The Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) of the University of Florence coordinates the TREESURE (Decision support Tool for Risk Evaluation, management and awarenEsS of tree FailURE Disasters) Horizon project.
Project duration: 01/10/2025 – 30/09/2028
Total cost and EU contribution: 3 488 423,75 €
Topic: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-02
Project number: 101225988
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The role of urban forests in local ecosystems has been widely acknowledged with their benefits ranging from leisure to climate change mitigation. However, with the growing intensity of windstorms affecting Europe and the increasing risk of tree fall, afforestation might become a part of the problem it attempts to solve: damage caused by meteorological events. Parallel to this, tree cutting might elicit a mixed response from the public, further exacerbated by misinformation. Hence, the aim of the TREESURE project is to provide decision support system for tree health monitoring, co-created and co-designed by the array of local stakeholders (risk managers, practitioners, local authorities and associations) representing different pedoclimatic zones across Europe for improved coordination and more tailored responses at the local level increasing resilience to natural disasters. To tackle this challenge, the TREESURE project offers the decision-support system, which will combine the satellite data coming from ESA with the data collected by the IoT sensors. Nature based solutions as root-anchoring systems will be its key feature. Deployment of this system in 3 different geographies will be preceded by in-depth case study requirement analysis, involving social, environmental and technical aspects. Key stakeholders will be engaged from the very outset of the project, starting with tabletop games. Their ownership of the TREESURE solutions will be increased by them taking part in assessment of the dashboard and app prototype and co-creating the user guidelines and policy toolbox. Ultimately, the key stakeholders will take part in the scenario testing, highlighting the importance of early warning, damage control and misinformation. This is expected to increase their engagement on par with targeted dissemination activities. The sustainability and economic viability of the TREESURE solution will be ensured by implementing environmental and economic indicators with a LCA approach.
Discover more at https://doi.org/10.3030/101225988
Project’s contact details
Coordinator and scientific responsible of the
project
Francesca Giannetti – DAGRI-UNIFI
Via San Bonaventura, 13
50145 Firenze
Italy
[email protected]
Coordinator:
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE (UNIFI)
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Established in: Piazza San Marco 4, Florence 50121, Italy
Beneficiaries:
ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LA INDUSTRIA DEL JUGUETE CONEXAS Y AFINES (AIJU)
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FONDAZIONE PER IL FUTURO DELLE CITTA (FFC)
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BLUEBILOBA STARTUP INNOVATIVA SRL (BLUEB)
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CONTACTICA SL (CTA)
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ASSOCIAZONE CULTURA REPUBLIC ETS (CREP)
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VAB VIGILANZA ANTINCENDI BOSCHIVI ODV (VABT)
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ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA DE METEOROLOGIE R.A. (ANM)
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COMUNE DI CECINA (MCECINA)
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