“A reform awaited for 30 years and over 2 thousand workers waiting for the reorganization of an environmental system that represents protection of the forest heritage and employment: the time has come”.
This is how Vera Carasi, general secretary of the Ust CISL Ragusa Siracusa, and Sergio Cutrale, general secretary of the territorial FAI, comment on the news arriving from Palermo on the reform of the forestry sector.
“A reorganization of the forestry law, urgent and priority for all the territories of Sicily – comments Cutrale – with strong
concern and a lot of bitterness we encounter phenomena that can no longer be derogated: land desertification, hydrogeological instability, prevention of fires and severe degradation, abandonment of state forest property and, not only…
We need an interactive forestry law with municipal administrations, holders of knowledge and responsible for preventing fires on uncultivated land – continues the secretary of the Fai Cisl – The interest in the protection and safeguarding of the common good must be brought to the attention of everyone by involving culturally the whole
civil society, starting from school groups.
We need to constantly monitor the territory – concludes Cutrale – To do this we need a more dignified contractual expansion of the current employees and the integration of new useful and indispensable employees to preserve and protect the
future generations a clean and healthy environment.”
“A reform that cannot be postponed anymore – Vera Carasi forcefully underlines – Just think of the devastating fires last summer, and the tiring work of all the maintenance and fire prevention workers.
We have a deserted territory which creates further hydrogeological problems – adds the general secretary of the UST Cisl Ragusa Siracusa – Words are now empty. We need manpower that can guarantee reforestation with the planting of trees. Don’t let another season pass.”
