For some years the MEDSEA Cagliari Foundation has been involved, with the Maristanis project, in the sustainable development and protection of the wetlands of the Oristano area together with public and private bodies in the fishing, crafting, agriculture, culture and tourism sectors.
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With “Sterna in Pesca” Alberto Cherchi, nature photography enthusiast from Oristano, won the #WWDSardegna photo contest which took place on the occasion of the World Wetlands Day from 2 to 9 February 2021.
Sardinia reacts to the Pandemics betting on a sustainable development for their coastal wetlands 10 Municipalities, together with the Region of Sardinia, signed the “Contract of Oristano coastal wetlands” to protect 8000 hectares of wetlands and 267Km2 of sea
S’Urachi is a journey through time and into the unfolding mystery, an exercise for the the mind and its focus to the wonder of history, the role it has in the present, in the possible paths of the future. The low and gray sky envelops the countryside of San Vero Milis, giving it an atmosphere of a moorland.
Sardinia celebrates and launches the World Wetlands Day on February 2 with a full calendar of events that will take place throughout the month, many of which in "home edition", online and comfortably accessible from home.
To celebrate the World Wetlands Day 2021, the MEDSEA Foundation (http://www.medseafoundation.org) organizes the competition "Terre d'Acqua" imagine the wetlands’ future dedicated to the secondary schools of the municipalities involved in the Maristanis project
Straddling the board, Nikole observes the gray limbo where the waves are born, crushed in the perspective by the horizon. The Mistral sweeps the western coasts of Sardinia, the sky is a whim of blue and dark, low clouds. The series melts into a compact lump of crests that advance indistinctly and mount in moving walls on the peak. Nikole lets the first pass, too impetuous and steep, but turns the table and stretches out on it.
It is impossible to pass through. A line of barriers prevents the car to from reaching the last section of the 49, a straight road leading to the fishpond and the Sassu pump. The disaster of S’Ena Arrubia was announced along the road by the fields in the Arborea plain. Hundreds of birds have settled on the drowned crops, as if they had looked for a hotel waiting for the murky waters to stop overwhelming the pond.
For Sara Mirai, it was a layoff in the world of mining that opened the door that giving access to the cosmetics market: "I worked for a big multinational. When this was absorbed by another giant, many contracts were not renewed. The idea of venturing into the world of cosmetics was pure reaction".
Lights and shadows compete for the church of Santa Sofia, shrouded in the morning silence. The sun heats the sandstone of the high bell tower, enhances it against the blue sky. The facade remains in shadow, the Gothic rose window circled in red bricks stands out, a great eye on the symmetry of the doors. Nobody walks the streets of the center of San Vero Milis, one of the richest, when it comes to history, among the municipalities that touch the Maristanis wetlands.
“The truth / lies / in nuances”. “A man is always a victim of his own truths. When he has recognized them, he is unable to detach himself”. And again: "Sometimes a man stumbles upon the truth, but in most cases he will get up and continue on his way". Thus begins, with Bukowski, Camus and Churchill, among others, the the FAI (Italian Environmental Fund) Autumn Days in Arborea, dedicated "to the search for historical truth". In front of the town hall, two volunteers alternately read the aphorisms at the last turn of the visitors.
It is almost as if the scrub opens only at one’s passage, and is then ready to close itself again, like water. A swarm of small fleeing birds rises from the low and compact tangle. They spread out in the clear autumn sky to settle and hide together in another point in the sea of bushes. The Mistral, which is used to beat furiously here, today is only in the shrubs, forced towards the hinterland as if it were a hairdo in a face. Then the blanket thins out, the old house of Don Efisio Carta appears before the Spanish tower, and the bright sea stretched to the horizon.
- Sardinia Coast Day winners
- "The fisherman's shelter": a truck-food facing the beauty of S'Ena Arrubia pond
- Eleven municipalities for the Coastal Wetlands Contract.
- Gliding in beauty, a voyage in the Cabras pond with the Oristano Nautical Club
- "Let's sail a clean sea", a clean-up in Torregrande
- S'Anea Farmhouse, a garden where you feel at home.
- Freedom, passion and nature: a fishing afternoon in Marceddì
- Terre del Sinis, a room with a view on tradition
- Torremana, a family gathers around the nature and the legends of the Sinis peninsula
- Limolo, a harbour of peace in the heart of the Oristano Gulf