# Legambiente sustainability awards for Italian parks > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/legambiente-sustainability-awards-for-italian-parks > Updated: 2026-08-15T04:00:04.000Z. Sources: 10. Developments: 2. During the Festambiente festival, the environmental association Legambiente presented its ‘Parchi Emissioni Zero’ (Zero Emissions Parks) awards to recognize Italian protected areas for their contributions to climate neutrality. Award recipients included Vesuvio National Park for green purchasing, Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park for sustainable mobility, Sassi di Roccamalatina Regional Park for circular economy, Cinque Terre National Park for agroecology, and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park for sustainable forest management. Legambiente President Stefano Ciafani noted that these areas are achieving results despite political difficulties and recent funding cuts. Legambiente criticized the Italian government regarding these challenges, specifically citing political appointments, a lack of expertise, and a 23% reduction in funds for parks and marine protected areas by the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE). ## Timeline ### 2026-08-15: Legambiente awards five Italian parks for sustainability Legambiente has awarded five Italian protected areas with the ‘Parchi Emissioni Zero’ prize for their leadership in sustainability and climate neutrality efforts. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/legambiente-awards-five-italian-parks-for-sustainability ### 2026-08-08: Italy's protected areas recognized for climate neutrality efforts Legambiente honored Italian protected areas for climate neutrality efforts while criticizing government funding cuts. Meanwhile, new digital forest monitoring and carbon credit proposals aim to boost decarboniz 8 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/bruegel-proposes-carbon-credit-model-to-boost-piano-mattei --- Cite as: Legambiente sustainability awards for Italian parks. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/legambiente-sustainability-awards-for-italian-parks