Plant 6.6 million trees by 2024 in the 14 Italian metropolitan cities
Projects worth 330 million euros are expected
Plant 6.6 million trees by 2024 in the 14 Italian metropolitan cities - 1,268 municipalities where more than 21 million inhabitants live - to combat air pollution and climate change. This is the objective of the measure "Protection and enhancement of urban and extra-urban green" of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (M2C4 3.1). The overall budget is 330 million euros. The notice was published on the website of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
The Notice implements the "Urban and extra-urban forestry plan" approved by Decree of the Minister of Ecological Transition no. 493 of 30.11.2021.
The Plan was prepared with the collaboration of ISPRA, the Carabinieri Forestry Environmental Agri-food Unit Command - CUFA, the National Institute of Statistics - ISTAT, and the Interuniversity Research Center "Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability" - CIRBISES.