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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

Driving change towards a Nature Positive Economy

  • 2024 2027
  • Driving change towards a Nature Positive Economy
  • EU
  • European Commission

  • Trinity College Dublin (Coordinator) – Ireland,
    Aarhus Universitet – Denmark,
    Oxford University – UK,
    Ecologic Institute – Germany,
    Eigen Vermogen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek – Belgium,
    WWF – Sweden,
    ICLEI Europe – Germany,
    World Benchmarking Alliance – Netherlands,
    Horizon Nua (Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform) – Ireland,
    International Organisation for Knowledge Economy – Sweden,
    2 Degrees Investing Initiative – France,
    LGI Sustainable Innovation – France,
    Felicidad Collective – Spain

GoNaturePositive! is a collaborative initiative backed by the European Commission dedicated to accelerating awareness and transformative action towards a Nature Positive economy among policymakers, investors, businesses and wider society.

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Transforming business by putting nature at the centre

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?

Veneto’s cycle tourism routes

  • 2022 2023
  • Veneto’s cycle tourism routes
  • Italy
  • Regione Veneto

As part of the promotion of the Veneto Region’s cycling tourism offer, in particular seven excursions, Etifor was in charge of editorial coordination, contributing to the creation of information material, including ‘tear-off maps’ and brochures useful for cyclists to orient themselves and learn about the various services available among itineraries and excursions.

Etifor coordinates the creation of practical tools to explore regional cycling excursions.

Enhancing the disused real estate assets of the Valbelluna

  • 2022 2024

Primavera Casa is the outcome of the HOST (Hosting Open Source Tourism Dolomiti Valbelluna) project, which is funded by the Cariverona Foundation. The project’s objective is to enhance the value of unused real estate properties in Valbelluna by transforming them into homes that can be inhabited for short-term (for tourism purposes) or medium-to-long-term (for residential purposes) stays. As a part of the project, Etifor provides technical and tourist support to the Dolomiti Prealpi Tourist Consortium.

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An initiative to transform unused properties into welcoming spaces for short-term stays and residential use.

Welfare, nature and tourism

  • 2023 2026

The WeNaTour project aims to train new professionals for sustainable tourism, keeping the well-being of local communities and environmental protection at the centre of its strategies.

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Train professionals for sustainable tourism, encouraging the welfare of local communities and environmental 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

BioClima: supporting biodiversity in Lombardy with the help of businesses

  • 2022 2025

Within the framework of the Lombardy Region’s ‘Biodiversity and Climate’ call for proposals, the Cariplo Foundation awarded Etifor a contract to provide technical assistance services for beneficiary organisations interested in participating in the call for proposals.

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BioClima is a public-private initiative designed to support investments in protected areas across Lombardy

Value and benefits of irrigated agrosystems in the Veneto region

  • 2022 2024

The irrigation of the Veneto plain is provided by large water derivations and canals managed by the Consorzi di Bonifica (reclamation consortiums) of the Region. Etifor will analyse and value the great variety of ecosystem services provied by these canals. 

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Economic evaluation of the ecosystem services of irrigated agrosystems managed by the Consorzi di Bonifica in Veneto

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

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