The World Bank Group has recently published the report Strategic Landscape Restoration for Resilience: Leveraging Ecosystem Services to Secure Livelihoods in Chad, which provides guidelines for addressing land degradation and climate risks in Chad, using ecosystem services to improve local livelihoods and promote sustainable development.

Forest Care Initiatives (FCIs) use forest environments and resources to enhance health and well-being, foster social inclusion, and generate new local economies.
The paper, published in Dendronatura and authored by Ilaria Doimo (Etifor | Benefit Company) and Davide Pettenella (University of Padua), explores the socio-economic potential of FCIs, showing how they can support territorial regeneration and create new green jobs.

The EMMA4EU report presents 43 case studies to help companies and institutions tackle the challenges of the new EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR).

This report examines the potential benefits of implementing Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in the Nima River subbasin in Colombia. The study uses a Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems nexus approach to assess NbS’s impacts on various ecosystem services.

We contributed to the publication Next generation mountains. Le nuove generazioni nelle montagne del futuro prossimo, edited by Mauro Pascolini. Find out more about our contribution.

More than 30 interviews with organization leaders provided an overview of the state of the art of association forms in the forestry sector in Italy. The report includes summary sheets on association models and operational guidance for forest owners and policy makers.

L’aumento dell’urbanizzazione e le sfide del cambiamento climatico stanno creando pressioni ambientali, economiche e sociali significative nelle città europee, tra cui l’incremento del rischio di alluvioni e l’effetto isola di calore urbano (UHI). Le Soluzioni Basate sulla Natura (NBS) sono sempre più riconosciute come strategie per fornire molteplici servizi ecosistemici, mitigare i rischi esistenti e rendere le città più resilienti e vivibili. Tuttavia, l’implementazione delle NBS incontra ancora numerose barriere tecniche e finanziarie.

Nature-based solutions, such as urban forests and wetlands, can help communities cope with climate change and other environmental stresses, improving social-ecological resilience. However, the mechanisms that support individual nature-based resilience remain unclear. To fill these gaps, the paper proposes nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory, or NBRT.