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Strategies to reduce waste in protected areas

  • 2024 2026
  • Strategies to reduce waste in protected areas
  • EU
  • European Union

  • ETRA, Università degli Studi di Trieste, ARPAV, Natura Histrica, Istituto di Agricoltura e Turismo di Parenzo (ITPTO), SUNCE, Regione Istriana, Natura Jadera (partner associato)

The Interreg Italy-Croatia WASTEREDUCE project is an initiative to improve waste management in protected areas and Natura 2000 sites by implementing concrete, joint actions.

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Working together to enhance waste management in protected areas and Natura 2000 sites through coordinated efforts between Italy and Croatia

Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services in Europe

  • 2024 2028
  • Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services in Europe
  • EU
  • Commissione Europea
  • University of Copenhagen (UCPH) RES DK, Wageningen University (WU) RES NL, European Forest Institute (EFI) RES FI, KU Leuven (KUL) RES BE, Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) RES ES, University of Padova (UNIPD) RES IT, Prospex Institute (PI) SME BE, Etifor S.r.l. Società Benefit (ETIFOR) SME IT, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) RES DE, Stefan cel Mare University (USV) RES RO, Land Life (LANDLIFE) SME NL, WWF Bulgaria (WWFB) NGO BG, European Landowners Organisation (ELO)

The INTERCEDE project is an initiative to address pressing issues concerning the undervaluation and lack of economic recognition attributed to forest ecosystem services (FES) across Europe.

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Providing financial incentives to forest owners to manage forests sustainably

BioFin: unlock finance to protect biodiversity

  • 2024 2026
  • BioFin: unlock finance to protect biodiversity
  • EU
  • European Commission

  • UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (Ireland),

    STICHTING NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER (The Netherlands),

    GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET (Sweden),

    THE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST (United Kingdom),

    UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT (The Netherlands),

    RAINNO IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI  (Greece),

    IST-ID ASSOCIACAO DO INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO (Portugal),

    SARAJEVSKA REGIONALNA RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA SERDA (Bosnia Erzegovina),

    UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (Italy),

    Deloitte & Touche (Ireland),

    The Institute of Bankers in Ireland,

    SUSTAINABILITY LITERACY TEST (France),

    INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE (Belgium)

The BioFin project aims to support mainstream finance actors in developing and implementing investments in nature-based solutions to protect and restore biodiversity and the environment.

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How can mainstream finance contribute to the goals of biodiversity restoration and protection?

Increasing resilience to extreme events through “sponge landscapes”

  • 2023 2027
  • Increasing resilience to extreme events through “sponge landscapes”
  • EU
  • EU Commission

  • Stichting Deltares (Deltares),
    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH),
    International Office for Water (OiEau),
    University of Padova (UniPD),
    University of Ljubljana (UL),
    Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO),
    Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS),
    WWF Greece (WWF)

Natural solutions to improve the functionality of sponge landscapes in European river basins to increase the resilience of communities against hydro-meteorological extreme events.

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SpongeScapes: a project involving 14 European countries

Managing the landscape to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires

  • 2023

In Europe, fires burn over 500,000 hectares of forest annually, and scientists estimate that during the 21st century, the number and extent of wildfires will increase due to climate change.

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Reducing fire-related greenhouse gas emissions by promoting fire-smart landscape management

Brescia: a nature-based future

  • 2022 2024

Cities are among the places most likely to experience the effects of climate change. This is the reason why the municipality of Brescia, in collaboration with Ersaf and Etifor, promotes an innovation management plan for green areas and biodiversity, which includes the evaluation of ecosystem services and the simulation of possible nature-based solutions. 

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Building an innovative Management Plan for the Green Areas and Biodiversity in the municipality of Brescia

Eradication of boars and mouflons on the Elba Island

  • 2023

The feasibility study, realized with Oikos Institute and Nemo Srl, analyses the eco-ethological, social, economic, technical and legal variables of the two ungulates management options. Specifically, Etifor will conduct an opinion poll among locals and key stakeholder groups to understand their perception of the “presence of ungulate” on the island.

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The project The feasibility study, realized with Oikos Institute and Nemo Srl, analyses the eco-ethological, social, economic, technical and legal variables of the two ungulates management options. Specifically, Etifor will conduct an opinion poll among locals and key stakeholder groups to understand their perception of the “presence of ungulate” on the island.

Climate crisis adaptation of Land Irrigation Authorities of Veneto Region PhD Research Project

  • 2022 2025

This PhD, co-funded by Etifor, focuses on the study of the ecosystem approach and nature-based solutions for adaptation to the climate crisis in the Reclamation Consortia of the Veneto Region.

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Ecosystem approach and nature-based solutions for climate crisis adaptation of Land Irrigation Authorities of Veneto Region

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