For many years now, the annual Danilo Re Meet has provided a major opportunity for all those working in Alpine Protected Areas to get acquainted with one another, in particular those in the field, carrying out surveillance, facilitation and fact-finding missions. The Meet comprises a sports competition (known as “The Danilo Re Trophy”), a theme-based seminar and a range of other activities for all participants to enjoy together. The 26th edition of the will take place from January 27th to January 30th within the Binntal Nature Park in Switzerland.

"Dear friends

We very much hope that already in summer normality will return that meetings in the Alpine region and beyond will be possible again. We are preparing the 26th edition of the Memorial Danilo Re and would be very happy if you found your way to us in January 2022.

We are a small nature park in the Valais in the south-west of Switzerland and share a 24 kilometres long border with the Italian nature park Alpe Veglia - Alpe Devero in Piedmont. In 1999 we received the "Transboundary Parks" certificate from Europarc as recognition and encouragement for our international cooperation.

As we do not have large meeting rooms and sports facilities within the park, for the memorial we team up with our neighbours who have attractive facilities for meetings as well as for alpine and cross-country skiing. In addition, the Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps with a length of around 23 kilometres and part of the UNESCO World Heritage "Swiss Alps Jungfrau Aletsch", is only a stone's throw away from us.

See you soon.

Chantal, Elena, Brigitte, Siona, Irene, Tom and Andreas"