Nature and forests, the core factor to keep in mind. Proceedings of Internationals conferences Nature in mind e The forest factor

Proceedings of Internationals conferences Nature in mind e The forest factor

Exploring the balance between humans and nature, the proceedings of the international conferencesndedicated to the conservation of forests and biodiversity aim to promote awareness and action to protect the plantet's ecosystems.

Table of contents

The Forest Factor. More nature to fight climate change

Foreword, Andrea Rispoli

Greetings, Fabrizio Penna

Introduction, Mario Salomone

1. A look at/from the world

Stefania Giannini, Empowering through education: securing our future with forests

Michele Candotti, The first, and perhaps last, generation of the Anthropocene

Pia Jonsson, CITES and the fight against illegal trade of tree species: international cooperation for biodiver-
sity conservation

Zhimin Wu, Resilient and healthy forests for a better future

Karin Zaunberger, AUrgent actions for our planet: embracing nature, technology, and solidarity

Marco Lambertini, Towards a Tipping or Turning point?

2. Conservation and restoration of forests for our future in the Anthropocene

Raffaele Manicone, Nature’s resilience to be listened to and respected

Sabrina Diamanti, Paolo Ghini, Prospects for urban forestry. Urban forestation: the contribution of agronomists and
foresters and their professional association (CONAF)

Zoltan Kun, The key principles for effective protected area design, planning and management to
achieve conservation goals

Hubert Hasenauer, Forest Innovation: research and dissemination

Susanna Nocentini, Forests and the Anthropocene: a nexus of nature and culture

Ignazio Camarda, Ancient forests, monumental trees, a research project of the Italian Botanical Society

Pietro Brandmayr, The animal biodiversity of “ancient forests” in Italy: criteria for the selection of areas to
be enclosed in a national network

Andres Meller, Turvo State Park: conservation challenges in southern Brazil

Luis Castelli, From the Guarani of Argentina, a way to the future

Pasquale Policastro, Polish State Forests for the world: towards a constitutional legal status of forests

3. Conoscere, prevenire e combattere i disturbi antropici

Massimiliano Conti, Dynamics of endangered species. How the fight against illegal trade is evolving

Marcello Cecchetti, The environment: a constitutional right?

Sébastien Nochez, Organised crime turns to profitable environmental fields

Agata Sobiech, The EU’s Commitment: The European Green Deal and the protection of wildlife species

Rasmus Ejrnæs, Rewilding: The hardest challenge in ecological restoration

Luca Baione, The support of the Air Force meteorological service for forest protection

Alessandro Fumagalli, Cecilia Sciarretta, Leonardo and e-GEOS: technologies for environment monitoring

Sabrina Alfonsi, The contribution of a green-rich Capital city to global environmental policies

4. Research, information, education and training: awareness and
participation as a factor of protection and "transformative" change

Gabriella Calvano, Universities in transition: the necessary transformations of educational models

Paola Marrone, Sustainability as a compass for transformative teaching

David Zandvliet, Building knowledge and connection: place-based education and biocultural diversity in
international and local field schools

Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, How do we support the next generation for a sustainable future?

5. Conclusioni

Davide De Laurentis, The added value of the mixture of knowledge and cultures, the strategic role of forests,
and the need for "transformative change".

Nature in Mind. A new culture of nature for the protection of biodiversity. Formal, non-formal and informal education in the face of the complexity of the natural world

Address of President of Republic Sergio Mattarella

Address of His Holiness Pope Francis

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

1. Introductory speeches

Davide De Laurentis, In the service of biodiversity culture: does a biodiversity culture exist today?

Laura Mancini, Simona Gaudi, Stefania Marcheggiani, Biodiversity is the health of ecosystems

Marco Bussone, Only on green do we remake ourselves. Toward new models of intervention in the territory, to
build and rebuild villages and cities in a sustainable way

2. Nature, biodiversity and eco-citizenship. Educating: a common commitment,
an ethical, cultural and epistemological challenge

Angelo Vincenzo Zani, A Global Compact on Education for the Care of Our Common Home. A new culture of
nature for the protection of biodiversity

Anna Teresa Rondinella, The commitment of Chairs and Learning Cities to nature-centred sustainability

David Orr, Democracy and education in a hotter time

Lucie Sauvé, Environmental education as Eco-citizenship education. Nature as our "city" in which to
engage

Mario Salomone, Environmental education today

Thakur S Powdyel, Bhutan’s unique development paradigm and the green school model of restorative
learning

Gaetano Capizzi, The cinema as a tool for environmental education

Serenella Iovino, Let’s talk about trees (and every life). Why it is necessary to speak about biodiversity at
the time of the Anthropocene

Sadie Babits, The essential role of journalism in the age of climate change

Maurilio Cipparone, Nature is in our minds before it is in our eyes

Lamberto Iezzi, The educational compact among social actors

3. Best practices of education and information

Keya Acharya, Biodiversity and media in India

Giulia Bonella, Education and nature without barriers in the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano

Giacomo Bottinelli, Biodiversity, ecosystem and right to life: guiding principles of teaching

Giovanni Cannata, Parks as an educational agency in the national territory

Sergio Castelbolognesi, SEnvironmental sustainability and solidarity. The contribution of KKL Italy Onlus to reforestation
in Israel

Tomaso Colombo, Milan calls Italy: the Scuola Forestami project is born from the greatest experience of urban
forestry in Italy

Rosalba Giugni, The sea as it was, as it has become and as we want it to return

Andrea Giuliacci, The sea as it was, as it has become and as we want it to return

Chiara Manghetti, The secret garden: the bird garden for all and everyone

Teresa Muthoni Maina Gitonga, The role of non-profit making organisations like One Tree Planted in building grassroots environmental awareness in Africa

Giuseppe Onufrio, Examples of "best practices" of Greenpeace Italia

Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, Two hundred years of environmental commitment: tribute to foresters and challenges for the future

Supartinah Woro, Protecting the mangrove and increasing livelihood through social forestry. Case of
Sapat village, Riau, Indonesia