An urgent intervention to verify possible damage to the natural habitat and marine species in the bathroom stone area, in the sea of Lipari. This was ordered by the commissioner for the territory and the environment, Giusi Savarino, with a letter sent to Arpa Sicilia on the basis of the minutes of the Port Authority who contested the lack of removal of some stage materials by the Wildside company, in charge of the filming of the film “The Odyssey” by Christopher Nolan. With a decree last April, the commissioner had issued the environmental incidence assessment to be able to take the filming.
“Together with the authorization – declares the commissioner Savarino – we had also given precise rules and indications to protect the area from an environmental point of view. The findings of the last few days represent a reason for strong concern and for this reason, with Arpa, we will intervene to ascertain the possible impact of the materials on the habitat and on the marine species of this area of significant naturalistic value. We are happy to host international cinematographic projects and we are always available to facilitate these productions but nobody thinks they can abuse our generosity by lacking respect for our natural beauty “.
In the letter sent to the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection, Councilor Savarino asked to carry out an inspection with the utmost urgency and the monitoring of the stone seabed of the bathroom together with a technical evaluation aimed at ascertaining any damage to the marine ecosystem.