Parco naturale provinciale dell' Adamello Brenta

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The Adamello Brenta Natural Park (Italian: Parco naturale Adamello Brenta) is a nature reserve in Trentino, Italy. Established in 1967, it encompasses most of the Adamello-Presanella Alps as well as the Brenta Dolomites; it is the largest natural park in Trentino and along with the adjacent Stelvio National Park, Swiss National Park and Adamello Regional Park, it forms the largest protected area in the Alps, nearly 400,000 hectares. It joined the Global Geoparks Network in 2008, becoming a UNESCO Global Geopark when the designation was ratified in 2015.

History: In 1919, Professor Giovanni Pedrotti, a mountaineer and scholar from Trento, began a campaign of public awareness in the hopes of establishing a national park in western Trentino, but the initiative found no success. In 1928, Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti revived the idea of a park, after concluding through fieldwork that the survival of the Alpine brown bear depended on the protection of its natural habitat. Through the joint intervention of senators Cesare Nava and Giberto Borromeo, he was able to submit a proposal to Alessandro Martelli, then Minister of the National Economy, but despite an initially favourable reception...