The land cover changes as tools to support the preservation of naturalness at the Sele coastal plain (Southern Italy)

The effects of changes in land-cover on biodiversity at Sele coastal plain (southern Italy) together with the use of the green infrastructures have been evaluated. Firstly, we briefly explain the territorial system evolution of last 150 years, fundamental knowledge to understand the causes which lead to the urban sprawl and the agricultural vocation of this area. Afterwards, we analyzed the planning tools in force to preserve the environmental and landscape quality, the urban. These analysis evidenced that the Sele coastal plain still has areas with a good degree of naturalness, some of which are protected zones, nevertheless the agricultural crops represent the dominant scenery. The grain cereals and vegetable plants, with a medium degree of naturalness, are the most common land-cover classes in the area, they represent the 75% of the whole area. We aim at illustrating how the use of agricultural practices, as identified in the new Common Agricultural Policy, hedges, beetle banks and rows of trees, an old infrastructures of the area, could improve the biodiversity framework