Unfortunately, the Procoio and Acque Rosse Estates, both private property, present many problems that need to be resolved.  One of these problems is that of the neglect to which these areas are subjected.  It has never been possible to intervene adequately enough to protect the naturalistic heritage.  This has allowed unscrupulous bands of youngsters access into the pinewood, where they have created devastating cross-country motorcycle routes inside the wood.

Furthermore, over the years, shacks and huts, built by homeless people (many clandestine) have appeared amidst the vegetation.  This problem is spreading and a solution to this problem has been attempted only in the last few years, by repeated operations of evacuation, carried out by the Police.

As well as the threat of fires and that of cars that frequently enter the pinewood freely, any uncivilized behaviour cannot be ignored and this applies, above all, to the ignorance of certain people who dump cumbersome waste refuse (in particular, household appliances and rubble) in the woods, despite the numerous Centres for waste disposal that exist along the coast and that are FREE OF CHARGE.

In an attempt to put an end to this havoc, activities of surveillance are, at present, in progress.  These activities are sustained by the major environmental associations and coordinated by the Roman Coastal Section of the WWF and LIPU over the entire territory of the State Nature Reserve.

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