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Unimore partner del nuovo Centro Nazionale per il

Futuro della Biodiversità NBFC

Unimore partners with the new National Centre for the Future of Biodiversity NBFC

Italy is one of the Mediterranean countries richest in biodiversity and endemic species and, thanks to the
Recovery Plan, the National Centre for the Future of Biodiversity (NBFC), of which Unimore is a partner, was
founded with the aim of monitoring, conserving and restoring biodiversity and identifying effective strategies
to protect and enhance biological diversity in the Mediterranean basin. Research and innovation are the key
ingredients not only to conserve the great diversity of organisms in our country and the Mediterranean, but
also to devise new processes and products to restore biodiversity and generate economic, social and envi-
ronmental value. A central element of the NBFC is the close relationship between biodiversity and personal
well-being. Biodiversity is a key resource for counteracting the effects of climate change, preventing floods,
fires, soil erosion and pollution of environmental resources. Central to the NBFC is the definition of pro-
cesses capable of promoting ecosystem services to generate value from biodiversity and activate virtuous,
replicable and scalable mechanisms in different environments with similar characteristics. An important step
of the NBFC was taken in May in Palermo, where the first Forum of the National Biodiversity Future Centre
was held, the Centre’s first major scientific event where over 600 researchers from all over Italy participated.

ell’ambito del cambiamento La biodiversità è la soluzione perché rappresen-
climatico, perdita di habitat, ta una risorsa essenziale per l’umanità e per la
estinzione locale e globale salute degli ecosistemi che sono alla base della
delle specie, monitoraggio, rigenerazione delle risorse ambientali. L’Italia è tra
Nconservazione, ripristino e i Paesi del Mediterraneo più ricchi di biodiversità
valorizzazione della biodiversità è ormai un’emer- e di specie endemiche, condizione riconosciuta e
genza globale. valorizzata con le modifiche, approvate nel febbra-

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