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International Day for Disaster Reduction 2017 - Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark
Celebration of International Day for Disaster Reduction 2017 by Apuan Alps UGG
On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, on 13th October 2017, Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark is going to promote with local schools an event under the title "Words written by the rain" to remember the awful flood which affected the Versilia and Garfagnana areas of the Geopark on 19th June 1996.
The activity will concern the presentation of the project “Rains and Ruins" to about 40 pupils attending the secondary school in Ponte Stazzemese (Lucca), in the core area of the 1996 flood.
The event is aimed at raising the awareness of young generations in the understanding of natural processes and hazards by a short lesson about the hydrogeological risk including videos, images and practical learning experience.
At the end of the lesson, a video illustrating the original images and testimonies from local people who experienced the 1996 dramatic flood will be shown to the pupils.
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