Italy Welcomes Protecting Nature & The Environment Into Its Constitution

Protecting the environment will soon be part of the Italian Constitution thanks to a new law, approved Tuesday in an “essential” step for Italy, according to the Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani.

A favorable vote results in articles nine and 41 of the Constitution being reformed, which will see the adaptation of existing environmental regulations for a better future. 

This declares that the state must make an effort to conserve the environment, biodiversity, and its ecosystems “in the interest too of future generations,” as quoted by Reuters. 

It also means that any private economic venture must also keep in line with the new ruling and not provide any harm to the environment. 

“Finally, environment protection has become a fundamental principle… which future legislation must be inspired by and past legislation adapted to,” Italian WWF president Donatella Bianchi expresses in a statement.

Bianchi also states that it’s “necessary” to create an “organic and innovative regulatory system” to increase the protection of Italy’s nature and wildlife, which will come with the new reformations. 

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