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GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR A WORLD OF âSMARTâ
BIO-TERRITORIES
Donato Matassino
Former Full professor of Genetic improvement in Animal production
President of ConSDABI âNFP. I. - FAO AnGR
Benevento, Italy
[email protected]Abstract
The âsustainabilityâ has to be managed on the basis of innovative pathways taking into account the global biosphere, which can be defined as a complex of âanthropic-bio-geo-pedo-climaticâ factors variable in relation to the geographical area concerned. Hence the need for the âglobal sustainabilityâ is the basis for planning human activities in this current millennium. The concept of âglobal sustainabilityâ is summarized in the âState of the Planet Declarationâ defined in Scientific Conference âPlanet under pressure. New knowledge towards solutionsâ (London, 29 March 2012) and, fundamentally, proposes: (i) reorientation and restructuring of international and national institutions to innovate the governance of the âEarth systemâ; (ii) proposal of new objectives of âglobal sustainabilityâ taking into account various aspects: food, water, energy safety, biodiversity, ecosystem services, sustainable urbanization, social capital, sea and ocean protection, sustainable consumption and production; (iii) removal of constraints that prevent or reduce to less developed countries to increase their decision-making power in the international dialogue; (iv) market innovation; (v) provision of financial incentives for young entrepreneurs involved in eco-social and environmental initiatives, especially in less developed countries; (vi) promotion of education and scientific interdisciplinary research for a profitable policy orientation towards sustainability; (vii) revision of methods for GDP calculation by introducing indicators that go beyond the purely economic aspects inspired by a âbiology - ecology - economy - culture - social sciencesâ integrated vision solidifying in âgreen economyâ or âbio-economyâ.
A fundamental element of the âglobal sustainabilityâ is the âglobal food securityâ, the theme on which EXPO 2015 âFeeding the Planet, Energy for Lifeâ is focused. In this regard, it would be desirable to optimize the management of what is already produced, such example: (i) planning specific interventions to reduce the discrepancies in the food distribution at the level of planet Earth; (ii) refection and food chain rationalization; (iii) estimate of the food ânutraceuticalâ value; (iv) insect farming for an alternative and/or supplementary animal source protein.
The bio-territory, inserted in a novel ecological vision that is inseparable from human context (human ecology), may constitute a âprototypeâ of a new approach to manage the kaleidoscopic endogenous resources in order to promote âglobal sustainabilityâ. Each âbio-territory systemâ, defined as âa model of sustainable management of a âmicrobioshereâ of a given âgeographical areaâ by local communitiesâ, might individuate virtuous routes in relation to its productive potential on the basis of its originality supply. It may be seen as the âholisticâ moment of an âatomisticâ path represented by the multiplicity of its indigenous resources. The bio-territory can be intended to be managed âsmartlyâ if it firstly identifies its potential and then realize peculiar innovations suited to its real âproductiveâ potential; everything might be oriented to physical, psychic and social human development, according to the new moral imperative: âthe ethics of careâ. Some fundamental prerequisites for a âsmartâ management of a âbio-territoryâ in line with the âglobal sustainabilityâ are: (i) biodiversity; (ii) health geography; (iii) landscape; (iv) culture, research, innovation and training.
It is desirable a new science system of the global environment in which the role of the scientific community is significant in the understanding of âcritical thresholdsâ of the environmental global crisis in order to harmonize the local interventions in a global context.
1Introduction
The anthropologic, cultural-philosophical and biological value of the topic we are going to explore today is awesome. Its multidisciplinar and interdisciplinar complexity is matchless and boundless.
The present age suffers of a shaking cultural swing-and-twist and realities haunted by a deep-seated inner poverty and lacks of meaning concealed by overabudance of external apparences. The Socratic âenlightened ignoranceâ (Italian: âdotta ignoranzaâ) stresses nevertheless that the body of knowledge â above of all those about the bios â results from a flown of endless and neverending acquisitions [1].
The boundless variability and complexity result in an abyss of nameable but continually object of search events: continuously changing events, each times different and brand-new in theirs sophisticated flowing, events resulting from an endless combinations of biological and cultural phenomena.
The grandiose and endless multiplicity of cultural and biological phenomena, characterized by a temporal and spatial dynamism in their co-evolution, is holistically able to shape an array of perceptible units that work up their way to the brain. Each human brain has the capability to elaborate this endless flow of information and answer it, but not always in an affirmative (that is: constructive) way. Each person has his/her personal and individual strategy in doing so in which lays its personal epigenetic identity.
Each person, moreover, is able to magnify this stupendous talent of him/her while sailing through the lifeâs chaos, as an organic biological, genetic, epigenetic, brain-led whole, thanks to a deeply-rooted self-awareness. Therefore care and wisdom are utterly required in evaluating skills, ability and clairvoyance of those intended to offer professional services: the human beingâs biological complexity is almost uncontrollable.
Lifeâs thirst of knowledge induces such a high euphoria and passion that human brain is endlessly requested to reset its hardware in order to respond to the gorgeous variability in information. In doing so the brain yields a continuum, that is a continuous flow in the quest for scientific truth. Furthermore, thereâs a brain-gender and it lies in the connective mould that is the neuronal framework (brain structural connectome). The âmaleâ brain bears more intra-h...
