Final Conference

Save the Date! 
 We are thrilled to announce the upcoming closing event for NewLife4Drylands. After years
of hard work, dedication, and countless milestones achieved, it is time to celebrate together.
 Join us on the 14 th till the 16 th of May, at the Botanical Garden of Rome, as we
commemorate the successful culmination of our project. This event promises to be a
memorable occasion filled with reflection, appreciation, valuable results, future (After-LIFE
era and not only!) and, of course, a touch of celebration!
Mark your calendars, spread the word, and stay tuned for more details to follow. We
can’t wait to share this special moment with all of you!
Save the date and let’s make this closing event one to remember!

The GREEN FUND co-finances the

NewLife4Drylands project

through financing UoC – NHMC and HSPN in 2023

The GREEN FUND with its Board Decision No. 265.10/2023/21.06.2023 co-finances the LIFE20 PRE/IT/000007 – NewLife4Drylands project for year 2023 with the total amount of €6,000.00. According to the aforementioned decision, co-financing totaling to €6,000.00 is provided to the associated beneficiary Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN).

Second Monitor visit and Alta Murgia field trip

The annual visit of the project monitor and desk officer of the NewLife4Drylands project was held on 21 June 2022 in Bari (Italy).

On 22 of June 2022 a Field Trip to the Alta Murgia Park was organised for illustrate the environmental problems, as processes of habitat degradation, fragmentation and biotic contamination from which it is affected of Alta Murgia case study. Also, the first activity conduced in Masseria Modesti for testing and comparison of different methodologies for the restoration of dry grasslands, which can be traced back to habitats of Community interest within the meaning of Directive 92/43/EEC has been illustrated to Consortium, Project monitor and desk officer.

Networking meeting with LIFE PRIMED Project

9-11 marzo 2022 – We discuss remote sensing technics for monitoring of habitats in the networking meeting in the framework of #lifeprimed project

#life

The GREEN FUND co-finances the

NewLife4Drylands project

through financing UoC – NHMC and HSPN in 2022

The GREEN FUND with its Board Decision No. 242.4/2022/29.06.2022 co-finances the LIFE20 PRE/IT/000007 – NewLife4Drylands project for year 2022 with the total amount of €20,000.00. According to the aforementioned decision, co-financing totaling to €10,000.00 is provided to the University of Crete – Natural History Museum of Crete (UoC – NHMC), and also the amount of €10,000.00 is provided to the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN).

CRIC21 – Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

Representatives of ISPRA participated in CRIC 21

CRIC 21, the twenty-first session of the Committee for Review of the Implementation of the Convention, subsidiary body of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), will take place from 13 to 17 November in Samarkand (Uzbekistan). The event will be attended by delegations from 197 countries that have signed the Convention, including Italy which has been a signatory to the UNCCD since 1994, as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society.

During CRIC 21, countries will review the results of the assessment of the implementation of the UNCCD, under the UNCCD strategic framework 2018-2030, to provide targeted recommendations on strategic objectives that the next COP may include in its decisions.

Updates will also be presented on specific activities that support countries in achieving voluntary targets on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), and in the following days the two intergovernmental groups will meet, one of which, the Intergovernmental Working Group on drought, has among its members an ISPRA representative.

An event on Sand and Dust Storms will also be organized by the Government of Uzbekistan under the aegis of CRIC 21, and the third Gender Caucus. 

 We presented the project in EGU21

The Consortium have been partecipated to the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly – Vienna, Austria & Online,  19–30 April 2021 and has been presented the project.

The EGU General Assembly 2021 meeting has included 18,172 scientists from 135 countries, attending 13,643 live presentations in 642 scientific sessions

The GREEN FUND co-finances the

NewLife4Drylands project

through financing UoC – NHMC and HSPN in 2021

The GREEN FUND with its Board Decision No. 212.4.3/2021/26.05.2021 co-finances the LIFE20 PRE/IT/000007 – NewLife4Drylands project for year 2021 with the total amount of €20,000.00. According to the aforementioned decision, co-financing totaling to €10,000.00 is provided to the University of Crete – Natural History Museum of Crete (UoC – NHMC), and also the amount of €10,000.00 is provided to the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN).