Tag: Forestry
Tempelhofer Feld: why Berlin legally protects its largest open urban space?
The former airport park is protected by a 2014 referendum and the ThF law, yet new building pressures reopen the debate amid housing shortages, climate concerns, and urban forestry
From eucalyptus trees to lyocell fibers: promises and limits of sustainable fashion
Lyocell from eucalyptus recovers over 99% of solvents in closed-loop production, uses about 600–800 liters of water per kg versus ~2,700 for cotton, and is biodegradable when FSC-certified
Producing paper from hemp – the case of Hahnemühle using ancestry old process
Since its foundation, the company has been using spring water for the milling of their paper. Producing from hemp fiber doesn’t require bleaching or chloride
Alex Huanfa Cheng and the green regeneration in Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt as a case study for urban rewilding in Europe, where past industrial landscapes are giving way to green regeneration, spontaneous vegetation, and unplanned ecosystems reclaiming built environments
Lorenzo Zandri discloses the Vegetal Resistance of the streets of London
Lorenzo Zandri captures the spontaneous vegetation growing across London’s built environment—plants that resist control
The Future of Organic Farming: Smallholdings Leading the Way
Smallholdings and emerging organic growers are shaping the future of sustainable agriculture, transforming traditional practices through regenerative methods and community engagement
Agroforestry: Merging Agricolture and Forestry to Regenerate Farms Globally
ReNature commits to farmers in their transition of producing with respect to ecological balance: regenerative agroforestry reinvents the idea of production
What is a purpose-driven economy? Definition, meaning of each contemporary work
Running a business means giving profit to the owner and workers, as well as the community and the area where the business grows: purpose economy is a successful strategy for...
Green Laws and urban forestry — which countries are in the lead?
From the Amazon rainforest set ablaze to the city of Venice being engulfed in water – major climate change events tell us that a green action is necessary
Re-discovering a bio-based building material: Bamboo
Bamboo has been used as a building material for thousands of years—it has a stronger tensile strength than steel. The tallest bamboo building on the Indonesian island of Bali took...
Certifications of the hemp supply chain: limits and opportunities
In Italy, the hemp supply chain is promoted but not regulated, categorized and certified - blockchain may lead to a solution
The 600-year-old guide to Japanese sustainable forestry: Daisugi method
The ancient Japanese art of pruning and harvesting, Daisugi, translated as platform cedar – it started in the 14th century, and it has being modernised since then
Alex Ott: the man whom the New York Times in 2011 called a ‘sorcerer’
The path of Alex Ott in his quest for an integrated planet. «Studies about the properties of the plants would damage the food industry, dominated by few powerful players»
Offsetting: Hemp Carbon storage, more than one hectare of forest
The market for offset credits to support ecosystem services: a source of income for adaptation, mitigation and technological innovation actions
Minotaur – the rough love story between Lily Stockman and Le Corbusier in Paris
The American artist Lily Stockman is the first woman to exhibit at Maison La Roche – with an exhibition that follows her “obsession” with Le Corbusier, blending Greek mythology and...
Hungarian Stories: the Trees and the Rough Queen
The trees of Budapest: the lions of the Chain Bridge, the Habsburg Empress who became Queen of Hungary and a countess who was bricked up alive in the seventeenth century
The Miyawaki: greenify urban sites
The concept of urban planning needs to take climate change into account: urban forestry initiatives adopting the Miyawaki method to plant forests are spreading throughout Europe
Old-growth forests: what’s the meaning of “responsible forestry”?
Responsible Forestry: to preserve and maintain old-growth forest conditions, the United States Department of Agriculture and the 128 forest land management plans
Urban forestry: Valencia European Green Capital 2024
Fourteen years ago, the European Commission created the European Green Capital Award to promote green actions, urban forestry and urban life quality enhancement in European cities
Investire nel capitale naturale: il programma di forestazione Think Forestry
Torino, Roma e Napoli sono le prime città laboratorio di Think Forestry – il progetto di piantumazione di 100 milioni di alberi raccontato da Luigi Burgoni di Intesa San Paolo...
Cultivating our garden: exploring Humberto Campana’s design process
Constructing with nature: Humberto Campana's botanic garden project blossoms as a sanctuary for preserving biodiversity and fostering environmental education
Acción Andina: 2.7 million native trees planted in South America last year
Polylepis forests elevate 5,000 meters above sea level. Acción Andina – a community-based initiative operating across South America – is one of the finalists in the Earthshot prize 2023
From agroforestry to biodiversity: alien species and biological invasion
The impact of invasive alien species on nature’s contribution to people is negative – especially through damage to super food – the IPBES report
Burning paradises: El Niño hitting islands. Does mass tourism take part of the blame?
The wildfires that occurred in the Mediterranean and Pacific islands generated a catastrophe fueled by heat waves. From Greece to Maui, overcrowded island threat ecosystem
Heat decreases productivity: climate change and job loss, Indian textile industry
It will get worse for people living and working in cities. Heat rises and climatic events put jobs, and people’s safety at risk. The system must adapt. The case of...
Archeologia Arborea: a green time capsule preserving almost-lost fruit varieties
Turning back time – Archeologia Arborea preserves the local rural knowledge and history by studying and organically farming local fruit varieties on the brink of extinction
Cacao Agroforestry: the Cacao tree is a symbol of the tropical forest’s preservation
Every time a tree is burned, its stored carbon is released. The planet is getting warmer because we are eliminating shade. In conversation with Diego Badaro, founder AMMA Chocolates
The story of an anthropogenic biological invasion – the Ailanthus Altissima
Ubiquitous anywhere from Portugal to Greece, in the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, the Ailanthus Altissima is an invasive alien species (IAS) one threatening the local flora
Forests: primary forest loss stays at low levels in both Indonesia and Malaysia
Insight from the latest update of the GFR’s Forest Pulse: Indonesia is the top country for the reduction in primary forest loss as of 2022, with a sixty-four percent reduction
Canada with its 895 million acres of forest experiences wildfires every year
Experts have expressed concern about the potential impact of Canadian wildfires on two species in particular: the Whooping Crane, which is found in Alberta, and the Wood Poppy
Formafantasma – dismissing the biggest utopia of modernity: resources are not infinite
In conversation with Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin: «Everything for us starts with words and concepts, not shapes»
Siamo Foresta, the Yanomami community: with Sheroanawe Hikihiiwe and Fabrice Hyber
We all have one goal for forests: to render them alive once again. Yanomami artist Sheroanawe Hikihiiwe and French-based artist Fabrice Hyber have created four hands for Siamo Foresta
If human stupidity destroys forests, artificial intelligence can save it
World Rainforest Day 2023: Conserve. Restore. Regenerate. This year’s theme captures the role that AI and Indigenous rights play in saving rainforests
The Amazonian reforestation act: Plan B for planet A – International Day of Forests
For more than a decade Reforest’Action has been taking measures to counteract the effect deforestation has left in the Amazon. An interview with Jihane Guenoun on International Day of Forests,...
Endemic design: Fernando Laposse bringing the focus back to outsourced Mexico
Fernando Laposse: «designing is not just a matter of materials». When social justice, unemployment, climate change, mass migration and violence are at stake
Biodegradable fireworks through the air – SPARK, sustainable pyrotechnics
Winning the Dutch Creativity Awards 2022 and 3 Lovie Awards, the fourth chapter of the Dreamscapes series omits traditional fireworks for biodegradable sparks of light
Recurring water scarcity – its causes, impact, management, and prevention in Europe
The 2019 EEA Indicator Assessment analysis found that agriculture, forestry, and fishing's water abstraction make up 58.3 percent of the total
June and July 2022 – climate anomalies, heat waves, and extreme weather events
In the summer of 2022, the planet Earth experienced its sixth warmest June, sixth warmest July, and year to date on record since the global records began in 1880
Il risultato di 25 anni di agricoltura rigenerativa al Parco Agricolo Sud Milano
Parco Agricolo Sud, Milano: problemi e potenzialità dell’agro-ambiente – «La soia prodotta a Binasco o a Giussano ha un valore di mercato che viene fissato al mercato di Chicago»
Rainforest Connection – Saving the rainforest through cloud computing, AI, and machine learning to detect threats
«There's no way to offset or avoid the effects of climate change without protecting existing forests», says Topher White, Founder of Rainforest Connection and Rolex Associate Laureate
The Politics of Parks: Green Space and Social Inequality in New York City
Parks in New York City promote public health and well-being. Do they also promote gentrification and inequality? A dialogue with New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver and architect Stefano...
Perry Lethlean: a first botanical garden solely for Australian native species
«Expressing the love–hate relationship Australians have with their landscape». In conversation with Perry Lethlean, TCL’s managing director on The Australian Garden
On global supply chain disruption: Cold War expert Sergey Radchenko weighs in
«The cooperation implies they are aligned and share common interests, but don’t always have to act together». In conversation with Professor Sergey Radchenko
Not cheesy anymore: the beauty industry is a matter of transparency and agriculture
Agroforestry, organic cultivation, and permaculture, techniques for preservation of local species: an introduction to Chanel’s open sky laboratories
Milano Ocean Week: Cyrill Gutsch in conversation with Xerxes Cook about plastic in our oceans
Every second breath we take is generated by the oceans – we need to start having blue dreams: a dialogue between creatives on plastic pollution
IPCC’s WG2 2022 report – Every fraction of a degree prevented saves lives
Climate change is contributing to humanitarian crises where climate hazards interact with high vulnerability, and it is driving displacement
