Italy losing pristine land to development at alarming rate
Area size of Naples gone every 5 months, protection group says
05 February, 20:06
(ANSA) - Rome, February 5 - Due to rapid construction, Italy
loses pristine land equal in size to the city of Naples every
five months, the Environmental Protection Institute announced
Tuesday.
The research group said in 2010 Italy lost 21,000 square
kilometers of land to development of some kind.
The current loss rate is approximately eight square meters
per second.It is equal to losing 340 square meters every year per Italian citizen.
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