30 years of Bandiziol and Prassaccon Forests with LIFE ClimatePositive
- 2025
The celebration of a forest heritage looking to the future
The celebration of a forest heritage looking to the future
LIFE ClimatePositive: a year and a half of results and new challenges
- 2025
A year and a half since the launch of the LIFE ClimatePositive project, we are excited to share our progress. Since 2022, over 5,000 people have participated in our activities, contributing to developing a more resilient and sustainable forest management model.
Read MoreOver 5,000 People Engaged, Concrete Actions, and New Prospects for 2025
COP16 Desertification: are we overlooking the importance of land?
- 2024
Una panoramica sul ruolo dell’ecosistema suolo e i temi delle negoziazioni internazionali alla COP16 sulla desertificazione
Read MoreSoil is a vital and irreplaceable resource essential to the economy, society, and environment. Let’s explore the key themes from COP16 on soil and desertification.
The EU carbon market: the proposed Regulation for the certification of carbon removals
- 2024
In February 2024, the European Parliament and the EU Council reached provisional agreement on the proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of the Carbon Removals Certification Framework (o CRCF), the first EU-wide voluntary framework for certifying carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products across Europe.
Read MoreThe goal is to incentivize and regulate carbon removal and soil emission reduction activities
Reforestation: strategies, benefits, and actions to be taken
- 2024
La riforestazione è il termine più comunemente usato per indicare l’impianto di alberi, ma non sempre è il più corretto. Quando si parla di piantare nuovi alberi, c’è un termine più generico e più appropriato che dovrebbe essere utilizzato: forestazione.
Read MoreA guide to reforestation: how it is done, what benefits it generates, and some projects in Italy and around the world
The EU Parliament approves the Carbon Removal Certification Framework
- 2023
On 21 November 2023, the European Parliament approved the Carbon Removal Certification Framework: the scheme establishes monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) rules to ensure the high quality of carbon removals, counteracting greenwashing.
Read MoreNew monitoring, reporting and verification rules to ensure high-quality carbon removals and tackle greenwashing.
Conference on the state of the art of forestry associationism
- 9.10.2023
The conference ‘State of the Art of Forestry Associations in Italy’ will be held on 4 December 2023 from 14.00 to 18.00 in Milan and can be followed via streaming.
Read MoreIt will be held on 4 December 2023 from 2pm to 6pm in Milan and can be followed via streaming.
Five years after Vaia: the emergency continues
- 2023
In 2018, storm Vaia damaged 42,800 hectares of forest in 494 municipalities for a total of two billion in damage to infrastructure, buildings and environmental heritage. Today, the emergency continues and, the cause, is the bark beetle.
Read MoreThe bark beetle epidemic in the forests impacted by Vaia storm continues: as many trees are at risk as those felled by the storm.
Invasive alien species: what the IPBES report says
- 2023
L’Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) ha pubblicato a settembre un importante report dedicato alle specie aliene invasive intitolato “Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control”.
Read MoreInvasive alien species threaten biodiversity, ecosystem services, health and people's quality of life.
Drought in Italy: What Does It Have to Do with Floods?
- 2023
Abundant and widespread rainfall can help temporarily reduce the drought emergency in Italy, which affects certain areas like northern Italy and other European regions. For instance, the levels of some rivers may return to values close to the seasonal average. Problem solved? Not quite.
Read MoreThe impact of the climate crisis on the alternation of extreme events like droughts and floods