The “ Every driver, a tree ” initiative, promoted by Automobile Club d’Italia in agreement with the General Command of the Forestry, Environmental and Agri-food Units of Carabinieri, continues on the occasion of the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2024.
Twenty trees, one for each protagonist of the World Championship. A reforestation project with the planting of native plants supplied by the National Centers for Biodiversity of the Carabinieri. The appointment is for Friday 30 August at 11 am near the Variante Ascari .
These are native plants supplied by the National Centers for Biodiversity of the Carabinieri: wild apple, wild pear, pado, wild cherry, Turkey oak, oxyphilous ash and field maple. The idea is to offset part of the carbon dioxide emissions produced during major events and tends to enhance the role of plants in reducing air pollution.
Domenicali and Sticchi Damiani at the ceremony
The ceremony will be attended by the President and CEO of Formula 1, Stefano Domenicali, the President of ACI, Angelo SIcchi Damiani, the President of AC Milano, Geronimo La Russa, the President of Sias Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Giuseppe Redaelli, the General of the Army Corps Andrea Rispoli, Commander of the Forestry, Environmental and Agri-food Unit Command, the Brigadier General, Raffaele Pio Manicone, Commander of the Carabinieri Biodiversity Group.
Objective 50 thousand trees throughout the country
The project was born from an idea by Paolo Cantarella, president of the ACI Sport Historic Car Commission, which has seen the planting of 740 trees so far in 2024 on the occasion of seven historic car races and the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Imola and Monza. This initiative is part of the national project “ A tree for the future ”, launched in 2021 by the Carabinieri Forestali in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, with the aim of creating a widespread forest, extending across the entire national territory through the planting of 50 thousand trees, all geolocalized, in a few years.