- Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Friday hailed an “unprecedented” forestation campaign, with the goal of one million new trees throughout the metropolitan area, including 800,000 in the city.
- Speaking at a general assembly dedicated to green spaces, the mayor said that Rome has a “tremendous responsibility as the greenest city in Europe”, boasting 85,000 hectares of parks, historic villas and agricultural land.
- “We estimate that this represents more than two-thirds of the city’s surface area, and 340,000 trees are under direct public responsibility”, Gualtieri said, adding: “Forestation campaigns haven’t been carried out for many years, and this is certainly the largest.”
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