Associazione Culturale
President: Francesco Sauro
Email: info@laventa.it
Press: press@laventa.it
Administration: amministrazione@laventa.it
Headquarter: Via Priamo Tron, 35/F - 31100 Treviso (TV)
Warehouse: Via Cal di Breda, 132 - 21010 Quinto di Treviso (TV)
VAT: 03233190267 - Fiscal Code: 96173950583
Partners for video production
Supranational
Unesco
Unione Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS)
Europe
Centro Italiano Studi e Ricerche Archeologiche Precolombiane, Italia
Centro Studi e Ricerche Ligabue, Italia
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Padova, Italia
Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (Cisp), Italia
Club Alpino Italiano, Italia
Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (CNSAS), Italia
Società Meteorologica Italiana, Italia
Società Speleologica Italiana, Italia
Ente Nazionale Energie Alternative (Enea) Casaccia, Dip. Ambiente, Roma, Italia
Istituto Italiano di Speleologia, Bologna, Italia
Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (Lipu), La Terza (TA), Italia
Ministero per gli Affari Esteri, Italia
Ministero per l'Università e la Ricerca Scientifica, Italia
Politecnico di Milano, Polo Reg. Lecco, Laboratorio Sensibilab, Italia
Università "La Sapienza", Dip. di Fisica, Roma, Italia
Università di Bari, Dip. Geomineralogico, Dip. di Medicina Interna e Immunologia, Italia
Università di Bologna, Dip. di Paleografia Medievistica, Dip. Scienze della Terra, Italia
Università di Firenze, Dip. Scienze della Terra, Italia
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dip. Scienze della Terra, Italia
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dip. di Paleobiologia e dell'Orto Botanico, Italia
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dip. Grandi Strumenti, Italia
Università di Padova, Istituto di Antropologia Fisica, Italia
Università di Torino, Dip. Fisica Generale, Italia
Istituto per lo studio degli Ecosistemi (Ise) CNR, Firenze, Italia
Associazione per la tutela degli uccelli rapaci e loro ambiente (Altura), Italia
Estacion Experimental del Zaidin - CSIC, Granada, España
The Explorers' Club, España
Universidad de Almeria, Dep. de Hidrogeologia y Quimica Analitica, España
Eldgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Suisse
Rolex Awards for Enterprise, Geneve, Suisse
Tourismburo Zermatt, Suisse
British Broadcasting Corporation, United Kingdom
Società Didattica Scientifica Speleologica, Albania
Istituto Geografico di Tirana, Albania
Wild Flora & Fauna Found, Kavadarci, Makedonia
University of Bergen, Dept. of Earth Science, Norway
North America
Comisión Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas, México
Comisión Nacional del Agua, México
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Conabio), México
Consejo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Chiapas (Coneculta), México
Desuvalle, Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, México
Fundacion Vida para el Bosque (ViBo), Durango, México
Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas, México
Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, México
Instituto Coahuilense de Ecología, Coahuila, México
Instituto de Historia Natural (Ihn), Chiapas, México
Instituto Desierto Chihuahuense, Pronatura Noreste A. C., México
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Inah), México
Area de Protecciòn de Flora y Fauna, Cuatro Ciènegas, Coahuila, México
Reserva de la Biosfera de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, Oaxaca, México
Fundación Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, Oaxaca, México
Secretaría de Ecología, Recursos Naturales y Pesca, Chiapas, México
Secretaría de Planeación y Desarrollo del Estado de Coahuila, México
Secretaria de Fomento Economico de Coahuila, México
Semarnap, Reserva Natural El Ocote, Chiapas, México
Semarnat (Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), México
Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (Unicach), Chiapas, México
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (Unam), Instituto de Geologia, México
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (Unam), Instituto de Ecología, México
Discovery Channel, USA
National Geographic Channel, USA
New Mexico Tech, Socorro, USA
New Mexico University, Dept. of Biology, Albuquerque, USA
New World Archaeological Foundation, Utah, USA
Central and South America
Administración de Parques Nacionales, Argentina
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Gobierno del Estado de Santa Cruz, Argentina
Comision Defensa Hielos Continentales Patagonicos, Argentina
Base antártica Frey, Chile
Instituto Antártico Chileno (Inach), Chile
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile
Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
Base antártica Artigas, Uruguay
Instituto Nacional de Parques (Inparques), Venezuela
Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleologia, Venezuela
Asia
University of Yangon, Dept. of Biology, Dept. of Geology, Myanmar
Ambasciata d'Italia in Myanmar
City of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
Philippine Convention and Visitors' Corporation, Philippines
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Palawan, Philippines
Moscow Academy of Science, Institute of Geography, Russia
Antarctic base Bellingshausen, Russia
International Museum of Peace and Solidarity, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Institute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (Mas)
Institute of Geography, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (Mas)
The La Venta team organizes and runs various geographical-speleological and environmental exploration projects in remote areas with difficult access.
On the threshold of the third millennium talking about “geographical exploration” can sound rather inappropriate, especially in a world where human expansion and satellite communication have put the whole of nature under control.
This is not the case.
There is a lot yet to discover in the most remote parts of the earth's surface, an d even more below it, where Night Lands, almost undiscovered, still stretch out.
Dissemination of the results from such research is the essential goal of each exploration. La Venta focuses its attention mainly on the quality of documentation, from general communication to scientific publication. This strategy has made it possible to write articles in major world journals and to appear several times on TV, both in Italy and abroad.
One of the main goals of the research projects carried out by the La Venta team is to strengthen the conservation of the areas where we work and to raise awareness of the people who live and work there.
Centuries of tragic experiences in geographical exploration has taught us that exploring is not enough in itself, if there is no understanding of what is being explored and of the ways to preserve it. For this reason geographical documentation is the main activity of our research projects, not only of the caves we explore, but also of their physical and cultural relationship with the environment.
Researchers of the La Venta team carry out their speleological work with an eye to geography, trying to understand the archaeology and history of the places they explore and analyzing their anthropological and physical aspects. Night Lands are crucial parts of an area in our research projects, they are the hidden face.
Excellent results obtained in explorations over the years have made La Venta a well-known and admired association all over the world. This was possible thanks to numerous publications and films made both autonomously and in cooperation with government bodies and cultural and scientific associations.
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Positions
The President-elected is Francesco Sauro
The other members are:
Tullio Bernabei
Gaetano Boldrini
Leonardo Colavita
Ada De Matteo
Antonio (Tono) De Vivo
Luca Gandolfo
Luca Imperio
Tommaso Santagata
Members
Currently the Association is formed by:
Members: Roberto Abiuso, Paolo Agnelli, Giorgio Annichini, Daniela Barbieri, Teresa Bellagamba, Alvise Belotti, Alessandro Beltrame, Tullio Bernabei, Gaetano Boldrini, Leonardo Colavita, Carla Corongiu, Vittorio Crobu, Norma Damiano, Riccardo De Luca, Ada De Matteo, Antonio (Tono) De Vivo, Jo De Waele, Umberto Del Vecchio, Davide Domenici, Martino Frova, Luca Gandolfo, Giuseppe Giovine, Luca Imperio, Felice La Rocca, Massimo Liverani, Francesco (Ciccio) Lo Mastro, Luca Massa, Marco Mecchia, Paolo Petrignani, Leonardo Piccini, Enzo Procopio, Alessio Romeo, Giovanni Rossi, Patrizio Rubcich, Natalino Russo, Tommaso Santagata, Francesco Sauro, Giuseppe Savino, Francesco Spinelli, Roberto Trevi, Stefano Vanni, Marco Vattano.
Foreign: José Maria Calaforra, Alicia Davila, Fulvio Eccardi, Esteban Gonzalez, Elizabeth Gutiérrez F., Israel Huerta, Carlos Lazcano, Enrique Lipps, Jesus Lira, Mauricio Náfate L., Jorge Paz T., Monica Ponce, Argellia Tiburcio, Freddy Vergara, Kaleb Zárate Galvez.
Honorary: Raul Arias, Giuseppe Casagrande, Viviano Domenici, Paolo Forti, Elvio Gaido, Amalia Gianolio, Italo Giulivo, Silvia Nora Menghi, Luca Mercalli, Ernesto Piana, Rosanna Rabajoli, Tim Stratford, Marco Topani, Carina Vandenberghe.
To the Memory: Giovanni Badino †, Paolino Cometti †, Francesco Dal Cin †, Edmund Hillary †, Adrian G. Hutton †, Lucas Ruiz †, Thomas Lee Whriting †, Adolfo Eraso Romero †.
