© Sistema Natura 2006 - 2025
VAT No. 01877810687
Who we are
Sistema Natura is made up of professional Environmental Hiking Guides. Thanks to our courses of study, over twenty years of experience in the field of nature tourism and environmental education and interpretation, numerous collaborations with School and Public Institutions, professional experiences in Protected Areas, and ongoing training, we have acquired the skills and expertise to accompany individuals or groups in areas of natural or environmental value. Through our activities, you will be able to discover the territory in its various aspects—natural, historical, and cultural—observing the surrounding nature with new eyes and rediscovering the traditions of our lands.
For the realization of our activities, we also make use of the valuable collaboration of other fellow Environmental Hiking Guides who have chosen to practice this profession daily.
Let us introduce ourselves
Giovanna Del Greco - Environmental Hiking Guide AIGAE LA302
I was born in Chieti in 1971. After a university career, various voluntary collaborations in several Italian National Parks, and after attending hiking courses at the L'Aquila section of the Italian Alpine Club, I decided to devote myself full-time to environmental education and nature tourism. Having obtained the professional qualification of Environmental Hiking Guide Technician from the Tuscany Region, I have been registered since 2003 with AIGAE (Italian Association of Environmental Hiking Guides). Official guide of the Maiella National Park, I am listed among the operators of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park Authority for activities related to guiding, accompaniment, and environmental education. I have participated in training courses of the Lazio Regional Parks Agency, seminars on environmental education and interpretation organized by AIGAE and INEA (Italian Association of Naturalist Interpreters and Environmental Educators), and the Institute for Conservation Research of the San Diego Zoo (U.S.A.). I have also obtained certification as a Certified Interpretive Guide from N.A.I. (National Association for Interpretation - U.S.A.). As an operator in the Gens and Giorni Verdi projects organized by the Lazio Regional Parks Agency, I have also collaborated as a guide in accompanying groups of students during the School Camps of the Municipality of Rome, in organizing environmental education projects, and in hiking activities with adult groups on behalf of Italian nature tour operators within numerous Protected Areas. I am consistently involved in the design, organization, and management of excursions and nature trips, as well as in science communication in the field of natural sciences for groups and schools from various Italian regions. In addition, I am registered in the Register of Teachers for the For.est.A. program of the Lazio Regional Parks Agency and as an external expert in the MIUR PON Projects. Finally, I collaborate in the protection of the Sirente Velino Regional Natural Park as a Volunteer Ecological Guard.
Luca D'Alessandris - Environmental Hiking Guide AIGAE LA159
I was born in Rome in 1966. Over thirty years of exploring Italian and European mountains and some volunteer experiences led me to choose to pursue the profession of Guide on a permanent basis. Having become a qualified Environmental Hiking Guide Technician with a professional qualification from the Tuscany Region, I have been registered since 2003 with AIGAE (Italian Association of Environmental Hiking Guides). Listed among the operators of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park Authority for activities related to guiding, accompaniment, and environmental education, I was National Hiking Instructor for the UISP Mountain League from 1996 to 2004 and Basic Instructor of Nordic Walking ANI. My training path led me to attend courses of the Lazio Regional Parks Agency, seminars on environmental education and interpretation organized by AIGAE and INEA (Italian Association of Naturalist Interpreters and Environmental Educators), and important refresher courses of the UISP Mountain League. I have worked on the Gens and Giorni Verdi projects organized by the Lazio Regional Parks Agency and, as a collaborator with national Tour Operators, in the planning and execution of excursions, trekking, and nature trips; I have accompanied groups of students during the School Camps of the Municipality of Rome, and have also carried out environmental education activities for numerous Italian and foreign schools in various Italian National Parks. I currently work in collaboration with schools throughout Italy in the implementation of environmental education projects and in the organization of hiking activities and nature trips. Registered in the list of instructors for AIGAE Basic Hiking Courses and in the Register of Teachers for the For.est.A. program of the Lazio Regional Parks Agency, I was also a teacher in the first training courses for Environmental Hiking Guides held in Lazio, in the Nazzano, Tevere-Farfa Regional Nature Reserve and in the Monte Cervia and Navegna Nature Reserve.
Training and professionalism
The Environmental Hiking Guides of Sistema Natura have obtained, after attending a 600-hour training course and passing a public exam, the professional qualification certificate of Qualified Technician Environmental Hiking Guide of the Tuscany Region.
The Environmental Guides of Sistema Natura are included in the list of operators of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park Authority for activities related to accompaniment, guiding, and environmental education.
The Sistema Natura Guides have received specific training in First Aid procedures in remote areas, certified by the Wilderness Medical Associates International (U.S.A.).
Based on legal provisions and professional regulations, the Environmental Hiking Guides of Sistema Natura participate in periodic training sessions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers, including the use of defibrillators and airway obstruction removal (including pediatric), according to the most up-to-date international protocols.
The Sistema Natura Guides are "Certified Interpretive Guides", recognized and certified by the National Association for Interpretation (U.S.A.).
The Sistema Natura Guides participated in the "Guide Coornata" project for the protection of the Apennine Chamois, promoted by the Sirente Velino Regional Park.
Sistema Natura is included in the list of accredited organizations for guided tours at the Macchiatonda Regional Reserve.
The initiatives and activities scheduled by Sistema Natura in the territory of the Monti Simbruini Regional Natural Park are hosted on the official website of the Protected Area. Furthermore, the Sistema Natura Guides are accredited as operators of the "Gens" Environmental Education Projects managed by the Regional Park.
The Sistema Natura Guides are included in the List of organizations operating in the following areas, maintained by the Lago di Posta Fibreno Regional Nature Reserve:
- Environmental Education in school and extracurricular settings, with particular reference to projects included in the Catalog related to the regional GENS system program;
- guided tours and excursions in the Reserve's territory;
- one-day events on topics related to environmental protection;
- educational, informative, and training meetings on topics of naturalistic interest.
The Sistema Natura Guides are accredited as operators of the "Gens" Environmental Education Projects managed by the Monti Aurunci Regional Natural Park.
Sistema Natura joins the Rete Radio Montana project, a radio communication infrastructure composed of mountain enthusiasts and professionals, refuges, and rescue organizations (such as CNSAS), with the aim of mutually increasing safety.
The Environmental Hiking Guides
An Environmental Hiking Guide or Nature Guide is someone who, as a professional activity (pursuant to Law No. 4/2013), safely accompanies, on foot or by other non-motorized means of locomotion (except for the use of such means to reach the places of visit), individuals or groups in natural environments, including snowy ones, also providing the necessary technical assistance and carrying out activities of teaching, education, interpretation and environmental dissemination, and education for sustainability. The professional activity of the Environmental Hiking Guide includes the description, explanation, and illustration of the environmental, naturalistic, anthropological, and cultural aspects of the territory with scientific-cultural connotations, leading visits to mountain, hill, plain, and aquatic environments, including those modified by humans, such as parks and protected areas, as well as environments or exhibition structures of a naturalistic, eco-environmental, ethnological, and ecological nature, in order to illustrate their elements, characteristics, ecological relationships, the connection with history and cultural and food and wine traditions, landscape attractions, and to provide elements of sustainability and environmental education. The professional activity of the Environmental Hiking Guide also includes the design, planning, and implementation of workshops and initiatives for teaching, education, interpretation, and environmental dissemination, also supporting, in the school context, the teaching staff. All activities and routes that require the use of mountaineering equipment and techniques, that is, rope, ice axe, and crampons, are excluded from the professional scope of the Environmental Hiking Guide.
(Professional profile of Environmental Hiking Guides - source www.aigae.org)
© Sistema Natura 2006 - 2025
VAT No. 01877810687