{"id":23723,"date":"2025-09-04T12:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/?post_type=program&#038;p=23723"},"modified":"2025-10-01T19:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:01:12","slug":"predators-and-pastures","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/program\/predators-and-pastures\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastures and Predators: Rewilding Central Italy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does it take to restore nature in landscapes shaped by centuries of agriculture? In this immersive program based in rural Central Italy, students explore how ecosystems can recover in working agricultural lands, from olive groves and vineyards to rewilding mountain pastures. Fieldwork, excursions, and community engagement offer a firsthand look at the ecological and cultural dimensions of restoration, as well as the conflicts and cooperation between wildlife conservation and food production. Students learn how restoration is unfolding on the ground, navigating both EU-level policy and the lived realities of farmers, rangers, and rewilding advocates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monitor wolf and Marsican bear populations alongside researchers in the Apennine Mountains, and learn how rewilding projects are reshaping rural communities and conservation in Italy&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit the wetlands at Orbetello Lagoon, a vital stopover for migratory birds, to assess ecosystem services with conservation professionals from WWF&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore the rugged beauty of Maremma Regional Park, where wild boar, roe deer, and shepherding traditions collide in the ongoing story of human\u2013wildlife coexistence&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compare restoration approaches across vineyards, forests, rivers, and coastal scrub, and meet the farmers, foresters, and ecologists leading Central Italy\u2019s ecological transformation&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photo Gallery by: Pietro Santucci<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it take to restore nature in landscapes shaped by centuries of agriculture? In this immersive program based in rural Central Italy, students explore how ecosystems can recover in working agricultural lands, from olive groves and vineyards to rewilding mountain pastures. Fieldwork, excursions, and community engagement offer a firsthand look at the ecological and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22054,"template":"","location":[95],"class_list":["post-23723","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-italy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/23723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=23723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}