Reforestation in Italy

In addition to supporting international projects in India, Brazil, Nicaragua and Uganda, Fastweb is also committed to improving the Italian territory: this is why it has decided to collaborate with AzzeroCO2 and Legambiente on the national Mosaico Verde campaign, an important project to reforest and protect a number of Italian cities.

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Fastweb is committed to reforesting the suburbs of Italian cities together with AzzeroCO2 and Legambiente as part of the Mosaico Verde project. Green areas are necessary to improve air quality, to create leisure areas in which to play and relax and because they protect the biodiversity of plants and animals, reduce noise and mitigate heat.

We have already started planting the first 8,000 trees in Milano (Porto di Mare Park), Roma (Cellulosa Park and Via Colombo Park), Bari (ASI Urban Park and e via Minervino Park), Catania (Ulivi Park) and Torino (Parco Piemonte). By next year we will have planted another 3,000 trees in these cities and other 4,000 trees in Genova, Pescara, Napoli, Cagliari and other Italian cities.

Milano
Area Porto di Mare – Rogoredo
Area Porto di Mare - Rogoredo

The Porto di Mare area, located in the south of Milan in an urbanised area between the city boundary and the Corvetto district, has a history of being used as a landfill for solid urban waste from 1973 to 1981. The area lies almost entirely within the perimeter of the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano and preserves important landscape elements and wildlife features of high naturalistic value that are recognised and protected at regional and national level. Since October 2017, the Municipality of Milan and the association Italia Nostra, with its Urban Forestation Centre, have been engaged in redevelopment work, which aims to recover the degraded area and make it usable for residents by planting new trees, consolidating the cycle and pedestrian paths, restoring the pond and grassland areas and cleaning up at least 50% of the area of the waste accumulated over the years.

Fastweb has therefore chosen to contribute to the redevelopment of this park by planting 2,000 trees, on a section of this area, which as they grow will improve the landscape and create shady areas to make the park more usable in summer.

Fastweb's reforestation projects are implemented in suburban or park areas, suitable for the creation of a real forest, or in urban areas suitable for the creation of a recreational space.

Thanks to a collaboration with AzzeroCO2 and Legambiente, the projects respond to the principles of biodiversity conservation with the use of different species, soil consolidation and stabilisation, the use of native species typical of the geographical area, landscape improvement, and community usability.

Quali sono i benefici?
Air quality
Maples, Turkey oaks, hackberry trees, linden trees and ash trees are among the most frequently used tree species in the city due to their ability to capture particulates and CO2.
Noise reduction
Some species of trees are used as noise barriers, especially near busy roads.
Landscape
The creation of green areas enhances the land, which is sometimes disused or in a state of disrepair, making it more pleasant and improving the life of the surrounding neighbourhood.
Pockets of heat
Green areas, especially in built-up areas, help to mitigate air temperature in the summer season, reducing local overheating.
Biodiversity
The use of different species of trees and shrubs promotes plant and animal biodiversity.

Usability
Forested areas become spaces where young people and the community can gather and socialise where it is possible to reconnect with nature.

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