In recent years, Alpine forests have been facing an unprecedented crisis. Entire expanses of spruce trees, once symbols of these landscapes, are dying due to the uncontrolled spread of the spruce bark beetle, a small beetle that compromises tree health. But this emergency is not just the result of the parasite's action: it is the consequence of decades of forest management based on monoculture and the acceleration of climate change. Extreme events, such as the Vaia storm of 2018, have further exacerbated the situation, making a new approach to forest management urgent.

Among the proposals to make our cities greener and more resilient to changing climatic conditions, there is growing attention to urban afforestation projects. What are their advantages, and why should we focus on cities, where roads, pavements and parking lots make planting particularly difficult? What is the situation of urban greenery in Italy, and what […]

Ketty Paller is not just another entrepreneur. A humanist with a passion for wellness, hiking and nature, in 2016 she launched UpSens, a startup specialising in environmental monitoring technology. Today the company, which has its headquarters in Trentino, Italy and is part of the Optoi Group, makes hi-tech sensors and devices to help improve people’s […]

Ecological transition is not a mirage. Falck is a centuries-old venture based in Milan that produced steel until the 1990s and has since transitioned fully towards the production of clean energy from wind and solar. As well as doing business though, a company also has the moral duty of contributing to the community – as […]

There are now numerous international commitments to reforestation. The Billion Tree Campaign launched by the UN Environment Programme in 2006 was followed by the Bonn Challenge in 2011 and by the One Trillion Trees Initiative, launched at the World Economic Forum 2020. Planting a new tree is an important action that we fully support: to […]