A day for biodiversity at the Green&Blue festival

For an Earth that is truly for everyone, protecting and increasing biodiversity is essential. The final day of the Green&Blue Festival, in Milan from 6 to 8 June, aims precisely to make people reflect on how to achieve the objective set by the EU of protect 30% of biodiversity by 2030with particular attention to ocean conservationwhose World Day is celebrated on that very day.

The meetings on 8 June on the stage of the IBM Studios in Milan will be an opportunity for discussion between all the actors involved in these objectives and will open with a speech by Mario Tozzi, researcher and television face, who will explain why the climate is changing. The economist will participate in the round table entitled “Natural capital to be protected”. Paul Quattroneauthor of research on the importance of recognizing a value to Nature in economic evaluations, the wildlife manager of Ispra, Piero Genoesethe president of the WWF, Luciano DiTizio, Anna Piranihead of the Technical Unit of the international Panel on Climate Change e Giorgia Gaibanihead of the Natura 2000 Sector and Defense of the Lipu territory.

Following we will talk about reforestation, especially in urban areas, with Serene Milancoordinator of Slow Food biodiversity projects, e Mary Clare Shepherd, scientific director of the “Forestami” project. He will be the Director of Affairs and Finance of the Republic, Walter Galbiati to converse with Andrew Illyin a panel entitled “The blend of sustainability”, on the company’s policies in one of the most impactful sectors, that of coffee production.

In the afternoon, the session focusing on water and oceans will be open from Robert Danovaro, one of the leading experts in the world for research on the seas, with a speech on “What to do after the historic United Nations treaty on the oceans”. The president of Marevivo, Rosalba GiugniAnd Julia Viscontidirector of the Marine Protected Area “Capo Milazzo” will deepen the theme of sea protection. The theme of water management will be addressed by Alexander Russo, CEO of the CAP Group, a company that manages the integrated water service of the metropolitan city of Milan. The closing of the day will be entrusted to the Minister for Civil Protection and Marine Policies, Nello Musumeci.