{"id":18184,"date":"2023-10-18T17:02:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etifor.com\/en\/?p=18184"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:56:42","slug":"bando-bioclima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etifor.com\/en\/portfolio\/bando-bioclima\/","title":{"rendered":"BioClima: supporting biodiversity in Lombardy with the help of businesses<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The climate crisis and biodiversity loss are two closely interconnected challenges. While public and private attention to climate change has grown significantly in recent years, biodiversity conservation continues to suffer from a substantial lack of funding. At a global level, this biodiversity funding gap<\/em> is one of the main reasons why the nature conservation targets of the previous decade were not achieved.<\/p>\n

In Lombardy as well, forests and protected areas play a crucial role in providing essential ecosystem services\u2014from habitat conservation to climate and water regulation. However, public funding for their management is often discontinuous and poorly suited to long-term planning. In this context, there is a clear need to activate new governance and financing models capable of engaging the private sector and directing additional resources towards measurable, verified actions aligned with biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation objectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The project<\/span><\/h2><\/span>
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BioClima \u2013 Biodiversity and Climate<\/strong> is an initiative promoted by the Lombardy Region within the LIFE IP GESTIRE 2020 project, developed with the technical support of Etifor and the contribution of Fondazione Cariplo. The objective was to test an innovative public\u2013private partnership model to finance biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation actions, and the enhancement of ecosystem services generated by regional forests and protected areas.<\/p>\n

The BioClima model is based on a blended finance mechanism<\/strong>, in which public funding acts as a lever to attract private capital. The initiative was structured around three integrated components:<\/p>\n

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    a regional call for proposals<\/strong> of \u20ac3.5 million addressed to protected area management bodies, requiring them to activate private co-financing equal to at least 30% of the total project cost;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    a technical facility service<\/strong>, financed by Fondazione Cariplo and managed by Etifor, to support entities in project design, application to the call, and the mobilisation of private co-financing through the WOWnature platform;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    the measurement, verification and certification of ecosystem service impacts<\/strong> according to international standards\u2014such as the FSC\u00ae Ecosystem Services Procedure\u2014to ensure the quality of interventions and the credibility of corporate contributions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>

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