ISPRA documentary "The House of Sand"
Do you know the Kentish Plover? Do you know that you might encounter it on the beach this summer? Unfortunately, it is currently among the most threatened coastal nesting species. Most breeding populations in Europe are declining, sometimes dramatically as in Italy, due to disturbance from human activities, predation by invasive species, and habitat loss and degradation. The documentary "The House of Sand" describes the monitoring and scientific research activities carried out by ISPRA in collaboration with local ringers, the local associations of the National Committee for the Conservation of the Kentish Plover and the General Command of the Carabinieri.
The research on Kentish Plover is part of the monitoring of Italian avifauna that ISPRA carries out for the correct application of environmental regulations and international conventions, such as the EU Directive on the conservation of wild birds (Birds Directive) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA).