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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe pressure is not uniform. Lombardy (12.22% of land already consumed), Veneto (11.86%) and Campania (10.61%) stand out. In 2024, the greatest increases were recorded in Emilia-Romagna (+1,013 ha), Lombardy (+834 ha), Apulia (+818 ha), Sicily (+799 ha) and Lazio (+785 ha). At the municipal level, new peaks in Tarquinia, Uta and Montalto di Castro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPure\u201d impermeabilisation weighs heavily: +24.5 km\u00b2 between new permanent consumption and surfaces that passed from reversible to permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the most critical form of soil transformation, where the land is sealed by materials like asphalt or concrete and loses its ability to absorb water, breathe and regenerate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike temporary or reversible coverings, pure impermeabilisation permanently compromises the ecological functions of the soil (filtration, aquifer recharge, microclimate regulation and biological fertility), making any form of future restoration difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Construction sites are growing (about 4,678 ha, 56% of annual consumption), logistics hubs in the North, ground-mounted photovoltaic plants (+1,702 ha in 2024), and, more recently, land occupation linked to data centers (>37 ha in 2024 alone), phenomena that are reshaping urban edges and agricultural plains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The consequences are concrete: more fragmentation of the landscape, urban heat islands with differences that can exceed 10\u00b0C between cities and rural areas, loss of ecosystem services with \u201chidden costs\u201d estimated between 8.66 and 10.59 billion euros per year for cumulative impacts from 2006\u20132024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the policy front, the report fits into the evolution of the European framework: Nature Restoration Regulation<\/em> in force since August 2024, a new directive on soil monitoring and resilience being adopted, and the reiterated request for a national law on land consumption aligned with EU objectives of No Net Land Take<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Se il rapporto misura ci\u00f2 che accade, il nostro lavoro racconta cosa si pu\u00f2 fare<\/strong>. Da anni, in Rural Hack, intrecciamo la ricerca con la pratica, trasformando l\u2019innovazione in esperienza concreta sul territorio. La If the report measures what is happening, our work tells what can be done. For years, in Rural Hack, we have been intertwining research with practice, transforming innovation into concrete experience on the territory. Water and fertility management with Keyline Design, good practices of regenerative agriculture, attention to soil biodiversity, and a civic analysis of the impacts of soil pollution on the SDGs. The compass is always the same: shifting the centre of gravity from mere building expansion to the living maintenance of agro-ecological systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2025 report confirms, in numbers, what we have anticipated in vision in our articles: cities and peri-urban fringes are the hot front of transformation, logistics drives land demand in accessible areas, and without significant restoration, the goal of zero net consumption remains distant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Seasonal School FoodSystem 5.0<\/em> was born also for this: to transform data into skills and skills into territorial actions. Students, farmers, technicians and administrators work on real cases: water mapping, keyline design, regeneration plans at company and landscape scale, monitoring metrics. It is a training ground for the future, where theory meets doing: from the drone that reads water stress, to the mapping of ditches and terraces, up to de-impermeabilisation measures in urban contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This continuous dialogue between measurement (report) and care (practices) is the heart of our strategy: Italy does not only need to stop the loss, but to shape landscapes that work as ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2025 report tells us that the red line is advancing, but also indicates where and how to intervene. If we look at the soil as natural capital and living infrastructure, every planning choice becomes a choice of collective well-being and safety. Stop impermeabilisation where it is not needed, restore where possible, design water and regenerate productive systems: this is the trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"suolo](\"https:\/\/www.ruralhack.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/suolo-consumato-pro-capite_fonte_elaborazione-ISPRA-su-cartogragia-SNPA-2025-1024x353.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nData that speaks to practice: the thread with our work<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The school on soil: learning that becomes territory<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lines of work: from report to roadmap<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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