Continue to Rome the felling and pruning of trees even in the middle of the period of nestingdespite the prohibitions established by the public and private green regulations and the urban landscape. The most emblematic case concerns the recent interventions a Monteverdein viale dei four winds, and toEURin viale Europa, where hundreds of trees are subject to cuts, with serious repercussions on urban wildlife, in particular on nesting birds.
Lipu has launched a heartfelt appeal to the councilor for the environment Sabrina Alfonsi, asking the immediate suspension of non -urgent interventions and the protection of nestsalso soliciting the delivery of children to the fauna recovery centers.
The administration’s response, however, has limited itself to reiterating that each intervention is preceded by technical appraisals And that only the trees classified in the category of maximum danger (class D) are knocked down. Yet the reports of citizens and associations show a more complex reality, with nests destroyed and pruning made in areas where the presence of birds had been documented.
In this period the pruning and felling of the trees with the nests must be avoided
According to the municipal regulation, in the period between March and August Pruning or demolition interventions on trees that host nests should be avoidedexcept for proven urgency for security reasons. But the discretion with which the urgency is invoked – often without making public reports public – feeds the suspicion of one opaque and little respectful management of environmental regulations. In addition, the chaptera practice prohibited by the regulation, continues to be applied in some cases, irreparably compromising the health of the trees.
The legal intervention group (GRI) presented formal requests and informed the Public Prosecutor’s Office, denouncing a possible violation of the habitat directive and national rules on the protection of the Avifauna. The promised replacement of the cut trees – often advertised by the administration – also appears late and disorganic.
The impression is that of an inadequate administration to combine public safety and environmental protection. Urban green cannot be treated as a technical problem to be solved with indiscriminate cuts, but as a Living heritage to be managed with competence, transparency and responsibility. The rules exist and must be respected: independent controls, public procedures and a real political will to protect urban biodiversity are needed. Otherwise, they will once again take the expense the trees and the fauna that lives the city.
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