A large infrastructure, both virtual and physical, will be made available to the scientific community. The Biodiversity Science Gateway, a gateway between research and society where the products of research and innovation will become of value to citizens, innovators and institutions.

It cannot be ignored that the evolution of public-private partnerships, the emergence of “bottom-up” decision-making models, and the spread of public debate as part of the decision-making process (and even as a preparatory moment for the creation of legislation) are nothing other than the manifestation of a need for active participation that necessarily passes through moments of confrontation, debate, and information sharing.
The Gateway will also be a great emblematic container full of local stories, offer scientific advice, exploit biodiversity in a sustainable manner, and share everything produced by NBFC spokespersons over the three-year project so as to be self-financing and self-sustaining.

Gateway’s physical headquarters are in Palermo and Venice. They ensure the coordination of a series of branches spread across the national territory which, together with protected areas, represent the biodiversity network.

The virtual expression of the Biodiversity Science Gateway is the Biodiversity Gateway (BG).
It is proposed as a gateway through which research and innovation results become tangible value for citizens, innovators and institutions.
Italy’s first biodiversity portal: where scientific research meets businesses, public administrations, environmental-protection experts, and the public at large.