Protecting Biodiversity in the Castelli Romani Park

On March 16 the town hall of Velletri hosted a conference on "Protecting Biodiversity in the Castelli Romani Park", with a focus on the regulatory and technical tools of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). A member of our team, Sofia Silvestri, gave a talk emphasizing the importance of Castelli Romani's biodiversity (highlighting the rare and special biodiversity of beetles inhabiting the Alban Hills) and talking about Sites of Community Importance (SCIs), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and SACs. She pointed out the importance of a relatively little site like Castelli Romani in contributing to global biodiversity and, consequently, to a global conservation network.