PRODUCTIONS: VESUVIUS

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Jost Geppert

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30'

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The Vesuvius National Park was set up following strong pressure from environmental groups whose aim was to protect the world's most famous volcano from human depredation and urban encroachment.
Since the setting up of the park, there has been a noticeable change of attitude in the area - many harmful activities, such as wildfires, rubbish tips, illegal building and poaching, are now memories of the past. Their place has been taken by environmental engineering, cleaning operations and recovery of the natural surroundings with its flora and fauna.
It is a rewarding experience to move from the squalor of urban sprawl to the revived surroundings of the park with its plant and animal life including various species of hawks, foxes, hares, ring-doves and wood pigeons.
A park in the front line struggling against degradation - a park which seems to have won an almost impossible battle.