This morning, at the National Central Library of Rome, was presented by the Forest Service Italy the first collection dedicated to the 130 state nature reserves. The volume is designed to raise awareness of green Italian heritage, consisting of parks, nature reserves and oases, and for raising awareness on the protection of these places, more often damaged by industrial pollution and neglect of the visitors.

The book, titled "State Nature Reserve", as explained in 400 pages and adjust the system of protected areas and provide an overview of the activities that the Forest Service implements the state to protect the habitats and species threatened with extinction. The reader has the opportunity to discover some of the most beautiful natural places on the Italian territory, guardians of complex ecosystems with high biodiversity, which is guaranteed by the different species of plants and animals, landscapes and the habitats. The collection, presented by the Forest Service, makes it possible to discover the territory, thanks to detailed photographs, to maps provided by the Italian Touring Club and in-depth information on flora and fauna, as well as provide a historical profile of the area described. The aim is to enthuse and inform the public, so that they convey the importance of protecting the environment.

As stated during the presentation, preservation and safeguarding of natural and scientific heritage present in Italy, consisting of approximately 90,000 hectares of land, divided into 130 nature reserves, is entrusted to the State Forester, who is dealing with 28 offices across regional biodiversity. Each area holds a special significance: Reservations may be directed, biogenetic, zoological, anthropological, protection or, in exceptional cases, be reserved in part, of "temples of nature where human intervention is excluded and where the plants are born, grow up, grow old and die back ground, thus promoting new life cycle in a perpetual dynamic of death and rebirth that enriches the environment. "The different structures of the reserves are used to enhance what the specific area can provide, leaving the mechanisms of natural evolution run their course, without changes due to human intervention.

In this way, the reserve contains about 20% of plant species considered endangered, and about 75% of habitats of European interest in Italy are preserved within reserves, or 95 habitats on 126 total. With regard to animal species, the reserves host all 18 species of mammals in the national Red List, or classification of endangered species conservation on the Italian mainland. Especially the Forest Service has implemented within these areas dedicated to species conservation programs a priority at European level, such as bear, wolf and otter.

In this view, the collection "State Nature Reserve" informs readers on what has been achieved thus far by the State Forestry Department to preserve the environment, explaining the importance of establishing nature reserves, which are becoming laboratories for study and research open-air places of knowledge and monitoring of environmental health. Via the reserves, in fact, the State Forester can preserve natural areas by the impoverishment of biological systems, preserving the complexity of the natural heritage.

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