National Plan for the management of the pond slider

Ispra and the Ministry of Environment have published the National Plan for the management of the pond slider.
Given the wide spread of the species on the national territory, the general objective of this Plan is to develop a management strategy of Trachemys scriptache that minimizes the negative impacts of biodiversity itself, on eco-esteem, on public health, on the agro-zootechnical heritage or on the economy (Article 22 of Legislative Decree 230/17), through diversified control measures depending on the environmental context and the degree of diffusion of the species.