Abstract
The results of the research conducted on the subject of regeneration of areas of land suffering degradation were presented, studied and analyzed to establish “families” of causes and effects, to forecast lines of action commensurate with the reversibility of the damage. The area in question is the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria covering the entire territory of the former province and including the Aspromonte National Park. The methods of direct observation and critical interpretation of the phenomena, in terms of extension and incidence, are aimed at advancing a protocol of interventions for the definition, evaluation and implementation of regeneration prospects through experimental pilot laboratories for University-Region coordination. Of particular interest was the role of prevention for areas that are used improperly with the consequent loss of habitat quality, limitations of the effectiveness of ecosystem services, for those environments that express values integrated from a cultural, naturalistic point of view, identity and are subject to risks of fragmentation that endanger ecological connectivity.
Highlights
The latest data on the soil erosion of the ISPRA report a “virtuous” Calabria with values that appear to show caution in transformations [1]
The area in question is the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria covering the entire territory of the former province and including the Aspromonte National Park
Of particular interest was the role of prevention for areas that are used improperly with the consequent loss of habitat quality, limitations of the effectiveness of ecosystem services, for those environments that express values integrated from a cultural, naturalistic point of view, identity and are subject to risks of fragmentation that endanger ecological connectivity
Summary
The latest data on the soil erosion of the ISPRA report a “virtuous” Calabria with values that appear to show caution in transformations [1]. This reality is self-preserved and envelops the entire National Park of Aspromonte, an immense core area with extraordinary but still unexpressed potential that presents, ever more exacerbated, all the decisiveness of an Apennine mountain area in a geographical reality that expresses the discomforts of a deep south area of Southern Italy In this moment, the main risks for the territories of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria come from a scarce anthropogenic presence in the territory, from a lack of defense, from a lack of interest in the values and resources that appear to be underused, if we exclude the coastal areas, where the pressure on transformation for second homes is still strong; we witness an immense urban heritage of abandoned villages where building units are put up for sale and abandoned fields and terraces, untreated woods (the surface of the forests of the Metropolitan city is about 102,000 Ha, equal to over 30% of the total area) are systematically set on fire to gain pastures invigorated through sprouting. In 2016, across the entire regional territory, there were 985 forest fires that covered a total area of 8037 hectares, of which 5302.3 wooded and 2734.8 not wooded [2]
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