EUROPARC Federation and Parco Nazionale Foreste Casentinesi will welcome 16 Teams of Junior Rangers for the Annual International Camp, from the 27th July – 3rd August 2025. The Junior Rangers will be experiencing frontline nature conservation in the ancient beech forests of the Appenines in central Italy.
21st International Junior Ranger Camp – Junior Ranger in Ancient Forests
- When: 27 July – 3 August 2025
- Where: The Casentinesi Forest National Park, Italy
- Who: Junior Rangers 14 – 17 years old at the time of the camp
- How many: 16 teams of 1 Mentor and 2 Junior Ranger
Registration closes on the 14th of March 2025.
We welcome all EUROPARC Junior Ranger programmes to send a team and any EUROPARC Member interested in the programme is welcome to apply as well with a young representatives of the correct age. As we have done the last 2 years, there will also be 1 spot open for a non-EUROPARC member interested in the Junior Ranger programme.
2025 Camp Brochure Apply here!
About the Park?
The Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park covers an area of approximately 36,000 ha, equally divided between Emilia Romagna and Tuscany. It extends along the Tuscan-Romagna Apennine ridge, descending steeply along the parallel valleys of the Romagna side and more gradually on the Tuscan side, which has gentler slopes, up to the wide valley floor formed by the Arno. The park is largely covered by woods: we can find centuries-old fir trees, beech and mountain maple forests, mixed forests with incredible variations of species that create colourful spots of colour in autumn. The ancient beech forests of the National Park and the Integral Reserve of Sasso Fratino have become part of the UNESCO world heritage site.
The territory of the park is characterized by its great richness and variety of fauna: among the vertebrate fauna, the most fascinating one is represented by the large mammals, in particular the ungulates, which are present with five species (Deer, Fallow Deer, Roe Deer, Wild Boar and Mouflon) and by wolf, the largest predator present in the park today. The very rich avifauna currently includes around a hundred nesting species.
We would like to express our full gratitude to the staff of the Parco Nazionale Foreste Casentinesi for the great support and making this International Junior Ranger Camp possible.