In Italy, WWF has created a system of protected areas can preserve representative samples of particularly rare or endangered ecosystems, areas of exceptional natural value of species and habitats in danger of extinction. L'oasi of Bosco WWF Vanzago plays an important role in this system, being classified as an "oasis of the program" as a protected area that holds high values ​​in terms of conservation, organizational level, development opportunities and strategic role. Inserted in an environment characterized by densely populated municipalities, with the highest concentration of industrial activities of the entire hinterland of Milan and with the presence, at a radius of 3 Km from the reserve, a motorway, rail and roads, WWF Vanzago the Forest is an oasis in the desert, the tip of a wedge of fragile wilderness that connects the city of Milan with the regional park of Ticino. The oasis interacts with what he has around. It must programmatically open to teach and educate all who come near, to spread the culture of nature to become a gym for all of ecology. In it is a priority activity to raise awareness of nature conservation, the development of a rational and scientific research aimed to use natural resources and the conservation of the natural environment itself. The oasis of the WWF calls on everyone who visits and loves to be multiplied, invites all, each with their own means, to build many other areas of the natural parallel, each to be ambassador of a balanced relationship with nature.
“MILAN meets SHAOLIN”, to spread the culture of the Shaolin Monks as close as possible to the original mode of transmission of the Temple, with this 2 nd Edition 2011, started a strong collaboration with the non-profit cultural association “Oracle Wilde” and it provides c / o Forest WWF Vanzago, different moments of encounter in close contact with Nature:
  • Sunday 9 October : DAY OF SHAOLIN CULTURE: conference + stage + exhibition
  • Monday 17 October: PROJECT OPENING “GUARDIANS of the UNIVERSE” for ITALY: video and photo reportage with the originator of the Project, Bogdan Kladnik e il Monaco Shaolin ShiYanHui

The forest is also home to the WWF of Vanzago CRAS, Wild Animals Rescue Centre. Like Shaolin Monks, studying animal behavior, teach us to understand the essence of nature that eliminates the conflicts of our being and discover the harmony between body and mind which is consistent with the essence of the universe, also CRAS, seeing the suffering of the animals and getting in deep contact with them, teaches each of us to become aware of neglect and aggressiveness of men towards the environment and seek the way to a more balanced and far-sighted.

Namo Amitabha