00:00Italians are very aware of the importance of biodiversity.
00:10The term is perhaps a bit ostentatious because it is new, but in general we were talking about nature.
00:15Fortunately, they know that we depend on nature, we are part of nature,
00:20and if nature goes into crisis, we go into crisis,
00:23and this affects the survival of the human species.
00:26They are aware of this.
00:28What they don't know is what is inside the ecosystem,
00:34the species, the relations between species,
00:37the effects that species and animals can have on us as human beings.
00:44Let's think about what happened with COVID,
00:46which basically comes from a disease, from an animal species to a human being.
00:52So what we are asked to do is to know more about it.
00:56The school has not yet been able, at least in Italy, to meet this requirement,
01:01which we see much stronger in children, in young people, than in adults.
01:06It has not responded because Italy in recent decades has focused much more
01:09on the literary, historical aspects, on human sciences.
01:13The scientific part, in a narrow sense, has been put aside a bit,
01:17and today, fortunately, things are changing.
01:20So this type of collective effort to make a complex topic like
01:25biodiversity, however, cannot be left to the school alone.
01:28Other actors can come in, NGOs, associations, but also companies.
01:33And some, faster and more anticipated than others, are committed to this.
01:39And I think this is great news, and I also hope that this commitment
01:43of some companies can reward them also on the market,
01:46because it is an investment that is good for everyone.
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