The island of Capri will have a marine protected area
The process to establish the Park enters the stage: it will be extended along the entire perimeter, integral reserve for the Faraglioni
The island of Capri will have its own marine protected area. The process to establish the reserve got into full swing with the publication on January 8 of the proposed perimeter of the reserve on the websites of the municipalities of Capri and Anacapri.
This brings closer a goal imagined and hoped for many times over the last 30 years to encourage the protection of fragile coastal ecosystems threatened by wild yachting andovertourism.
It is no coincidence that the dossier of Ispra, which was commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment to draw up the so-called zoning, stipulates that the area surrounding the iconic Faraglioni is to be an integral reserve: the transit of boats and yachts, even bathing, is forbidden. Restrictive measures envisioned to protect one of the island's iconic sites, which has been the subject of constant aggression in recent years, not least the assault of poaching fishermen in search of dates from the sea. But the project does not put everyone in agreement: in particular, it is the association of yacht charter operators, Assocharter, which complains about the possible negative effects of the measures on the sea economy. Also critical is the voice of the Table of the Sea, which brings together several association acronyms, primarily Federalberghi, and which - while stressing the need for a marine protected area - is clamoring that the protection of biodiversity should not conflict with the interests of those who make their living from tourism. And it is precisely on this point that the island of Capri intends to play a slice of its future in a sustainable way.
"Also because it must first be the people of Capri who believe in the marine protected area for it to work. - stresses Nino Martino, director of the master's degree program on parks at UniMercatorum, the university of the Chambers of Commerce, and himself a former director of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park -In that case, the island has the opportunity to tell its story according to a perspective that is in some ways new, green and sustainable, enhanced by the possibility of scuba diving or engaging in whale watching."
