PUGLIA – «In Puglia the areas at risk of desertification represent 57% of the usable surface and the bill paid by agriculture subject to climate change and drought is high, equal to over 70 million euros». Coldiretti says so Puglia on the occasion of world anti-inflammatory day desertification and drought.
«The planting of new trees in Puglia, which – adds the association – has just 10 square meters of urban greenery per inhabitant on average, is essential to tackle the climate emergency, including heat waves, drought, desertification and floods and to break the siege of smog in cities.”
In a situation «of climate change – he continues Coldiretti Puglia – the presence and management of greenery is strategic, so much so that a large park can lower the heat level by 1 to 3 degrees compared to areas where there are no plants or green shade”.
In the capital cities, where – says Coldiretti – it “swings from 9.2 square meters per capita of greenery in Bari to 9 in Foggia, from 14.4 square meters in Taranto to 9.6 in Lecce up to 11.9 meters squares in Brindisi, almost 142 thousand trees were registered in Puglia, where Bari leads the ranking with almost 30 thousand trees followed by Foggia, Taranto, Lecce, Barletta, Brindisi and Andria, bringing up the rear with only 15 thousand trees”.
The availability of trees per inhabitant is different, where the ranking is reversed with Bari having only 9 trees per 100 inhabitants, Taranto almost 11, Foggia 14 and Andria 15 per 100 inhabitants, with Barletta, Lecce and Brindisi offering over 20 trees every 100 inhabitants”.
To maintain “the commitment – concludes Coldiretti Puglia – to combat climate change we need to intervene in a structural way on metropolitan environments”.
