May 21, 2022 will be the first day dedicated toOperation Paladins of the Territory, the initiative promoted by UNA Foundation - Man, Nature, Environment - born on the impulse of the hunting world to actively contribute to the preservation and care of green areas and, in general, of the environment. The protagonists will be hunters and citizens of different Italian regions and provinces, who together will develop an organic cleaning work in the areas affected by pollution. In particular, there will be 90 activities for the recovery and protection of the environment planned in 14 different regions, for a total participation of over 2000 people, who responded with great enthusiasm to the appeal of the UNA Foundation.
Maurizio Zipponi, president of the UNA Foundation, commented on the great success of the initiative, declaring that “the Foundation is enthusiastic about the massive participation of hunting associations in the event. The adhesion of more than 2000 volunteers to the various activities in the area highlights the deep bond respect that binds the hunter to the environment in which he operates. The UNA Foundation, as well as the entire hunting world, is strongly committed to the environment, its protection and the care of the biodiversity that characterizes the national territory ". Each local association has decided to intervene and plan specific activities for respond to the specific needs of each territory. The activities planned in the various regions are divided as follows:
In Calabria there are 12 activities related to the cleaning of woods, embankments, mountain paths and beaches in the provinces of Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia.
In Campania, 3 actions to remove waste from beaches and forests in the territories in the provinces of Naples and Caserta have been confirmed.
In Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 3 cleaning actions were organized for woods, paths and degraded urban areas located in the provinces of Trieste and Udine.
In Lazio, 3 cleaning actions have been planned for the woods, paths and urban areas, located in the provinces of Rome and
In Lombardy, 20 cleaning activities of woods, paths, urban areas and river banks have been confirmed, located in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Lecco, Monza-Brianza and
In the Marche region, 2 cleaning actions are planned for the river banks in the area, located in the province of
In Molise, the cleaning action of the Volturno river banks organized in the province of
In Piedmont, 11 cleaning activities have been planned for woods, urban areas and river banks located in the province of Turin and
In Puglia, 17 different cleaning activities of woods, paths and beaches in the province of Lecce, Foggia and BAT have been confirmed.
In Sardinia we will work for the cleaning of woods and paths in the province of
In Sicily, 4 associations are expected to participate, located in three provinces, which will work to clean the woods and paths in the area.
In Tuscany, 6 cleaning activities of woods and paths have been confirmed in the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Livorno, Lucca, Siena
In Umbria, 3 cleaning activities were organized for woods, paths and urban areas in the province of Perugia and Terni
In Veneto, 2 cleaning activities were confirmed for the lagoon banks and the urban areas affected by the initiative in the provinces of Venice and Verona.
Fondazione UNA is a non-governmental and non-profit organization, which since 2015 represents a meeting place between the hunting, environmental, agricultural and scientific-academic worlds. Through these days dedicated to ecology, he substantiates his commitment to positioning the figure of the hunter as the "Paladin of the Territory", that is, guardian of the faunal and natural balance of the ecosystem.
The hunting activity must, in fact, be understood as driven by a strong ethical sense and responsibility, representing a useful and positive element to guarantee the maintenance of natural balance.