ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “The biodiversity is not a commodity. We all benefit from it, but its protection has costs, as happens for many basic public services. The real challenge is to find a balance between public and private resources, which does not penalize virtuous and not severe behaviours excessively on the productive sector, avoiding negative effects on the competitiveness of our economies.” So Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, taking part in the session of the work of the Ministerial G7 in Paris dedicated to finance for biodiversity. “We feel very appropriate – said Pichetto – the Alliance between peoples, nature and finance” taken by the French Presidency, “which can represent an important impetus to mobilize new resources, especially from the private and philanthropic sector”. “Today, according to UNEP, only about 10% of funding for nature comes from the private sector. It is evident that it is necessary to do more”, Pichetto explained, highlighting the existence in Italy of positive experiences such as foundations and enterprises, as well as initiatives such as the Global Compact Network Italy, “that help to spread a culture of sustainability in the private sector”.
“We don’t start from scratch,” explained Pichetto, citing “concrete tools such as the Global Framework Fund for Biodiversity, the Kunming Fund and the Cali Fund, all open to private contributions.” “To support these tools – he added – is essential to achieve the overall goal of mobilizing at least $200 billion a year by 2030.” “The biodiversity – concluded Pichetto Fratin – lives in the territories, the local and regional dimension is crucial. Italy is strongly committed to environmental cooperation, such as in the Mediterranean and in the Alps. We hope that the Alliance between peoples, nature and finance also supports territorial initiatives and becomes a replicable model.”.
IL MINISTRO PLAUDE ALL’ISTITUZIONE DI UN’ALLEANZA G7 SULLE AREE MARINE PROTETTE
“Italy welcomes the establishment of a G7 Alliance on Protected Marine Areas”, presented by the French Presidency, because “it strongly believes in the value of multi-level cooperation, as an engine for strengthening and exporting successful models in the issue of effective management”, he explained. “Italy – Pichetto has remembered – has started and financed, within the framework of several bilateral cooperation agreements with the Barcelona Convention, four editions of a twinning program that has involved marine protected areas Italian and southern Mediterranean, in particular Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco”. This programme, the Minister added, “has contributed to the definition of real action plans in North Africa’s protected marine areas.”.
Pichetto Fratin also expressed the conviction that “the G7 Alliance on protected marine areas can also contribute to facilitating” the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, which “cannot ignore the constant dialogue with international and regional organizations already active in this area.” The Minister also tackled the issue of the fight against illegal fishing, which “Italy reiterates the firm opposition”, for “the devastating impact on our marine ecosystems” and is convinced “of the need to strengthen political awareness regarding the urgent implementation of existing regulatory agreements and frameworks on this subject.” “Italy is committed to ensuring the implementation of global objectives and – concluded by the Minister – welcomes the initiative of the Presidency which attaches to the G7 an incisive role in this regard, contributing to the strengthening of political awareness and the smoothest achievement of the objectives.”.
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