The Land of Fires on Report

On November 2, Report (Rai 3) aired an episode dedicated to the Land of Fires in Campania. Journalist Bernardo Iovene rigorously and clearly examined the structural causes, actors, and environmental and social consequences of one of the country's most complex ecological phenomena.

The report reconstructed the dynamics affecting the ninety municipalities identified by the Ministerial Decree of December 10, 2015, located between the provinces of Naples and Caserta, highlighting the critical environmental issues related to illegal waste disposal and environmental contamination.

Particular attention was paid to the municipalities of Giugliano in Campania and Acerra, areas emblematic of Campania's socio-ecological crisis.

Among those interviewed was Dr. Pasquale Pennacchio, a doctoral student in Political-Economic Geography under Professor Lucia Simonetti, Advisor to the Interdepartmental Center for Environmental Research. In his speech, Dr. Pennacchio illustrated the socio-spatial characteristics of the phenomenon, highlighting how the Land of Fires still represents, today, a territorial context in which environmental, economic, and social contradictions are intertwined, particularly linked to the area's productive characteristics and the critical issues of the waste cycle.