An event at the Italy Pavilion at Expo
2020 on Friday focused on the southern Italian region of
Calabria, exploring how it could be considered "Europe's largest
botanical garden".
The Italian Dialogue event took place at the pavilion's
'Anfiteatro' venue.
Participants learned how Calabria is a "natural laboratory" for
the protection of biodiversity and a model in the Mediterranean
area for economic and cultural development flanked scientific
research and technological innovation.
Due to its geographical position between two seas (the
Tyrrhenian and Ionian) and its areas in the Apennines, Calabria
is one of the European Union's richest zones for biodiversity.
It has three national parks and 69 Sites of Community Importance
(SCI) recognised under the European Natura 2000 Directive, 20 of
which have priority status.
Calabria is home to around 2,700 species of the 6,711 species of
vascular flora in Italy.
Many of these botanical species are extremely rare.
Calabria is also the top Italian region for the number of farms
using organic methods.
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