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Strategies to reduce waste in protected areas

  • 2024 2026
  • Strategies to reduce waste in protected areas
  • EU
  • European Union
  • ETRA, Università degli Studi di Trieste, ARPAV, Natura Histrica, Istituto di Agricoltura e Turismo di Parenzo (ITPTO), SUNCE, Regione Istriana, Natura Jadera (partner associato)

The Interreg Italy-Croatia WASTEREDUCE project is an initiative to improve waste management in protected areas and Natura 2000 sites by implementing concrete, joint actions.

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Working together to enhance waste management in protected areas and Natura 2000 sites through coordinated efforts between Italy and Croatia

The European Parliament adopts the Nature Restoration Law

  • 2023

The new law is an ‘important step toward creating and implementing legislative framework to support the ambitious #GlobalBiodiversityFramework to address the current climate and ecological crisis.

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On August 18, 2024, the Nature Restoration Law officially entered into force confirming the intended targets: to restore at least 20 percent of Europe's marine and terrestrial land by 2030 and all endangered habitats by 2050.

Protected areas: what are they, and why are they so important?

  • 2024

According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) definition, a protected area is a “a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.

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Protected areas are divided into different categories, all essential in biodiversity conservation.

Protecting biodiversity

  • 2024

How many life forms are there on Earth? The answer is that we don’t know. Four million? 400 million? The debate among scientists is still open. What we do know, however, is that of the species known to date (between 1.5 and 1.8 million), 50 are disappearing daily.

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The loss of biodiversity and the collapse of ecosystems are some of the leading environmental risks we will face in the coming years: why is it essential to preserve biodiversity?

What does drought have to do with floods? A Will Media documentary

  • 2023

What is going on? Do we or do we not have water? In the documentary “Senza Acqua. Troppa Acqua (Without Water. Too Much Water)” by Will Media, Lucio Brotto talks about how can forests and natural areas help us cope with drought.

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How can there be drought if it has rained so much? The widespread and intense rainfalls of the last few months have surely helped reduce, at least partially, the drought emergency that has affected northern Italy and other European countries for more than one year. The Po river, for example, has recovered

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