Wet areas: in these regions there are the most threatened by the climatic crisis. Is there yours too?

Raise of the Mediterranean level, which could lead to the disappearance of large stretches of coast that host wetlands, and a constant and dangerous increase in frequency and intensity of periods of drought: the future of our wetlands and aquatic ecosystems, treasure chests of biodiversity And natural antidotes against extreme weather events, it is very in the balance. And to weigh, even if you say it, it is the climatic crisis.

To launch the alarm is Legambiente in the focus “Water ecosystems 2025”, Published a few days after the world day of the wetlands of 2025. Whose slogan this year is”Protect wetlands for our common future – enhance, protect, inspire“.

In the report, attention is first focused on the fact that, in the last 300 years (from 1700 to 2000), Italy has lost 75% of wetlands. To date, it has 57 of international importance, distributed in 15 regions and, globally, the IPBES report estimates that 85% of the wetlands are now at risk of disappearance and with them 4,294 species out of 23,496 freshwater animals registered In the IUCN red list, including 30% of decapod crustaceans (prawns, crabs, shrimp), 26% of fresh water fish and 16% of the hadies (dragonflies, bridesmaids).

Where are the wetlands in Italy most threatened by the climatic crisis

In the Focus Legambiente identifies the “crystal caskets”, or the wetlands most threatened by the climatic crisis:

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Other “special observed”, in Lazioare the “natural pools” from the Castelporziano presidential estatein the province of Rome: due to the drastic issues throughout the Roman countryside and the effects of the climatic crisis, since 2000 already lost 43% of these important reinforcement of closed natural water (periodic and/or occasional filling and of modest size); Very fragile habitats, rich in macroinvertebrates, vertebrates and rare plants.

Recalling Italy’s delays in the application of EU strategy on biodiversity for 2030 and the Nature Restoration Law, Legambiente asks the government for a serious commitment not only in the development of economic resources and interventions on prevention, mitigation and adaptation to the Climate crisis, but also in the protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and wetlands.

In addition, in the wake of the failures of the Cop 29 in Baku and the COP 16 in Cali, he asks the government not to waste the “second half” of the COP 16 (in Rome from 25 to 27 February) to arrive at an agreement on the financing of protection of nature in poor countries and, more generally, on how to mobilize financial resources for biodiversity, for a full and effective implementation of the Kunming-Montreal objectives (COP 15).