations urban and periurban (bioblitz). The materials collected will be subsequently processed and catalogued by scientists and volunteers. Bioparco will make its contribution with the organization of the guided tours entitled “The biodiversity around us” with the primary objective of spreading the culture of environmental protection. The day takes place with the patronage of Banca del Fucino that from 2025 is alongside Bioparco as a supporter. The commitment of the Bank of Fucino is divided into several initiatives: from support to specific areas from the Park, to remote adoption of animal species, to, precisely, the patronage to special days and public awareness initiatives on the issues of biodiversity, environmental education and the protection of ecosystems. The urban safari, scheduled on Sunday 26 April, will take place in the 17 hectares of Bioparco in the company of naturalistic guides. An opportunity to observe and learn more about the animals that populate the city and that it is possible to meet in the park: from birds, like crows, seagulls, parrots, royal Germans, to small mammals such as squirrels, to insects and butterflies. The guided tours, included in the cost of the Bioparco ticket, will take place from 10.30 to 15.15 and will last an hour; the reservation takes place the same day at the entrance. City Nature Challenge is a Citizen Science event on Urban Biodiversity, conceived in 2016 by the Los Angeles Natural History Museum and the California Academy of Sciences (USA) and which has become an international event since 2018. Last year in the Metropolitan City of Rome the total observations were 11.667, relating to 2,075 identified species, reported by 494 observer citizens. As the number of observers involved, the city of Rome reached 6th position in Europe and 48th in the world.
– photos provided by the press office Banca del Fucino. Credit Massimiliano Di Giovanni, Archivio Bioparco – (ITALPRESS).
