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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

Certification and marketing of forestry products

  • 2020 2023
  • Certification and marketing of forestry products
  • Burkina Faso
  • AES-CCC

The villages communities have been actively involved in the project to reduce childhood malnutrition, diversify the families’ diet in rural areas and increase women’s access to monetary income. Through the platform wownature.eu, Etifor has supported women in raising funds to grow trees and get raw materials for oils and shea butter production. These products are now certified Cosmos Natural (2022) and WTFO (2023).

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

An alliance against deforestation, toward more sustainable supply chains

  • 2023 2026
  • An alliance against deforestation, toward more sustainable supply chains
  • ItalyGermanyDenmarkNetherlandsUganda
  • EU Commission

  • Etifor (Italy),

    Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy),

    Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands)

    Preferred by Nature (Denmark),

    Albert-​Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Germany),

    Open Forests (Germany),

    Copenhagen Business School (Denmark),

    AidEnvironment (Netherlands),

    Makerere University (Uganda),

    Fòrema (Italy).

Discover more on the new “Innovation Alliance for training programmes for deforestation-free supply chains in Europe” project.

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Innovation Alliance for training programmes for deforestation-free supply chains in Europe

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.

Educational Farms in Veneto: Nature-Based Learning Experiences

  • 2023

20 years after the start of the Fattorie Didattiche del Veneto project, Etifor was involved by the Veneto Region for the co-development and management of the annual Update Day through which the educational farms maintain their registration in the regional register.

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Educational programs for schools and families, with activities promoting sustainability, organic farming, and respect for the environment.

Young entrepreneurs – Engines of innovation in rural areas

  • 2022

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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A workshop with the EU CAP Network 

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