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Municipal green plans: tools to bring nature back into our lives?
Municipal green plans: tools to bring nature back into our lives?
Mar 20, 2025 09:30 AM — Mar 20, 2025 01:00 PM

Bringing nature back into our lives: this is what the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 says. And since the lives of millions and millions of citizens are concentrated in cities and in the increasingly anthropized contexts of our territories, it is from the cities that we must start again to reverse the trend of the progressive degradation of ecosystems, including urban ones.
The new publication "Urban nature Plans: tools to bring nature back into our lives? - produced and published by Urban Area section - It therefore starts from the cities to reflect on a planning tool that is still not very widespread in Italy - the Municipal Green Plan - with the aim of understanding its contents, strategies and transformative potential for healthier, more inclusive and resilient territories. Torino, Vercelli, Bolzano, Padova, Rovigo, Parma, Bologna, Forlì, Livorno, Avellino: these are the 10 Green Plans analyzed.

Representatives of MASE, ANCI and ICLEI have been invited to the webinar and the program includes technical insights and a session dedicated to Municipalities.

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Peace with Nature: Research, Organizations and Institutions together
Peace with Nature: Research, Organizations and Institutions together
Mar 18, 2025 09:00 AM — Mar 18, 2025 01:00 PM Rome, Orto Botanico

Thanks to its strategic position in the Mediterranean, its varied geomorphology and the extraordinary diversity of habitats, Italy is the European country with the greatest variety of living species and the highest rate of endemic species.

Furthermore, Italy is one of the few nations in the world to have established the defense of biodiversity as a fundamental principle in its Constitution. In February 2022, in fact, the Constitutional Law of 11 February 2022, no. 1 was approved by Parliament, which recognizes an express importance to the protection of the environment, biodiversity and ecosystems in the part dedicated to Fundamental Principles.

The contemporary challenges presented by the biodiversity crisis, which include efforts to address the direct factors that are at the root of the crisis itself, such as the destruction and degradation of habitats, the excessive extraction of biological resources, pollution, invasive alien species and climate change, transcend national borders.

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International Day of Forests 2025
International Day of Forests 2025
Mar 21, 2025 — Mar 21, 2025

The International Day of Forests is celebrated every 21 March and represents a fundamental moment to reflect on the importance of forests for our planet. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, the day aims to highlight the fundamental role that forests play not only in the provision of wood and non-wood products (berries, mushrooms, resins, etc.), but also in the provision of ecosystem services such as erosion control, biodiversity conservation, climate regulation and in providing livelihoods to hundreds of millions of people.
The theme of the 2025 is "Forests and Food", that highlights the crucial role of forests in food security and nutrition.
In addition to providing food, fuel, income and employment, forests support soil fertility, protect water resources and provide habitats for biodiversity. They are essential to the survival of forest-dependent communities, particularly indigenous peoples, and help mitigate climate change by storing carbon.

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Brain Health, we are all connected
Brain Health, we are all connected
Mar 15, 2025 09:30 AM — Mar 15, 2025 12:30 PM Rome, Centro Europeo di Ricerca sul Cervello, via del Fosso di Fiorano 64

The Santa Lucia IRCCS Foundation joins the "Brain Week", an international event promoted by the DANA Foundation. Free meetings open to the public will be held from 10 to 15 March to learn how to take care of our most important organ. Among the initiatives organised, the conference "Healthy Brain, we are all connected" organized by the Santa Lucia IRCCS Foundation in collaboration with ISPRA and SPERA will be held on Saturday 15 March in Rome at the European Center for Brain Research.

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