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King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority Joins IUCN Green List

The Green List provides crucial guidelines for conservation and involving stakeholders in sustainable development processes - SPA
The Green List provides crucial guidelines for conservation and involving stakeholders in sustainable development processes - SPA
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King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority Joins IUCN Green List

The Green List provides crucial guidelines for conservation and involving stakeholders in sustainable development processes - SPA
The Green List provides crucial guidelines for conservation and involving stakeholders in sustainable development processes - SPA

The King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority has announced its inclusion in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List.
This recognition follows a comprehensive assessment of the reserve by IUCN experts, who evaluated the authority's environmental and developmental accomplishments, as well as its engagement with the community and preservation efforts, SPA reported.
Authority CEO Abdullah Al-Amer emphasized the significance of this milestone, stating: "Since its establishment, the authority has pursued strategies, development plans, and innovative initiatives to fulfill its core objectives. Through these endeavors, we have successfully met all the key criteria and indicators for joining the IUCN Green List."
Al-Amer attributed this to the support lent by the Saudi leadership and the guidance from Minister of Interior and Chairman of the authority Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz.
Inclusion in the Green List adds to the authority's local and global successes, including receiving the Biodiversity Certificate and designating five critical bird sites within the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve.
Al-Amer stressed that making it on the list is testimony to an effective reserve management and focus on natural resource growth; it now facilitates the growth of over 550 plant species.
The authority's initiatives include planting 2.4 million native tree and shrub seedlings, as well as four tons of local seeds like yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Artemisia, and Haloxylon.
Efforts have been made to restore 250,000 hectares of degraded habitats and relocate 1,235 wildlife species like Arabian oryx, sand gazelles, Arabian gazelles, and Arabian leopards in the reserve.
The authority's achievements are due to its strategic objectives; being on the Green List is a key milestone.
This authority is determined to manage protected areas through sustainable programs focused on environmental conservation, community engagement, and sustainable development, in line with international standards.

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Visitors to Get Rare View of Rome's Trevi Fountain

(FILES) Tourists visit the restoration site of the famous Trevi fountain from a walkway on July 8, 2014 in Rome. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
(FILES) Tourists visit the restoration site of the famous Trevi fountain from a walkway on July 8, 2014 in Rome. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
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Visitors to Get Rare View of Rome's Trevi Fountain

(FILES) Tourists visit the restoration site of the famous Trevi fountain from a walkway on July 8, 2014 in Rome. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
(FILES) Tourists visit the restoration site of the famous Trevi fountain from a walkway on July 8, 2014 in Rome. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain is to undergo a two-month clean-up when some visitors will get a rare, close-up view of the Baroque masterpiece from a suspended walkway, authorities have said.

Construction of the walkway began Monday "to allow for a major extraordinary maintenance intervention" on the fountain, Rome city council said.

The 18th-century fountain stars in to the most famous scene in Federico Fellini's film "La Dolce Vita,” when actress Anita Ekberg takes a dip.

Now it is besieged with tourists most days. The monument is "located in an area with high pedestrian traffic and subject to particular microclimatic conditions" that lead to "invasive vegetation and calcareous deposits" forming on parts most exposed to water, AFP quoted the council as saying.

The work -- including cleaning stones in the lower part of the monument and grouting joints -- should be completed by the end of the year, the council said.

Limited groups of visitors will be allowed to cross the fountain on a raised walkway while the maintenance is carried out.

The walkway will be ready within a month and "will offer the opportunity to acquire new data on attendance, useful for solving the overcrowding problems,” authorities said.

Because of the fountain's fame, the crowds in the square surrounding it are often so deep that it is hard to get a proper look.

Rome authorities said this month they were considering introducing a ticketing system for visitors to control the crowds.

Visitor numbers are expected to surge in 2025 for the Jubilee, a holy year held by the Catholic Church around once every 25 years, with some 30 million people expected in Rome and the Vatican over the 12 months.

It is not the first time a walkway has been installed above the basin, with fashion house Fendi installing a plexiglass bridge in 2014 during an 18-month long restoration.