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Water, Energy, Food and Climate: Addressing the challenge of resource security

  • 2021 2024

REXUS is an innovative and experimental project that, through a multitude of approaches, aims to improve the understanding of the Nexus interactions between Water, Energy, Food and Climate (WEFC) as a framework for resource security and sustainable development.

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REXUS addresses the challenges of resource scarcity and climate change through a participatory approach and the implementation of innovative solutions in 5 pilot cases.

Multidisciplinary project development for new urban forests in the Metropolitan City of Venice

  • 2021
  • Multidisciplinary project development for new urban forests in the Metropolitan City of Venice
  • Sustainable investments
  • Municipalities of Venice, San Donà di Piave and Concordia Sagittaria, Metropolitan City of Venice

Coordination of a multidisciplinary team for the development of two new urban forests creation projects in different areas of the Metropolitan City of Venice. The projects were successfully presented to a call for funding of the Italian Ministry of Environment’s Climate Decree.

Synergies between FSC Framework and REDD+ Cancun Safeguards

  • 2021
  • Synergies between FSC Framework and REDD+ Cancun Safeguards
  • Responsible management
  • ItalyGlobal
  • FSC International

To implement REDD + policies, is mandatory to comply with specific requirements and guidelines, known as Cancun safegards. This study aims to analyse how FSC® framework can contribute to the achievement of the mandatory requisites defined by the Cancun safeguards.

The wounds of the landscape

  • 2021
  • The wounds of the landscape
  • Responsible management
  • Italy
  • Fondazione Angelini

Natural and anthropogenic phenomena leave deep wounds in the landscape. This project aims to study and present the wounds that the 1st World War and the Vaia storm left in the territory of the province of Belluno (Italy), observing the territory with a multidisciplinary perspective, which intertwines history and nature.

Market analysis: innovative timber products

  • 2020
  • Market analysis: innovative timber products
  • Responsible management
  • United Kingdom
  • Zoological Society of London

Wood is now used in various products, some of which are very innovative. This study aims to analyze the market and future scenarios of some innovative products with high development potential, such as bio-plastics and viscose used in the textile sector.

FSC Stakeholder engagement manual

  • 2020
  • FSC Stakeholder engagement manual
  • Responsible management
  • GlobalItaly
  • FSC International

FSC® certification requires stakeholder engagement to comply with procedures. This project involves the production of a manual: an operational guide, enriched with real and concrete examples, on how to involve stakeholders in a positive and successful way.

New economic criteria for national Group COC eligibility criteria

  • 2018
  • New economic criteria for national Group COC eligibility criteria
  • Responsible management
  • GlobalItaly
  • FSC Internazional

To access an FSC® Group certification, specific parameters must be respected, identified by international standards or modified in some important national standards. The study aims to propose new economic parameters and indicators and to evaluate their effect on the FSC system.

Promoting a new approach to Urban Forestry in Europe

  • 2021 2023
  • Promoting a new approach to Urban Forestry in Europe
  • Sustainable investments
  • ItalyRomaniaIrelandNetherlandsSwedenSpain
  • European Commission

  • Ersaf,
    Polimi,
    Etifor | Valuing Nature,
    EFI,
    UAB,
    Creaf,
    Agresta,
    Unitbv,
    Forest Design Srl,
    Trinity College Dublin,
    Nbsi,
    Green City Watch

The project aims at promoting Europe’s innovation capacity among universities, cities and businesses to deliver a new approach to Urban Forestry.

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Uforest: a project involving Italy, Spain, Romania, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden

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