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Soil consumption: the city of Rome loses ground at the rate of 100 hectares a year, as many as 150 football fields built every 365 days

The project Soil4life underlines how land consumption in Rome is advancing at the rate of 150 football fields every year (100 hectares a year). To counter the phenomenon, the Municipality is preparing a new plan for permeability and, together with ISPRA, a new charter for the entire municipal area.

But what is the Roman situation?
 
The new video from Soil4life explains it.