(Adnkronos) - “Serve è una vera e propria rivoluzione culturale, dobbiamo valorizzazione le aree protette e la biodiversità, e poi le risorse economiche sono fondamentali. Per la gestione delle Aree Protette abbiamo stanziato oltre 10 milioni di euro per il prossimo triennio” così Francesco Rocca, presidente della Regione Lazio durante la conferenza di due giorni “Stati Generali delle Aree protette italiane” organizzata dal Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica, in collaborazione con Federparchi-Europarc Italia.
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00:00I believe that what is needed is a real cultural revolution, because on the one hand, we have
00:11and I believe that in Lazio we have historically done a really good job of valuing protected
00:18areas, biodiversity, and therefore on this I believe that we must continue in that direction.
00:25What I see and what I have touched on with Manu instead, is sometimes some communities
00:31that live in a protected area, or in a park, almost as an enemy or an obstacle to growth.
00:37And I believe that this is the real issue, because if we are not able to talk to our communities
00:42and make them understand the importance of having all this biodiversity, an extraordinary environment,
00:4830,000 animal species, 3,500 plant species, it is a wealth.
00:53The issue is that it never becomes an element of injury or a breach against the community.
01:01I always cite a small example, I don't say where, but in a park a municipality had asked
01:08for a small extension for its own cemetery, for a municipality of a few thousand inhabitants,
01:14and it was said that it was the opposite from the park.
01:19All this generates misunderstandings.
01:22I do not enter into the merits of the decision, it is probably right, but that is the dialogue,
01:27the ability to know how to meet the needs of the community, because often these parks
01:32are in anthropized environments.
01:34Denying this is denying reality, so we must work more on the cultural issue,
01:42on the importance of protection and make sure to accompany the growth of our territories
01:49with the protection of biodiversity.
01:51I believe that this is the great challenge that we have in front of us.
01:55It is already an important investment, we are also growing as an attention,
01:59this as a region, also the latest financial issue that we are discussing in these days
02:04in the regional council goes in this direction.
02:07It is obvious that resources are the main issue, compared to all this,
02:14also for any compensations to communities or others,
02:17especially here in the region we are facing a balance
02:21historically penalized by a return plan of 25 billion, this is the issue.
02:29For management we have allocated more than 10 million euros,
02:35so we have increased the resources, this I speak for 2025,
02:40obviously they go to the triennium.
02:42We have for 2025 500 thousand euros more than the previous year,
02:47which in turn exceeded the allocations of the Zingaretti Region.
02:53We have put 2 million euros for investment in capital,
02:56we have put almost 200 thousand euros for the safeguarding of the most at risk species,
03:01so this is an important effort for a region like ours,
03:06which lives these important sacrifices.