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Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
This region covers five different wine-producing areas, with beautiful landscapes and Castello di Cavour, an emblematic name in the development of vineyards and in Italian history. Located in southern Piedmont, between the Po River and the Ligurian Apennines, it encompasses all the technical and economic processes related to grape cultivation and winemaking that have characterized the region for centuries. Grape pollen dating back to the 5th century BC has been found in the region, when Piedmont was a place of contact and trade between the Etruscans and Celts; Etruscan and Celtic words, especially those related to wine, can still be found in the local dialect. During the Roman Empire, Pliny the Elder mentioned the Piedmont region as one of the most suitable areas for growing grapes in ancient Italy; Strabo mentioned wine barrels here.
Ivindo National Park
Located on the equator in northern Gabon, the site covers nearly 300,000 hectares of mostly pristine conditions surrounded by a picturesque network of blackwater rivers. The site features rapids and waterfalls surrounded by intact rainforest, creating a landscape of great aesthetic value. The site’s aquatic habitats host endemic freshwater fish species, 13 of which are threatened, at least seven species of Podostemaceae river grasses, and each waterfall may have micro-endemic aquatic plants. Many of the fish species at the site have not yet been described, and parts of the site have barely been surveyed. The critically endangered slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) has found sanctuary in Ivindo National Park, which also contains biogeographically unique native forests of the Caesalpinioideae species, with high conservation value, supporting, for example, a wide variety of butterflies and flagship mammals and birds at risk, such as the critically endangered forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), endangered chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), as well as the vulnerable grey-necked rock grouse (Picathartes oreas), mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), leopard (Panthera pardus), African golden cat (Caracal aurata) and three species of pangolins (Manidae spp.).