Membership approval
The Municipality of Modena has joined the new agreement prepared by the Province of Modena for the associated management of nutria control plans. The membership was approved by the City Council, in the session on Thursday 9 November, with the vote in favor of Pd, Europa verde-Verdi, Modena civica, Sinistra per Modena, Lega Modena, Fratelli d'Italia (the 5 Star Movement abstained ).
Control plans
The agreement, presented to the assembly by the Environment Councilor Alessandra Filippi, comes into force in January 2024 and will be valid for three years until December 2026. The Province is responsible for the associated management of the control plans and has the task of coordinating the interventions of capture and culling of specimens of the species, equated to those weeds and harmful ones for which the Ispra (Higher Institute for environmental protection and research) hopes to be eradicated from the national territory.
Contribution to expenses
The participating municipalities participate with a contribution to the expenses, which for Modena amounts to 3.900 euros per year, and have the task of collecting requests for intervention, reporting the most infested areas, requesting extraordinary interventions and informing citizens on the containment activities of the species. Interventions to limit nutria are necessary as their presence in the area generates environmental risks, hydraulic risks triggered by the excavation of niches, tunnels and tunnels in the embankments, damage to agricultural crops in companies located near watercourses (source : Modena City Council).