{"id":6700,"date":"2016-01-20T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/progetti\/insieme-orso-marsicano\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:52:25","slug":"working-together-for-the-marsican-bear","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/progetti\/working-together-for-the-marsican-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Together for the Marsican Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-3070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LogoFederparchi-europarc-new-300x128-1.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LogoFederparchi-europarc-new-300x128-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27128%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20128%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27128%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LogoFederparchi-europarc-new-300x128-1-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LogoFederparchi-europarc-new-300x128-1.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The <strong>Marsican brown bear<\/strong> is the most endangered mammal of any species with a population in Italy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The heart of its conservation is the <strong>Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park<\/strong>, established for its protection as far back as <strong>1922<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In recent years, population numbers have remained more or less stable \u2014 but at a level far too low to ensure the species&#8217; long-term survival, as reported in the <strong>Italian Red List<\/strong> compiled by <strong>Federparchi<\/strong> on behalf of the <strong>Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The reasons why the population has failed to grow are varied, and not all fully understood. At its most basic, however, the situation can be summed up simply:<em><strong> births barely keep pace with deaths<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Population growth can be encouraged by addressing both sides of this equation, though in theory it is easier to reduce deaths \u2014 especially those directly attributable to human activity.<\/p>\r\n<p>In recent years, deaths have been caused by poaching (both with firearms and poisoned bait), disease, and accidental events.<\/p>\r\n<p>So-called &#8220;habituated bears&#8221; \u2014 those that more readily approach humans and human activities \u2014 are the most exposed to poaching and therefore the most vulnerable.<\/p>\r\n<p>A further source of disturbance, as assessed by various experts, is driven wild boar hunting carried out in certain areas adjacent to the park.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marsican brown bear is the most endangered mammal of  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6702,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[65],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-6700","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-national-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/6700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/6700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6706,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/6700\/revisions\/6706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=6700"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=6700"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneuna.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=6700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}