Forbes

Record Drought In Italy’s Po Valley Threatens Water Supplies And Food Production

A view shows the dessicated bed of the river Po in Boretto, northeast of Parma, on June 15, 2022. - According to the river observatory, the drought affecting Italy's longest river Po is the worst in ...
CNN

‘We are in extreme crisis.’ Italian parmesan producers fear for future amid drought

The main artery that cuts through Italy’s heartland, where 30% of its food is produced, is the 650-kilometer-long (400-mile-long) River Po, which winds its way from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea on ...
Mongabay

Conservationists aim to save critically endangered European eels on Italy’s Po River

European eels (Anguilla anguilla) are critically endangered, their population having plummeted by 97% since 1980. Illegal fishing, dams and other barriers to their migration, droughts, pollution and ...