Biodiversity in Italy is under siege, with over half of the species and 89% of the habitats protected by EU directives in poor condition.
This is the alarm raised by the WWF in its dossier "Biodiversity in Italy: status and threats", based on the report of the European Environment Agency.
The recipe for halting the loss of nature, according to the organization, is to dedicate an adequate share of the Recovery Fund to serious investments in the conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems.
"The siege of nature does not allow us to achieve the conservation objectives set for 2020 - explains WWF Italy - yet biodiversity, or the richness and variety of species that live and interact in a given territory, is fundamental for our existence."
"Among the main threats - he continues - agriculture is in first place, which puts 68% of protected habitats at risk, followed by the development of infrastructures and alien species (which impact more than half of the protected habitats), to which The increasingly sensitive effects of climate change are also starting to add up. "