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from Saltworks of Trapani, the stolen poaching and all sorts of speculation, Torre Salsa, beach nell'Agrigentino saved by the project of a tourist village, through Monte Pellegrino and Capo Rama, in Palermo, and Vendicari, Syracuse. Threatened to close its doors, its nature reserves in Sicily. A cut to the contributions of the Region to 73 sites of rare natural beauty on his knees unique areas in the world. It opens up the threat of new attacks on portions of land that seemed to protect dall'abusivismo and poachers.

"is the contribution of Sicily year global biodiversity" accuse, sarcastically, Angelo DiMarco Legambiente and Giacinto Milazzo, coordinator of the ninety employees of the reserves serving on behalf of environmental organizations. A risk more precisely the twenty-six reserves are managed for the region from historical as Legambiente initials, WWF, Italy Nostra, Lipu, Cai, ecological research group, Rangers ... All associations have already seen to reduce the regional contribution of 40% and in 2011 it will decline by another 30%.

"In a year - pointed the finger DiMarco - we went from 5 million euro in 2009 and half a million and a half low. A sum not even remotely enough to keep life in the reserves, to reject the actions' of disorder 'and dealing with vandalism. " But today the task of management is to paralysis: "The tours such as monitoring - DiMarco explains-the awareness-raising and environmental education and enhancement of land, the conservation of natural habitats and dissemination. Yet, the region could draw 140 million of EU funds provided for these purposes, but no one in the field offices, working on specific projects.

The first to make cuts costs, launched by the junta for autonomy of the President Raffaele Lombardo, were ninety employees of associations, which do not receive salaries from July. And tomorrow will protest for the fifth time in a month, outside the headquarters of the Regional Assembly, asking a series of amendments to save the oases and the posts work. On their side, twenty experts and academics from all natural sciences, the authors of an appeal to local institutions: "The nature reserves managed by the environmental groups are already on the verge of closing for lack of funds, yet in recent years have provided important results in various areas, and are often fundamental principals of law in difficult situations, "they write.

In each there are plenty of paradoxes. "For example - noted the chairman of Legambiente Sicily Mimmo Fontana - the company's regional Biospher, which the Department of Land and Environment 2.5 million awarded each year to undertake work in the same protected areas at risk of closure. To save the twenty-six reserves 1.7 million would be enough, unless the contribution for Biospher.

"Almost always, behind the creation of a reserve - the WWF adds Anna Jordan, Goldman Environmental Prize (the" Nobel "environment) in 98 - c ' is a story of the fight against crime. From Saline of Trapani, prey to poachers and various speculations, at Cape Rama, where recognition has blocked regional subdivisions and landfills. The region would mean a step back to get back on track gangs and abuse. "
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