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cularly in the regions of the south, and I must say that if this situation has deve-
loped in the last two years, it has unfortunately done so in a negative sense.

Honourable Bratti, who I believe could also quote some facts testifying to
this, in view of his activity with the Commission, is present here today.

Why do I say this? Because whenever we speak about the environment,
just as when we speak about the great, complex problems of society today, the
key to understanding and facing problems always remains the logic of the
system and network; that is to say that tackling problems of this complexity,
while relying only on resources that are within our own organizational bounda-
ries, is unthinkable. This is true for individual regional Agencies but is also valid
for the system as a whole, in the sense that a system for the technical-scientific
protection of the environment cannot help but relate to the system of the
Academy, the University, the system of Law Enforcement and the system of
local institutions. And it is through the creation of this synergy, another word
that you will hear again during this great day, that an added value is created, and
therefore the sums really do produce multipliers and the sum of the contribu-
tions, in reality, amounts to a great, if not exponential addition.

I spoke about the non-homogeneous nature of the system of environ-
mental protection. This involves at least three things. The first regards fun-
ctions: in the sense that Regional Agencies have diverse functions: some are
concerned with finance, others are not; some are concerned with plant design,
others are not; some even have functions of active administration (Emilia
Romagna is doing an experiment and Molise is moving in this direction).

Obviously there is the issue of the lack of homogeneity of resources I
have already mentioned; then there is the issue of the lack of homogeneity
regarding capabilities and technical and analytical competences which must be
resolved. Many have referred to this bill (I noted Dott.ssa Muroni, Senator
Marinello, but others have cited it too) that is the product of a parliamentary
initiative of three legislatures ago and which president Realacci, president Bratti
and other members of parliament have worked on. It is a bill that, by finally
instituting a system of protection of the environment of this country in a for-
mal way, therefore going beyond law 61, would resolve many of the problems.
There is no need for me to emphasize the importance of this issue because I

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