Presented the Fourth Report on the state of natural capital in Italy"
On April 7, the "Fourth Report on the state of natural capital in Italy" was presented by videoconference, in the presence of the Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani, which, after the approval, it will be sent to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy. The plenary meeting of the Committee for natural capital was attended by among others, in addition to the director general of the Mite for the naturalistic heritage Antonio Maturani, the Minister of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility Enrico Giovannini, the Minister of Agricultural Policies Stefano Patuanelli, the Minister of Tourism Massimo Garavaglia, the Deputy Minister of Economy Laura Castelli, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor Rossella Accoto, the Undersecretary of the South Dalila Nesci and the president of ISPRA Stefano Laporta.
The Report was prepared between November 2020 and March 2021 and in preparing this fourth edition, the experts agreed on the strategic importance of the integrated program of the Next Generation EU, to be developed through a National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr) that dedicates the 37% of resources to biodiversity, to actions for climate change, also with respect to the new community commitments deriving from the European strategy for biodiversity in 2030 and the “Farm to Fork” strategy for a better ecological sustainability of the entire agri-food chain.