SUMMER SCHOOL: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND THE NATURE RESTORATION REGULATION – (EU 2024/1991)
Training Objective
Discover how to apply the Nature Restoration Law in real-world contexts: urban, rural, and marine environments. The program includes lectures, field trips, and hands-on workshops with experts, researchers, and professionals in the sector, offering the opportunity to learn directly from leading practitioners of ecological restoration in Italy.
From theory to practice: designing ecological restoration interventions according to international standards (SER, IUCN).
A fully funded opportunity supported by the National Biodiversity Future Center.
Purpose
- Regulatory framework and fundamentals of ecological restoration
- Tools and case studies at different scales
- Field excursions: Genoa metropolitan area and Cinque Terre; visits to three sites in the Po Park (Piedmont): Isola Sant’Antonio and Valenza
- Applied laboratory activities
LOCATION & PERIOD
8–12 September 2025
University Library – Via Balbi 40 – Genoa, Italy
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Valentina Asnaghi
University of Genoa, DISTAV (Researcher)
Chiara Baldacchini
University of Tuscia, DEB (Associate Professor)
Silvia Bianchelli
Marche Polytechnic University, DISVA / IRBIM-CNR (Associate Professor)
Carlo Calfapietra
CNR-IRET (Institute Director)
Giulia Capotorti
Sapienza University of Rome, DBA (Associate Professor)
Chiara Catalano
CNR-IRET (Researcher)
Mariachiara Chiantore
University of Genoa, DISTAV (Full Professor)
Massimo Labra
University of Milano-Bicocca, BtBs (Full Professor)
Simone Orsenigo
University of Pavia, DSTA (Associate Professor)
Maria Chiara Pastore
Polytechnic University of Milan, DAStU (Associate Professor)
FOCUS
- Fully funded Summer School supported by a PNRR project
- Selection of 20 students
CALL
Project “Two Summer Schools” Micamo Lab – July 2025 – PNRR Mission 4 – Component 2 – Investment Line 1.4, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU
NBFC Call “National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)” – Project ID: CN00000033, CUP: B73C22000790001 – Spoke 1 – CIG: B31122E522