VIDEO | 'Water Objective', Francesco Vincenzi (Anbi):“Water basins and reservoirs are fundamental for the country”

The fifth edition of the competition was won by Pamela Doretti and Franco Tulli

ROME – The prizes were awarded today in Romeand winning works of the national photographic competition 'Obiettivo Acqua', organized by Coldiretti, Anbi (National Association of Land and Irrigation Water Management and Protection Consortia) and Univerde Foundation, to document man's relationship with water sweet, as well as the landscapes shaped by it.

Present at the event, among others, Luca De Carlo, president of the Senate Agriculture Commission, Ettore Prandini, president of Coldiretti, Francesco Vincenzi, president of Anbi, Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, president of the Univerde Foundation, Nazario Palmieri, general commander of the Carabinieri for Forest Protection and Parks, Aldo Mattia, member of the Chamber's Environment and Territory Commission.

The fifth edition of the competition was won, for the color category, by Pamela Doretti with the shot 'Splash' and, for the black and white category, by Franco Tulli with the shot 'L'Impero dell'Acqua'.

The 'Obiettivo Acqua' photography competition aims to be a part of an indispensable path to pass on moments of history, but above all to hope for a more aware future.

“Italy suffers floods and droughts - states Prandini - and we always need to invest in terms of foresight.Unfortunately, in past decades, our country has been characterized by looking at the needs of the next day, without planning, in the medium and long term, the investments that could provide substantial responses to the needs of businesses.

The program linked to the accumulation basins becomes a possibility, in terms of retaining more rainwater, today we retain only 11% and we should reach 50%.Having water available means guaranteeing quantity and quality of the agri-food chain."

According to President Vincenzi “we still have enormous quantities of water falling on our territory with calamitous events and unfortunately we do not have the infrastructure to retain it.Our project, together with Coldiretti, of the 'invasion plan' aims to increase detention capacity".