Policy analysis for ecosystem services in Gran Chaco biome

Policy and legislation analysis in relation to the management and economic evaluation of ecosystem services in Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.

Impacts and adaptation strategies for Consorzio di Bonifica Piave

Technical advice to promote good governance, assess ecosystem services arising from the Water Board activity and pursue a new project proposal for the implementation of the environmental flow directives in Piave river.

Platforms for environmental services

In collaboration with the Civil Volunteering Group (Gruppo di Volontariato Civile – GVC) we define the calculation and payment methods for the Climate Smart Agriculture platform and create “sTreeT”: a new tool to enhance the environmental services generated by international cooperation projects in more than 10 countries such as Vietnam, Mozambique, Cuba.

Nucleo Carbonio Report 2018

Data elaboration, interpretation and description for the report “State of the Italian Forest Carbon Market 2018”.

CreditAgricole OglioSud

Environmental improvement project through the planting of 2000 new trees within the area of the Regional Park Oglio Sud

Integrated Management of PES, Environmental Offsets and the EU Agricultural Policy

Research on the use of software “Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs – InVEST” to evaluate and map ecosystem services provided by different habitats and soil use in the Veneto Region.

UNECE Water & Forests

Research for the United Nations Economic Commission of Europe and FAO office Geneve based on “Forests and Water: Valuation and Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services.

Risorgive del Bacchiglione natural area

Development of the new communication and community engagement strategy for the Spring Forest in Palladium’s Vicenza Area, Venice

SIVtro

Accounting and administrative management services for Veterinary without Borders association.

ESF projects for the environment

Carbon Footprint Veneto

Carbon footprint and CO2 reduction plan for Venice based Forestry administration.

Reforestation Congo

Scouting, design and implementation of Kitshanga Reforestation project. The creation of 20 hectares of new forest with native species along the Virunga National Park for protection of mountain gorilla, coupled with small-scale intensive family eucalyptus plantations. This is a CO2 compensations project.

CARBOMICRO

Development of CARBOMICRO guidelines for micro reforestation projects in developing countries.

LIFE GESTIRE 2020

Technical assistance for the definition/management of relations, governance, regulations, monitoring protocols, disclosure and training in the context of the Project LIFE2014 – GESTIRE 2020

FMP Emilia Romagna

Technical and scientific support for the arrangement of the forest management plan (FMP) of the Emilia-Romagna Region.

Adaptation of Mediterranean woodland to climate change

Economic assessment of forest-fires damages in Valnerina area (Umbria) and analysis of the links between media activities and forest fires with the aim of improving the adaptation of Mediterranean natural areas to climate change-related risks (in particular, erosion, fires, diseases).

RDM Prjects For Climadapt

Programme MED – Project FORCLIMADAPT. Evaluation of economic benefits from a fire-fighting plan in the context of forest fires in the regional context.

NEPCON CNRA Italy

Consultancy work to complete Categories 1, 4 and 5 of the Centralized National Risk Assessment (CNRA) for Italy using NEPCon’s Forest Legality Assessment Framework (FLAF) template and FLAF Centralized National Risk Assessment Guidelines.

Italian voluntary carbon market analysis

Italian Voluntary Forest Carbon Market analysis in collaboration with Ecosystem Marketplace. Realized for the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (MiPAAF)

LIFE NETPRONET

Consultancy for the analysis of the socio-economic impacts evaluation of the LIFE PRO NET project.

Microperla project

Sustainability assessment and physical-chemical characterization of biomasses in the context of the project Microperla.

GVC Vietnam

Development of Forest Carbon and Water Projects in Hue Province.

FSC Ecosystem Services TEST

Testing of FSC procedures on certification of ecosystem services (water, recreational/tourist services, carbon capture, biodiversity and landscape) with both recreation and protection forests. in Italy.

FSC Ecosystem Services France

Support to Caisse de Depot and Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) on the development of the forest carbon market in France.

CARMIGNANO LIFE BRENTA

Development of the project proposal LIFE – Nature and Biodiversity 2017 on water ecosystem services scheme for Brenta River.

ROCK THE ALPS

Consultancy to reinforce and strengthen the implementation of rockfall risk prevention policy and mitigation strategy.

Making public goods provision the core business of Natura 2000

Assessment of recreative and other ecosystem services provided by the regional forests managed by ERSAF, support in stakeholders consultation and identification of potential PES mechanisms.

ECUBE CARBONIO

Production of the Project Design Document for forest management in Apuan Alps Park in Tuscany.

DAFNAE TopValue

Focus groups management for ecosystem services of mountain products in the context of “Top-value project: added value of the mountain product”.

CTS Green jobs

Analysis of the green jobs related to the Natura 2000 Network and support for the management and valorisation of the Natura 2000 Network.

COSPE ANGOLA

Production of Project Design Document (PDD) for the “Canjombe Community Ecosystem Service”, verified Plan Vivo standard to fight forest degradation and deforestation.

ITACO COLOMBIA

REDD+ feasibility study in Unguia, Caribe and Oriente Antioqueno with protection and restoration of forests for water ecosystem services.

SOCIAL FORESTS WITH AFP

Organization of the first “Live The Forest” event on recreational, cultural and social and health use of forests

BRENDOLA

Update of ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and Sustainable Energy Action Plan

CAMUCAP Agroforestry

Elaboration of the study and quantification of the carbon uptake carried on by the masica trees, elaboration of the marketing and selling of the CO2 emission quotas in the voluntary market for the cooperative La Paz

EUROCONSULTING

Carbon Footprint standards benchmark analysis and collection of best practices in Europe.

Portal Flora

Design of Portal Flora ecosystem services compensation scheme for Mato Grosso (Brazil).

Cost Action PESFORW

Participation in the COST Action CA15206, Payment for Ecosystem Services (Forests for Water)

Development and protection of lowland forest resources

Since 2011, we assist AFP (Association of Lowland Forests) in the management of 320 hectares of recreational forests in the Venice area (3 million tourist per year). The forests are both publicly and privately owned and are FSC certified. We deal with fundraising activities (€ 1.7 million in 5 years), project assistance to members, dissemination and promotion activities for the forests.

Contrasting the vulnerability of protected ecosystems

Making Good Nature is a LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance project that identifies and quantifies the main ecosystem services provided by Natura 2000 Network sites in six Italian regions. As technical consultants, we deal with the analysis of the bibliography on ecosystem services in the forests of Lombardy; we carry out a field survey for the valuation of the touristic-recreational services in four pilot-areas; we organize and manage stakeholder consultation tables.

Greenhouse gas compensation in Brazil

For the Gruppo di Volontariato Civile we are carrying out a feasibility study to establish the priority intervention areas for the implementation of forestry gas compensation projects in Ibià, Minas Gerais (Brazil). The study will be part of the pilot project for the ‘Provincia ad Emissioni Zero” inside the Provincia Autonoma di Trento (Italy) call of bids.