PALERMO (ITALPRESS) – Sharing skills and knowledge to protect Sicilian biodiversity and develop a cutting-edge research network that can guide institutional practices and policies in the field of environmental sustainability. With these objectives, a collaboration agreement was signed at Palazzo d’Orléans in Palermo with the National Biodiversity Future Center (Nbfc), one of the five national centers dedicated to frontier research, financed by the Pnrr and coordinated by the Cnr with the with the aim of contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations Agenda 2030. The agreement was signed by the president of the Sicilian Region, Renato Schifani, the regional councilor for the Environment, Elena Pagana, the general director of Arpa Sicilia, Gaetano Valastro, the rector of the University of Palermo, Massimo Midiri, and the president by Nbfc, Luigi Fiorentino.
The Nfbc, thanks to the patronage of the presidency of the Sicilian Region, will set up its “Biodiversity science gateway” in Palermo, and precisely within the former Roosevelt complex in Addaura, a physical and digital platform that will make it available to citizens, companies and public bodies data, results and publications to gain greater awareness on the topic and to provide support in planning international scientific and technological collaborations in the name of environmental sustainability. The structure, which houses the Arpa Sicilia headquarters, has been redeveloped by the Region with the aim of making it a scientific center of excellence. Sicily will therefore be the center of an international network dedicated to the environment and sustainable development processes thanks also to the skills and expertise of the University of Palermo engaged in the field of research and technological transfer. Palazzo d’Orléans will guarantee the coordination of all the regional bodies and departments involved which will have to share databases, skills, know-how and human resources, collaborate in the planning of new research, in training and orientation activities on innovation issues, in support to other bodies, start-ups and spin-offs and to all those companies linked to environmental issues as well as in the dissemination of scientific knowledge dedicated to the various sectors of society, including schools, to increase the culture of the value of natural resources and promote changes in behavior collectives. – photo of the Sicilian Region press office – (ITALPRESS). vbo/com 22-May-24 18:00 .
