Three days discovering the Golden Eagle and other old friends by Bernardino Ragni. Memories and projects on the conservation of diurnal birds of prey in Italy
Fauna 2022, an event certified for environmental sustainability and plastic free, is the great event dedicated to the environment that returns to Spoleto from 15 to 17 January 2022. The programme includes educational and excursion activities, guided tours to discover Umbria’s wildlife, the screening of the documentary “I sudditi della regina” (The Queen’s subjects) by Lodovico Prola and the conference “L’Aquila reale e altri vecchi amici di Bernardino Ragni. Memories and projects on the conservation of diurnal birds of prey in Italy” with the participation of scientific coordinator Dr Mauro Magrini.
The “Fauna” event, which began in 2019 with a conference on the figure of Ragni and continued in 2020 and 2021 with conferences and collateral initiatives dedicated to the “European Wild Cat” and the theme “The wolf in Italy: current knowledge and future prospects”, is strongly supported by the Ragni family, the City of Spoleto and the Professor’s colleagues and former students. During the event, visitors will be able to learn more about Italian wildlife and discover the peculiarities of the Bernardino Ragni Collection, with particular attention this year to the Golden Eagle.
For registrations and bookings (deadline 9 January 2022), please fill in the Google form on https://bit.ly/32WB72h
THE PROGRAMME FROM 12 TO 27 MARCH 2022
Friday 25 March 2022
At MuST – Museo delle Scienze e del Territorio di Spoleto (Palazzo Collicola, entrance via Loreto Vittori), from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon, there will be educational-workshop activities for schools on golden eagles and diurnal birds of prey, while in the Sala Pegasus, from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm, there will be a screening of the documentary “I sudditi regina” (The Queen’s subjects) by Lodovico Prola, Massimiliano Sbrolla and Maurizio Fraissinet, with interviews with Bernardino Ragni and other scientists.
At Monteluco, from 9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., there will be hiking and nature activities for schools to discover the wildlife of the Sacred Wood and the Natura 2000 Network, organised by experts from the WildUmbria association.
Saturday 26 March 2022
At the Complesso monumentale di San Nicolò, from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., the conference “The Golden Eagle and other old friends of Bernardino Ragni. Memories and projects on the conservation of diurnal birds of prey in Italy”, with the participation of the scientific coordinator Dr Mauro Magrini. This will be followed at 5.30 p.m. by the screening of the documentary “I sudditi della regina” (The Queen’s subjects) by Lodovico Prola, Massimiliano Sbrolla and Maurizio Fraissinet, with interviews with Bernardino Ragni and other Golden Eagle scholars.
Also on Saturday 26 March, from 9.00 to 12.00 and from 15.00 to 18.00, the Spoleto Science and Territory Museum (MuST) in Palazzo Collicola will be hosting a number of info-recreational activities open to all on golden eagles and other diurnal birds of prey, while at 19.00 the “Giosuè Carducci” City Library in Palazzo Mauri will be hosting a literary aperitif with readings from Bernardino Ragni’s “Mal d’Aquila” by Lorella Natalizi.
Sunday 27 March 2022
The first appointment, from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., is scheduled in Ancaiano with “Oltre mal d’aquila”, a guided excursion organised by Dr Mauro Magrini, Dr Federica Andreini, the WildUmbria association and LEA.
At the same time at Monteluco, from 9.30 to 12.30, there will be a guided tour of the La Vallotta Visitors’ Centre to discover Umbria’s wildlife, combining drawings by Professor Ragni and modern technology, organised by experts from MuST – Museo delle Scienze e del Territorio di Spoleto. For both events, from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m., lunch with typical local products will be provided (reservation required).
Four years after his death, after the success of the first editions, the tribute to Bernardino Ragni (Spoleto 1946-2018), a zoologist who spent his life studying and learning about wildlife, is being renewed once again. A passion that began as a boy and was then transferred to his work as a professor at the University of Perugia with the aim of protecting and conserving animal species and the environments in which they live.
Bernardino Ragni, former researcher in Animal Biology and professor of Environmental Zoology and Wildlife Management at the University of Perugia, was an expert in tetrapod biology and conservation, sustainable use and conservation of natural living resources, landscape and territory. He authored and co-authored over 160 scientific and specialist publications while being a member of the Species Survival Commission and the Cat Specialist Group of the IUCN, The World Conservation Union, and the founder of the Society of Environmental Biology.