RESILIENT TREES

Project title: Old-Growth forests and Veteran Trees for Biodiversity and Resilient Landscapes

Project acronym: RESILIENT TREES

Project scheme: Interreg Europe 2021-2027

Project code: 03C0817

Duration: 01/05/2025 – 31/07/2029

Budget:  1,431,340 €

Project partners: Institute of Bioeconomy – National Research Council of Italy (IT), Piemonte Region, Directorate for the Environment, Energy and Land Use, Forest Unit (IT), University of Évora (PT), Vytautas Magnus University (LT), Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague (CZ), PSEDA-ILIRIA (AL), State Service for the Protected Areas under the Ministry of Environment (LT), National Forestry Agency (AL), BROZ – conservation association (SK)

Associated policy authorities: Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (PT), Ministry of Environment (CZ), Capital city of Slovak republic Bratislava (SK)

 

Project summary:

RESILIENT TREES objective is to increase the protection of biodiversity, successfully putting into practice improved policies for what concerns old-growth forests (OGF) and monumental-veteran trees (MVT). The collaborative effort of 9 partner institutions and 3 associated policy authorities from six countries will promote the creation of a network of keystone forest resources, increasing the resilience of our landscapes.