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The FIA commits to conservation and restoration of nature
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), motorsport’s global governing body, has signed up to the Sports for Nature Framework.
The framework is a joint initiative between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) and Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy.
FIA Senate President and Real Automóvil Club de España President Carmelo Sanz de Barros signed the Framework in Valencia, Spain, during the third FIA Sustainable Innovation Series. The event focused on nature and motorsport, and the FIA signed up to the framework in the presence of Programme Leader for Sports for Nature at IUCN, Meredith McCurdy.
“By becoming a signatory to the Sports for Nature Framework, we are taking a step further in our commitment to sustainability,” commented Sanz de Barros. “We encourage all the motor sport stakeholders to join us and take an active part in this important initiative. Together we hold the power to create lasting change and a better future for our sport and our planet.”
“By becoming a signatory to the Sports for Nature Framework, we are taking a step further in our commitment to sustainability."
McCurdy added: “We are extremely pleased to welcome the FIA into the Framework and we look forward to working with the Federation to further integrate nature conservation into the world of motor sport.”
The aim of the Sports for Nature Framework is to engage sporting organisations the world over to commit to the conservation and restoration of nature.
“We are proud to make a strong commitment to nature,” said the FIA’s Sustainability and Diversity & Inclusion Director, Sara Mariani. “We aim to help build a positive future, halting and reversing its loss. Our organisation will take measures to protect and avoid damage to biodiversity, taking actions to restore and regenerate it.”
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