Day of study and in-depth study on management of nutria in these last hours a Castel Goffredo (province of Mantua). The meeting was held in the council room of the municipality of the upper Mantua which aimed to promote the methods and best practices adopted by Provinces of Mantua and Brescia and by ISPRA to address the problems related to the significant presence of otters in the two territories.
Nourished and qualified the presence of office technicians the Regions of Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, the Provinces of Bergamo, Lodi, Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Venice, Vicenza, the Metropolitan Cities of Bologna and Venice and the Ticino Park. The works highlighted in particular, the validity of the procedural approaches adopted, inherent to the planning and management aspects of the control activities of the otters, implemented with particular effectiveness through the use of trap cages inserted in a complex organizational structure that sees the Municipalities at the forefront.
The major criticality that emerged concerns the insufficient provision of resources by the state and of the European Union in order to allow a greater professionalization of the operating staff. The initiative, promoted by ISPRA with the Provinces of Mantua and Brescia, it has activated a constructive comparison between the numerous entities interested in the phenomenon.