In the Fallen of Nassirya hall at the headquarters of the Regional Council, the Geo-Biodiversity Observatory of the Campania Region was established, following the approval of the amendment to the Budget law by Councillor Tommaso Pellegrino. "Biodiversity is among the most important assets we have in Campania and we have a duty to pass on its value to the new generations, mainly involving schools and the entire territory. The establishment of the regional observatory is an important moment to network and create synergies with the main holders of values related to biodiversity in terms of enhancement and conservation. We intend to activate scientific research by networking the eco-museums for which the Campania Region has approved a law, involve the Regional Parks, key players in the conservation of biodiversity together with the Protected Marine Areas, which represent a naturalistic garrison of absolute importance. We aim at a team work that will lead to an in-depth knowledge of our immense natural heritage". This was stated at the end of the session by Tommaso Pellegrino, who chairs the Observatory on behalf of the President of the Regional Council Gennaro Oliviero.
"A round of applause goes to the Campania Region for the brilliant intuition - commented Romano Gregorio, director of the Cilento Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park - a necessary body is born that networks local institutions dealing with nature conservation. Many are the activities that the national parks but also the regional ones carry out daily that deserve to be enhanced". For Agostino Casillo, expert in Geo-Biodiversity "The Observatory is a place where to bring together the Best Practices adopted by the regional protected areas and scientific research, with the aim of proposing policies that translate into concrete projects for the enhancement of our territory". On the same wavelength Aniello Aloia, national coordinator of the Italian Unesco Geoparks who specified: "Knowing and enhancing the territory also means promoting it and therefore favouring that naturalistic tourism that can relaunch our internal and coastal areas. The Observatory will also have the task of highlighting all the existing criticalities to mitigate them".
On the importance of the initiative, there is no doubt for Rossella Barile, of the Vesuvius National Park Authority: "The Campania Region has built a place where we can discuss the planning and management activities of the biodiversity of our territories and systematize all the activities in progress, finding new tools to spread the actions put in place". "A special thanks goes to President Oliviero for delegating me to chair the regional observatory on Geo-Biodiversity" concluded Tommaso Pellegrino.
The members of the Observatory are: Tommaso Pellegrino, president; Romano Gregorio, director of the Cilento Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park; Agostino Casillo, expert in Geo-Biodiversity; Aniello Aloia, national coordinator of the Italian Unesco Geoparks and Rossella Barile, for the Vesuvius National Park Authority.