Financing Nature Conservation

From European subsidies to biodiversity credits, a journey into the world of public and private funding. Nature conservation has a cost. In Europe, and also in South Tyrol, we are used to thinking that funding for these activities must come from public sources. While this is partly true, there are many other sources that are often little known and unexplored. This colloquium will lead us to discover, in addition to the LIFE programme, examples of philanthropic programmes, the use of carbon and biodiversity credits to stimulate private investment, and even conservation by the owners themselves of the territories to be protected. In conclusion, we will try to understand whether these methods could be interesting and applicable in realities such as ours, located in the heart of the Alps.