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Developing the resilience of individuals and communities with nature-based therapies

  • 2023
  • Developing the resilience of individuals and communities with nature-based therapies
  • ItalyAustriaBelgiumBulgariaDenmarkNetherlandsSpainSwedenUnited Kingdom
  • EU Commission

  • Led by environmental psychologist Dr. Mat White at Vienna University’s Cognitive Science Hub, the consortium consists of world leaders in NbT research practice policy and innovation in:, Austria (Green Care Austria – Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg), Belgium (EuroHealthNet), Bulgaria (Meditcinsky Universitet-Plovdiv), Denmark (Københavns Universitet), Italy (Universita degli Studi di Padova – ETIFOR), the Netherlands (Natuurvoormensen Omgevingspsychologisch Onderzoek – Universiteit Twente), Spain (ISGLOBAL – AZTI), Sweden (Nature Based Solution Institute – Uppsala Universitet), and the UK (University of Exeter – funded by UKRI), with additional expert oversight from leading NbT researchers/practitioners in Australia (University of Wollongong), Canada (University of British Columbia) and the US (Cornell University, University of California San Francisco).

Against the rise of non-communicable and chronic diseases, nature can provide a solution. For this reason, RESONATE wants to provide more evidence on the benefits of nature for health and wellbeing and provide the use of nature in this sense. 

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A project uniting Nature Based Therapies experts from around the world.

GreenScape CE

  • 2023

The EU CAP Network workshop ‘Young entrepreneurs – Engines of innovation in rural areas’ took place in Dublin, Ireland, on Wednesday 30 November and Thursday 1 December 2022. Etifor helped coordinate the development of the workshop, choosing the methodologies and supporting their implementation.

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Integrating Nature-based Solutions in the grey infrastructure of cities

Promoting social INNovation to renew multi-level and cross-sector WATER governance

  • 2023

InnWater is a new project that aims to support good water governance and water systems sustainability. Learn more!

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InnWater, a new project to support good water governance and water systems sustainability

Improving ecological connections to protect biodiversity

  • 2022

Technical assistance for the identification of innovative actions to be carried out by the Interregional Agency for the Po River (AIPo) for the improvement of ecological connections between Natura 2000 Network sites in the Po river basin, within the framework of the LIFE SNAP NatConnect2030 proposal.

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Technical assistance to AIPo for the design of an integrated LIFE project (NatConnect2030) for the improvement of ecological connections in the Po river basin

Nature-based solutions and circular economy: a climate strategy for the territory of Cuneo

  • 2022

In collaboration with and under the supervision of the Study and Innovation Centre of the Fondazione CRC, Etifor will carry out an in-depth study on climate change. The study will include the mapping and assessment of natural resources in the province of Cuneo, the analysis of risk factors and the search for innovative solutions for adaptation and mitigation.

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A research in collaboration with the Study and Innovation Centre of the Fondazione CRC

The Adda Greenway in the lower Valtellina area

  • 2020

Within the framework of the LIFE IP Gestire 2020 project, Etifor provided the technical assistance service that allowed the setting up, organisation and facilitation of the governance pathway for the drafting of a shared framework document on the Adda Greenway in the lower Valtellina area, as well as a Framework of Interventions for its management and development.

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A digital, integrated and participatory planning project

WEAL Project – Wellbeing and Ecosystem service for Agriculture in Lombardy

  • 2022

The WEAL project will involve the territories of 3 GALs with the aim to improve the health and wellbeing of rural and urban population through Green Care.

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Ecosystem services for health, wellbeing, and the valorisation of rural areas.

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