In 2021 the Ministry of Ecological Transition launched the process of defining the National Strategy for Biodiversity to 2030, the new national strategic document which, in line with the objectives of the European Strategy for Biodiversity to 2030, outlines a vision of the future and development focused on the need to globally reverse the current trend towards biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse.
The National Strategy represents the instrument through which Italy intends to contribute to the objective of ensuring that by 2050 all the ecosystems of the planet are restored, resilient and protected use.
Starting from the final balance of the past National Biodiversity Strategy 2020, from the indications contained in the Fourth on the State of Natural Capital and in line with the ambitious objectives of conservation and new conservation of the natural heritage envisaged by the new European Strategy for Biodiversity, the National Strategy provides the identification of a series of specific objectives that represent the declination on a national scale of the European ones and of the commitments defined in the international context, declined within some objectives of intervention themes (e.g. Protected Areas, Agriculture, Forests, Inland waters, Sea). For each objective, specific actions are identified and specifically indicated to verify their achievement.
To achieve the objectives of conservation of biodiversity and of functional and structural recovery of ecosystems, it will be necessary to integrate these objectives in agricultural policy – in close connection with the Farm to Fork Strategy -, forestry and fisheries, in policies relating to the struggle and adaptation to climate change, sustainable and circular economy, as well as in the planning of territorial development. Challenges that will require broad sharing and effective governance action. The process of defining and implementing the National Biodiversity Strategy will require a multidisciplinary approach and strong sharing and collaboration between policy makers and central and regional administrations, with the support of the scientific world and collecting the requests of stakeholders. It will also be necessary to strengthen the current governance bodies: Joint Committee, National Observatory and Consultation Table, which support the activity of the State-Regions Conference, a political decision-making body.
