A new podcast on C.o.e.s.i.s.t.e.n.z.a.

The concept of coexistence has seen an increasingly wide dissemination in recent years in relation to the relationship between human beings and natural heritage. It is a central theme for Parks, since their establishment, which have as their statutory mission not only the conservation of ecosystems within their territories but also of traditional human and economic activities that are respectful of the environment. The term coexistence thus summarizes a complexity of relationships between people and wild environments – as the existence of one depends on the other – which ultimately concerns the everyday life of everyone, both those who find themselves in rural environments in direct contact with nature and those who are in cities.

In contrast to cohabitation, which implies a choice, coexistence is a fact that can lead to difficult confrontations, often even , but must ensure the mutual right to exist. The mosquitoes that torment summer nights even in the city centers are part of the same ecosystem as a forest that transforms the carbon dioxide from our emissions into oxygen and where we go for a relaxing walk. Similarly, a predator can represent a resource in the rebalancing of the resources of an ecosystem while being a detriment to the local shepherds.

These and many other topics are raised in an interesting podcast recently published under the title of C.o.e.s.i.s.t.e.n.z.a., which also featured the park ranger of the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps, Luca Giunti, in the latest episode. The eleven episodes are inspired, each, by a key word whose initials indeed spell the term coexistence.

Connecctions, opportunities, extremes, solutions, internationality, society, threshold, ethics, norms, zealousy, acceptance transform "coexistence" into an acronym that seeks to encapsulate the variety of the theme and explore it with great experience and clarity by a series of experts in the fields of sciences, law, anthropology, philosophy, and ethics. The voice of Anna Sustersic, creator and author of the podcast along with Catia Baldassarri, is the delicate yet competent guiding thread that leads listeners to unravel a tangled skein from which emerges a richness of insights and suggestions.