Clean up the Dark: Karst and Cave Conservation Initiative of the Italian Speleological Society (SSI)
Session Type
Poster/Flash-talk Session
Start Date
19-8-2020 8:30 AM
Description
Rosario Ruggieri1,2, Ferdinando Didonna2, Francesco Maurano2, and Vincenzo Martimucci2
1Hyblen Center of Speleo-Hydrogeological Research, C.da Pozzillo snc Torrenuova 87 Ragusa, Italy 97100;2Italian Speleological Society
Abstract
Clean Up the dark Puliamo il Buio (PIB) is a karst and cave conservation initiative linked to the Italian edition of "Clean-up the World", the largest environmental voluntary event in the world, organized in Italy by Legambiente. The Italian Speleological Society (SSI) represents the national organization for the "PULIAMO IL BUIO" and since 2005 operates throughout the Italian territory thanks to the help of hundreds of speleologists in cleaning actions, educational and communication events such as conferences, presentations or round tables have been held with the dissemination of a message to prevent karst and cave contamination. To date, 109 initiative have been realized with 2,918,912 hours of work donate by speleologists operated underground, to safely and regularly extract waste materials such as: plastic residues, glass, metal residues, cardboard, wood, chemicals, etc., a global amount of 173,382 kg of recollected waste is estimated.
Keywords awareness campaign, caves, karst, contamination
Recommended Citation
Ruggieri,, Rosario Presenter, "Clean up the Dark: Karst and Cave Conservation Initiative of the Italian Speleological Society (SSI)" (2020). Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources Proceedings. 9.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/con_karst_res_proc/con_karst_pro_2020/day_two/9
Clean up the Dark: Karst and Cave Conservation Initiative of the Italian Speleological Society (SSI)
Rosario Ruggieri1,2, Ferdinando Didonna2, Francesco Maurano2, and Vincenzo Martimucci2
1Hyblen Center of Speleo-Hydrogeological Research, C.da Pozzillo snc Torrenuova 87 Ragusa, Italy 97100;2Italian Speleological Society
Abstract
Clean Up the dark Puliamo il Buio (PIB) is a karst and cave conservation initiative linked to the Italian edition of "Clean-up the World", the largest environmental voluntary event in the world, organized in Italy by Legambiente. The Italian Speleological Society (SSI) represents the national organization for the "PULIAMO IL BUIO" and since 2005 operates throughout the Italian territory thanks to the help of hundreds of speleologists in cleaning actions, educational and communication events such as conferences, presentations or round tables have been held with the dissemination of a message to prevent karst and cave contamination. To date, 109 initiative have been realized with 2,918,912 hours of work donate by speleologists operated underground, to safely and regularly extract waste materials such as: plastic residues, glass, metal residues, cardboard, wood, chemicals, etc., a global amount of 173,382 kg of recollected waste is estimated.
Keywords awareness campaign, caves, karst, contamination
Comments
This presentation was part of the Poster/Flash-talk Session.