ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The rivers are the arteries through which pollution reaches the sea: real “transport tanks” that convey waste and microplastics from urban centers to coastal ecosystems. Intervention along the main waterways, such as the Tiber, means acting at the origin of one of the most urgent threats to the health of the seas. From this premise “Marevivo Floating Hub”, the new educational-scientific pole dedicated to the protection of Tiber and the coastal system. Built by the Marevivo Foundation at the Scalo de Pinedo in Rome, a few steps from the Naturalistic oasis “Lungotevere delle Navi”. The Hub is an innovative centre for monitoring, research and awareness, with the aim of transforming knowledge into action and concrete tools to safeguard the environment.
The Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation, Veolia and Green Arrow Capital are also partners of the initiative.
The structure is home to the Center for Fluvial and Urban Biodiversity, born in collaboration with the National Research Council (CNR).
The inauguration took place in the presence of the Minister of the University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, delegate of the Government, who stressed the support of MUR to initiatives aimed at promoting scientific culture and environmental protection.
At the opening of the event at the national headquarters of Marevivo, the Minister of Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, expressed with a video message words of appreciation for the creation of this new scientific teaching pole and for the commitment of the Foundation in the protection of biodiversity. On behalf of the other institutions, the Councillor for Mobility, Transport, Protection of the Territory, Cycle of the Waste, Demanio and patrimony of the Lazio Region Fabrizio Ghera, the Councillor for agriculture, environment and cycle of waste of the Municipality of Rome Sabrina Alfonsi and the President of the Capitolina Assembly Svetlana Celli.
To cut the ribbon the President of the Fondazione Marevivo, Rosalba Giugni, together with the Minister of the University and Research Anna Maria Bernini and Andrea Lenzi, President of the National Research Council. Guest speaker, the explorer and environmental diffuser Alex Bellini, who with the campaign “Ten Rivers One Ocean”, crossed some of the most important rivers on the planet, monitoring its health and helping to raise public awareness about the urgency of taking action for their protection.
“Since decades Marevivo, thanks to its floating seat moored at the Scalo de Pinedo, is a “sentinella del Tevere” able to monitor its health and transformations – Giugni said. From today, thanks to the valuable scientific support of the CNR, the Foundation will have the opportunity to introduce the rich biodiversity and the great ecological value of this river. The new educational-scientific pole was born with the aim of approaching more and more people to the knowledge and protection of the river environment, because protecting the river means taking care of the sea and the future of all of us”.
“The Marevivo Floating Hub translates into action a simple idea: starting from the river to protect the sea. In this vision is inserted the entrance of the Bank to the Marevivo Foundation as Founder Supporter, a choice that strengthens a path based on the integration between research, education and participation – said Francesco Maiolini, CEO of Banca del Fucino -. The Tiber, an identity element of the city, thus becomes the starting point of a broader commitment: taking care of it means investing in the future of the community. It is in this direction that our role is placed, contributing to projects capable of generating environmental, social and cultural value over time.”.
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