2022 of the LIFE C-FARMs project
The LIFE Carbon Farming Certification Systems (C-FARMs) project, which officially started in December 2021, has officially completed its first year of life. The LIFE project, which lasted a total of 18 months, saw the implementation and conclusion of many actions during 2022. We list the main ones below. The technical actions started with the identification […]
Can the carbon accumulated or not emitted in carbon farming practices be certified?
As part of the LIFE C-FARMs project, the PEFC Italia partner is studying the creation of a Standard to certify the carbon stock deriving from sustainable agronomic practices. Here is our interview with the experts who are working on this activity. Who are you and what role do you play within your organization? PEFC is […]
Carbon Farming in brief
Two video interviews, made at the Mantua Food&Science Festival, to two LIIFE C-FARMs project partners available on the YouTube channel. Lucia Perugini and Antonio Brunori, respectively Senior scientific manager in CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change foundation) and Secretary General of PEFC Italy, in the roles of C-FARMs partners have spoken to the microphones of […]
Evaluation of the application potential of IT tools and development of a prototype demonstrator web application for the management of “Carbon Farming”
This Action coordinated by Terrasystem with the support of FederlegnoArredo, Confagricoltura e Università degli Studi della Tuscia di Viterbo, has the main objective to design and develop an IT Web tool useful to produce scenarios related to carbon farming practices. This tool has the goal of supporting decision making by public authorities at the regional […]
The first deliverables of the C-FARMs project have been published
The LIFE C-FARMs project, now in full of its activites 12 months after the Kick Off Meeting of December 2021, has produced the first deliverables expected by the project. The project partners are working according to the deadlines indicated in the project, the first actions in chronological order are concluded, and with them the first […]
GIS-FARM: the innovative tool for data management developed by C-FARMs project
The main objective of action coordinated by Unitus, was to integrate information from different data sources collected under other projectual actions regarding statistical information at farm level, geospatial data sets on land cover, statistical information on the impacts of carbon farming practices, in a GIS-based infrastructure (GIS-FARM). This methodology focuses on defined areas within the […]
Can poplar farming in Italy contribute to carbon farming practices? Answers from LIFE C-FARMs
In order to face the lack of existing data on the distribution of poplar plantations (currently available until 2017), an update of the mapping to 2021 has been planned and implemented for the Lombardy Region. The action also involved an analysis of the capacity of poplar plantations to mitigate climate change, both in relation to the soils and the contribution made by Harvested Wood Products (HWP), of which post-harvest processes were also considered.
C-FARMs at the Mantova Food & Science Festival
During the event that aims to bring together agriculture and culture, science and pleasure, the meeting “What are we talking about when we talk about carbon farming” was held. Lucia Perugini (CMCC) and Antonio Brunori (PEFC Italy) among the participants.
Carbon Farming in the World: August news from around the world selected for you by C-FARMs project
The LIFE C-FARMs project has selected these news, coming from all over the world, which explain several examples of good climate practices, the sustainable line of agriculture drawn in some countries and the role of carbon farming practices. From the prestigious New York Times an article on how, in New Zealand, some farms are making […]
How tree plantations can contribute to climate change mitigation?
As part of the LIFE C-FARMs project, the partner FederlegnoArredo (FLA) studies, with innovative methods, carbon stocked in tree plantations in specific agroforestry pilot sites in the Lombardy Region. Here following our interview with FLA experts. Who are you and what role do you play within your organization? FederlegnoArredo is the Italian Federation of Woodorking, […]