agriculture

The drought and the lake

In a recent article, the Osservatorio Ambientale del Lago di Bolsena analysed the impact of this year’s drought on the lake. We’ll summarise the main points. (more…)

Pesticides, the Province is in a hurry

Alessandro Romoli, Vice-President of the Province of Viterbo, urges haste: "We will try to finalise this issue by mid-September". The “issue” (more…)

Pesticides, made to measure for hazelnuts?

On April 29, the first advisory commission of the Province of Viterbo met to discuss the updating of the "provincial guidelines (more…)

For peasant agriculture

Struck by the spread of hazelnut monoculture on the Alfina Plateau and the consequent destruction of the rural landscape and its biodiversity, the internationally renowned (more…)

Official statement on the protection of the countryside and hazelnuts

The Department of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan area of Rome, (more…)

Hazelnuts – it’s time to get serious

It comes as no surprise that the Lazio TAR has upheld the appeal against the "no hazelnuts" order of the Mayor of Grotte di Castro, given that (more…)

Lake Bolsena fights to preserve itself

The Municipalities of the Lake Bolsena district oppose attempts to industrialise the territory and are organising initiatives to raise (more…)

The municipalities meet the people – 14 September 2019

As our readers well know, geothermal energy and the worrying increase in agricultural areas devoted to growing hazelnut trees are among (more…)

Pesticides, arsenic and radon: in Viterbo an extraordinary city council

On Thursday 11 July at 3.30pm an extraordinary city council, open to the public, was held at the (more…)