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th # 62 • June 12 , 2015 EXPO 2015 five different landscapes: the Alps, the Apennines, the Po Valley, the Tavolieri highlands, and the Islands. Beyond the orchard area, the journey ends with a depiction of urban agrobiodiversity. The physical appearance of these five areas is conveyed by a landscape made of trees, and plants, all of which work together to tell stories, transmitting emotions and inspiring future projects. A walkway winding through the centre of each of the environments represents a track that becomes a country lane, transforms into a drovers’ road, and then ends The Biodiversity Park visitor expe- up as a mule track hugging the coastline. This "Grand Tour" gives rience visitors the chance to experience Outdoor space: a journey around Italy’s agricultural heritage that they would rarely have the opportunity Italy The external area of the Biodiversi- to observe. ty Park offers an extended journey around the Italian peninsula, with five “staging posts” representing with Expo, complemented by the organisational experience of SANA (the International Exhibition of Organic and Natural Products), is to showcase the Italian farmers, businesses and associations who share a respect for nature, within a thematic area in the Universal Exposition. The Biodiversity Park is thus a journey through the many opportunities that biodiversity and organic agriculture afford for Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. WE THE ITALIANS | 49 www.wetheitalians.com