Geomining Parks project

The Department of Nature Protection of Agency for Environmental Protection, within the activities and studies in the field of the protection and enhancement of monuments and sites of geological interest, has concluded an agreement with the Federculture Association with the aim of:

• Define criteria and methods for the preservation of mining sites;
• Highlight the main technical and regulatory  issues to ensure the enjoyment of the mining sites for tourism,  cultural and educational activities
• Analyse the forms of management and exploitation of mining sites with the aim of providing replicable models in the various national level.
The results of the Convention was published in the book: "Guidelines for the management and use of Geo-mineral sites and parks" which was presented during the conference "Parks & Geomining Geoparks: experiences of management and development of the area ", held in Rome, at the headquarters of ISPRA, the 20 November 2008.

Currently ISPRA is working for the activation of working group between the competent institutions on regulatory issues arising in the context of the project