Marine Protected Area of ​​Capri, Minister Costa starts the process

(ANSA) - NAPLES - "With this signature I start the official procedure to establish the Marine Protected Area of ​​the Island of Capri". With a direct Facebook from the ministry offices, the Minister of the Environment Sergio Costa announced the signing of the letter that opens the procedures for the establishment of the new marine area.

"In the past, I learned from the media about the alleged lack of resources and my opposition to the institution, but I answer these controversies today with papers and facts - explains Minister Sergio Costa -.

This is politics. To the appeal of the mayors of Capri and Anacapri, I answer with the letter that starts the process and I also send the cartography that determines the perimeter of the Marine Protected Area ".

Having signed the letter and notified the letter to the mayors of the island, in January they will be summoned to the Ministry of the Environment to participate in the meeting with which they will declare whether they agree with this path. "Immediately afterwards - adds the minister - we will meet the associations, the world of fishing and all the protagonists of this area, all in a very short time. We have an environmental heritage in front of us that we are all in a hurry to protect.

Thanks to everyone who will support this initiative in the coming weeks. "