Partnerships for the preservation of rivers in Brazil and italy as a legacy of world War II
International Journal of Development Research
Partnerships for the preservation of rivers in Brazil and italy as a legacy of world War II
Received 02nd October, 2020; Received in revised form 22nd November, 2020; Accepted 09th December, 2020; Published online 30th January, 2021;
Copyright ©2021, Ricardo Castro Nunes de Oliveira, Rosiany Possati Campos and Carlos Lima Castro, 2021. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
World War II was one of the darkest periods in human history. In particular, rivers were hit hard by bridge bombing and intensive removal of vegetation in their watersheds and banks. Defensive or attack strategies modified the river balance of sediments, banks, and sometimes even changed river courses. On the other hand, as the war moved on, some positive aspects began, such as the spirit of collaboration and brotherhood that Brazilian soldiers and Italian civilians built at that time. In the Italian provinces of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, this strong bond of friendship between citizens of the two nations continues until today. Revisiting the lessons of the past, this work describes this longstanding fraternity, focusing on Brazilian and Italian experiences in the preservation and recovery of river spaces. As a pilot project, we start with an overview of similar approaches that could be carried out in the Sesmaria and Panaro rivers in Brazil and Italy, respectively.
