soil and volunteer days are celebrated
In world volunteer daywhich coincide with the one in soil defence the mind goes to Ischia, announced tragedy daughter of neglect, amnesties, climate crisis and overbuilding. The soil victim of man; the man victim of the landslides. And there, on that wounded island, mourning her dead, the tireless work of the volunteers, armed with shovels and shovels. Two world days in one, which tell us about catastrophes, deaths, but also about dedication and altruism. Volunteering is invaluable, said the President Mattarella. “Italy is a fragile country: over 16% of the territory is in areas of high hydrogeological risk; alive 6 million people. In order not to repeat dramas like the one in Ischia – comments the President of WWF Italy Luciano DiTizio – the last thing we have to do is keep building. Instead, the official data tell us that in 2021 we have reached the peak of overbuilding of the territory in the last 10 years”.
According to ISPRA 2022 report the average was, last year, of 19 hectares of land lost per day. They would guarantee – from 2012 to date – the infiltration of over 360 million cubic meters of rainwater which, remaining on the surfaces waterproofed by asphalt and concrete, are no longer available for the recharge of the aquifers, also aggravating the hydraulic danger of the territories. The numbers speak: 438 deaths from 2000 to 2019. Almost the 20% of the Italian coastal strip – say the experts – is now irretrievably lost, e for every 100 authorized constructions, 20 are built illegally. A law against soil consumption has been discussed for years without success. The provision, presented in 2014 and approved by the House in 2016, he then stopped in committee in the Senate. It is imperative to unlock the bill, especially if we consider – the WWF recalls – that the European Commission, in 2021, approved the new one”European soil strategy for 2030”, pledging to promote a Directive on the subject within the next year.