Botany professor Bacchetta: "This is how Punta Molentis will be reborn."

"I feel optimistic: Punta Molentis will be reborn, but patience is needed; there are no magic recipes." Gianluigi Bacchetta, a full professor of Botany at the University of Cagliari, was among the first to call Villasimius Mayor Gianluca Dessì after Sunday evening's fire to offer his support and assistance.

The damage done is extensive in terms of surface area. A project involving several experts will be needed,” explains Bacchetta. “As a university, and specifically as the Biodiversity Conservation Center and the Sardinian Germplasm Bank, we have been collaborating with the Municipality of Villasimius and the Marine Protected Area for over twenty years, having carried out several projects for the renaturation and ex situ conservation of germplasm. Fortunately, we have data available that will help us plan environmental recovery and restoration interventions in the areas affected by the fire.”

It's difficult to provide a precise timeframe for the restoration of the areas devastated by the fires, but while we wait for the University's facilities to be completed, something could happen as early as the summer.