Italy: City botanical gardens as rehabilitation means

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Director of the Justice Centre for Minors of the Campania Region, Sandro Forlani, and the President of Legambiente Campania, Michele Buonuomo, to allow minors, under judicial measures of Minors? Judiciary and under control of Minors? Services of Salerno, doing voluntary activities. The minors will commit themselves to take care and maintain a green area in the city of Pontecagnano Faiano, in the Salerno province, to turn it into a big urban environmental and archaeological park, in agreement with the Archaeological Authority of Salerno. An open-air botanical museum, with native plants and plants at risk of extinction will be created as well within the park. Legambiente is the most weel-known Italian environmental association. www.legambiente.com