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Curiosities and analysis dedicated to WOW,
and to the thing that we love the most: nature!

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Events
Mountain woods
Lifestyle
Nature and science
Food forest
Urban forest
Lowland forests
Sustainability
Deforestation
Forestasy
Africa

We say it all the time: planting a tree and protecting existing forests are two key actions to solve the climate crisis and mitigate the effects of pollution that we ourselves are creating and exacerbating. But changing our consumption habits is equally important, a small revolution that runs hand in hand with all the other actions to support the forests and trees that allow us to survive.

17 May 2022

Padua O2 project: updates from Padua’s urban forests

We say it all the time: planting a tree and protecting existing forests are two key actions to solve the climate crisis and mitigate the effects of pollution that we ourselves are creating and exacerbating. But changing our consumption habits is equally important, a small revolution that runs hand in hand with all the other actions to support the forests and trees that allow us to survive.

13 May 2022

Overshoot Day 2022: Italy’s natural resources run out on May 15

Thinking of a good deed and a gesture that unites all human beings on Earth is not easy. Yet, there is something that should unite us all: the commitment to protect the Earth that welcomes us, forests, ecosystems and habitats. For us at WOWnature every day is like Earth Day: April 22 is one more opportunity to remind ourselves that we must take care and become responsible for the forests of the planet.

12 April 2022

Earth Day 2022: what do we celebrate on April 22?

The goal of the call for proposals

31 March 2022

Bioclimate: a call to companies to save 16 ecosystems and 22 species in Lombardy

albero-karite-donne-burkina

1 March 2022

International Women’s Day 2022: give a tree in Burkina Faso

In Fontaniva a new wood is being born for residents, tourists, nature lovers and sportsmen: the Fontaniva Forest. The new project plans to plant only native species such as field maple, poplar, oak, linden, elm, but also shrubs such as frangula, blackthorn, dogwood, birdsfoot trefoil and many others that will form a real food forest.

25 February 2022

Fontaniva Forest: the new food forest at Brenta River Park

The message of World Wildlife Day 2022 is clear:

18 February 2022

World Wildlife Day 2022: what is being celebrated?

Recent studies have shown that trees compete, help each other, communicate and, in their own way, love each other! But to love each other you have to meet, hang out, go out to dinner, spend time together, in short: you have to know each other. We intercepted a few trees on Treender - yes, it's just like us humans but for trees and they were really, really tender.

11 February 2022

What about trees on Valentine’s Day, what do they do?

As announced by the European Green Deal, the European Union has recently adopted the new EU Forest Strategy to 2030: planting 3 billion additional trees by 2030, with the aim of improving the quantity and quality of our forests, mitigating the effects of climate change and counteracting the loss of biodiversity. We also participate in the initiative with several planting projects in Europe.

25 January 2022

3 Billion Trees by 2030: WOWnature participates in the new EU strategy

Digital transformation has many advantages that also generate positive effects in the fight against climate change: working remotely, for example, reduces travel and thus CO₂ emissions. But the use of digital devices causes CO₂ emissions much more than we think; these

21 January 2022

How much does digital pollute? The Carbon Thumbprint and digital emissions

We would like this 2022 to be the year in which we celebrate the World Snow Day with the awareness that it is essential to protect the existing forests and restore the ecosystems also with concrete actions with a great impact.

13 January 2022

World Snow Day 2022. What is being celebrated?

Did you know that Christmas is the time of year when the emissions we produce, those related to compulsive Christmas shopping, reach their peak? Adopting a tree is the most sustainable gift you can give.

10 December 2021

Sustainable Gifts? This Christmas give a tree

Bosco Nico is a project of reforestation of an agricultural area that has a twofold purpose: to increase the forest area of the eastern Veneto region and to provide a forest for the production of forest food such as fruit and wild berries. In other words: Bosco Nico is the first food forest in Veneto, a permanent forest open to the whole community that will provide edible species for humans and wildlife, 365 days a year.

22 October 2021

Bosco Nico: the first food forest in the Veneto region

To announce it, after a survey conducted throughout the country, the Carabinieri Forestry and Crea in the National Inventory of Forests and Forest Carbon Sinks, used to measure the contribution of trees in mitigating the effects of climate crisis.

15 October 2021

Forests in Italy: in 10 years the surface area has increased by 587 thousand hectares

Evocative and capable of giving unforgettable views: it is the autumn phenomenon of

8 October 2021

Fall is here: here are 4 trees to admire a fantastic autumn foliage

On the Dolomites and on the mountains of Trentino, Veneto and other regions of the Alps, this 2021 will be remembered as

1 October 2021

Bark beetle: a pest is being fought in forests affected by Vaia

Last planting of 2021 in Corvara, Alta Badia: will you plant a tree with us?

17 September 2021

Last planting of 2021 in Corvara, Alta Badia: will you plant a tree with us?

A society in balance is based on the strong link between health and well-being of people and the planet: the Forest Therapy Hub promotes nature-based practices supported by scientific knowledge, encouraging the restoration of balance between people and nature.

30 August 2021

Forest Therapy Hub: health and wellness based on nature and forests

wiseair

27 August 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

A society in balance is based on the strong link between health and well-being of people and the planet: the Forest Therapy Hub promotes nature-based practices supported by scientific knowledge, encouraging the restoration of balance between people and nature.

27 August 2021

Forest Therapy Hub: health and wellness based on nature and forests

ppfeurmy7ijablphgwv6

25 June 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: an Olympic forest to become Climate Positive

wownature-alta-badia-corvara-09

14 June 2021

Dolomites Bike Day and Sellaronda Bike Day: WOWnature together in Alta Badia

wiseair

8 June 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

Do you want to know if an animal or plant species is in danger of extinction? You have only one thing to do: consult the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Not everyone knows, however, that the IUCN also prepares a parallel Green List, less known but very important.

29 April 2021

What is the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Green List?

Fruit trees welcome spring with intense scents and vibrant colors celebrating the arrival of the beautiful season: here is a small calendar not to miss the next spring blooms.

1 April 2021

Which fruit trees bloom in the spring? Here’s a little calendar.

foreste-clima

24 March 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

The Great Green Wall is a long corridor of forests, 15 kilometers wide and about 8,000 kilometers long, that connects Africa from West to East: it is one of the solutions put in place by the African continent to combat the desertification

18 March 2021

Great Green Wall: how to save Africa from desertification

cambiamenti-climatici

12 March 2021

Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation to deal with it

Padua has been included among the Tree Cities of the World 2020, a prestigious award that attests to the commitment of the City of Padua in the implementation of activities that focus on trees within the urban context, recovering and enhancing areas of the city marginal or little considered.

4 March 2021

Padua has been recognized among the “Tree Cities of the World” 2020

ferrata-lagorai

8 February 2021

Sustainable tourism: the importance of GSTC certification and Valsugana

Bicycle and covid19: How is urban mobility changing in cities?

1 December 2020

Bicycle and covid19: How is urban mobility changing in cities?

gaza-ambiente-green-hopes

17 November 2020

Green Hopes Gaza: stories of hope from the Gaza Strip

Updates from WOW forests

7 October 2020

Updates from WOW forests

Impianti in diretta Facebook dalla Val di Zoldo.

22 September 2020

Join the Facebook Live in Val di Zoldo

What are the best trees to reduce air pollution in our cities?

13 January 2020

What are the best trees to reduce air pollution in our cities?

The mountain is a totally different environment from the city. That's why we follow different techniques.

20 December 2019

How we plant in the mountains

How we plant in cities

26 November 2019

How we plant in cities

In order to make a city greener, restore a forest that was lost, or improve the habitat of local biodiversity and soil conditions, it is necessary to very carefully select, the trees that will be planted based on years of tree-planting experience.

20 November 2019

How we choose our trees

All
Events
Mountain woods
Lifestyle
Nature and science
Food forest
Urban forest
Lowland forests
Sustainability
Deforestation
Forestasy
Africa

We say it all the time: planting a tree and protecting existing forests are two key actions to solve the climate crisis and mitigate the effects of pollution that we ourselves are creating and exacerbating. But changing our consumption habits is equally important, a small revolution that runs hand in hand with all the other actions to support the forests and trees that allow us to survive.

17 May 2022

Padua O2 project: updates from Padua’s urban forests

We say it all the time: planting a tree and protecting existing forests are two key actions to solve the climate crisis and mitigate the effects of pollution that we ourselves are creating and exacerbating. But changing our consumption habits is equally important, a small revolution that runs hand in hand with all the other actions to support the forests and trees that allow us to survive.

13 May 2022

Overshoot Day 2022: Italy’s natural resources run out on May 15

Thinking of a good deed and a gesture that unites all human beings on Earth is not easy. Yet, there is something that should unite us all: the commitment to protect the Earth that welcomes us, forests, ecosystems and habitats. For us at WOWnature every day is like Earth Day: April 22 is one more opportunity to remind ourselves that we must take care and become responsible for the forests of the planet.

12 April 2022

Earth Day 2022: what do we celebrate on April 22?

The goal of the call for proposals

31 March 2022

Bioclimate: a call to companies to save 16 ecosystems and 22 species in Lombardy

albero-karite-donne-burkina

1 March 2022

International Women’s Day 2022: give a tree in Burkina Faso

In Fontaniva a new wood is being born for residents, tourists, nature lovers and sportsmen: the Fontaniva Forest. The new project plans to plant only native species such as field maple, poplar, oak, linden, elm, but also shrubs such as frangula, blackthorn, dogwood, birdsfoot trefoil and many others that will form a real food forest.

25 February 2022

Fontaniva Forest: the new food forest at Brenta River Park

The message of World Wildlife Day 2022 is clear:

18 February 2022

World Wildlife Day 2022: what is being celebrated?

Recent studies have shown that trees compete, help each other, communicate and, in their own way, love each other! But to love each other you have to meet, hang out, go out to dinner, spend time together, in short: you have to know each other. We intercepted a few trees on Treender - yes, it's just like us humans but for trees and they were really, really tender.

11 February 2022

What about trees on Valentine’s Day, what do they do?

As announced by the European Green Deal, the European Union has recently adopted the new EU Forest Strategy to 2030: planting 3 billion additional trees by 2030, with the aim of improving the quantity and quality of our forests, mitigating the effects of climate change and counteracting the loss of biodiversity. We also participate in the initiative with several planting projects in Europe.

25 January 2022

3 Billion Trees by 2030: WOWnature participates in the new EU strategy

Digital transformation has many advantages that also generate positive effects in the fight against climate change: working remotely, for example, reduces travel and thus CO₂ emissions. But the use of digital devices causes CO₂ emissions much more than we think; these

21 January 2022

How much does digital pollute? The Carbon Thumbprint and digital emissions

We would like this 2022 to be the year in which we celebrate the World Snow Day with the awareness that it is essential to protect the existing forests and restore the ecosystems also with concrete actions with a great impact.

13 January 2022

World Snow Day 2022. What is being celebrated?

Did you know that Christmas is the time of year when the emissions we produce, those related to compulsive Christmas shopping, reach their peak? Adopting a tree is the most sustainable gift you can give.

10 December 2021

Sustainable Gifts? This Christmas give a tree

Bosco Nico is a project of reforestation of an agricultural area that has a twofold purpose: to increase the forest area of the eastern Veneto region and to provide a forest for the production of forest food such as fruit and wild berries. In other words: Bosco Nico is the first food forest in Veneto, a permanent forest open to the whole community that will provide edible species for humans and wildlife, 365 days a year.

22 October 2021

Bosco Nico: the first food forest in the Veneto region

To announce it, after a survey conducted throughout the country, the Carabinieri Forestry and Crea in the National Inventory of Forests and Forest Carbon Sinks, used to measure the contribution of trees in mitigating the effects of climate crisis.

15 October 2021

Forests in Italy: in 10 years the surface area has increased by 587 thousand hectares

Evocative and capable of giving unforgettable views: it is the autumn phenomenon of

8 October 2021

Fall is here: here are 4 trees to admire a fantastic autumn foliage

On the Dolomites and on the mountains of Trentino, Veneto and other regions of the Alps, this 2021 will be remembered as

1 October 2021

Bark beetle: a pest is being fought in forests affected by Vaia

Last planting of 2021 in Corvara, Alta Badia: will you plant a tree with us?

17 September 2021

Last planting of 2021 in Corvara, Alta Badia: will you plant a tree with us?

A society in balance is based on the strong link between health and well-being of people and the planet: the Forest Therapy Hub promotes nature-based practices supported by scientific knowledge, encouraging the restoration of balance between people and nature.

30 August 2021

Forest Therapy Hub: health and wellness based on nature and forests

wiseair

27 August 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

A society in balance is based on the strong link between health and well-being of people and the planet: the Forest Therapy Hub promotes nature-based practices supported by scientific knowledge, encouraging the restoration of balance between people and nature.

27 August 2021

Forest Therapy Hub: health and wellness based on nature and forests

ppfeurmy7ijablphgwv6

25 June 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: an Olympic forest to become Climate Positive

wownature-alta-badia-corvara-09

14 June 2021

Dolomites Bike Day and Sellaronda Bike Day: WOWnature together in Alta Badia

wiseair

8 June 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

Do you want to know if an animal or plant species is in danger of extinction? You have only one thing to do: consult the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Not everyone knows, however, that the IUCN also prepares a parallel Green List, less known but very important.

29 April 2021

What is the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Green List?

Fruit trees welcome spring with intense scents and vibrant colors celebrating the arrival of the beautiful season: here is a small calendar not to miss the next spring blooms.

1 April 2021

Which fruit trees bloom in the spring? Here’s a little calendar.

foreste-clima

24 March 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

The Great Green Wall is a long corridor of forests, 15 kilometers wide and about 8,000 kilometers long, that connects Africa from West to East: it is one of the solutions put in place by the African continent to combat the desertification

18 March 2021

Great Green Wall: how to save Africa from desertification

cambiamenti-climatici

12 March 2021

Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation to deal with it

Padua has been included among the Tree Cities of the World 2020, a prestigious award that attests to the commitment of the City of Padua in the implementation of activities that focus on trees within the urban context, recovering and enhancing areas of the city marginal or little considered.

4 March 2021

Padua has been recognized among the “Tree Cities of the World” 2020

ferrata-lagorai

8 February 2021

Sustainable tourism: the importance of GSTC certification and Valsugana

Bicycle and covid19: How is urban mobility changing in cities?

1 December 2020

Bicycle and covid19: How is urban mobility changing in cities?

gaza-ambiente-green-hopes

17 November 2020

Green Hopes Gaza: stories of hope from the Gaza Strip

Updates from WOW forests

7 October 2020

Updates from WOW forests

Impianti in diretta Facebook dalla Val di Zoldo.

22 September 2020

Join the Facebook Live in Val di Zoldo

What are the best trees to reduce air pollution in our cities?

13 January 2020

What are the best trees to reduce air pollution in our cities?

The mountain is a totally different environment from the city. That's why we follow different techniques.

20 December 2019

How we plant in the mountains

How we plant in cities

26 November 2019

How we plant in cities

In order to make a city greener, restore a forest that was lost, or improve the habitat of local biodiversity and soil conditions, it is necessary to very carefully select, the trees that will be planted based on years of tree-planting experience.

20 November 2019

How we choose our trees

All
Events
Mountain woods
Lifestyle
Nature and science
Food forest
Urban forest
Lowland forests
Sustainability
Deforestation
Forestasy
Africa

We say it all the time: planting a tree and protecting existing forests are two key actions to solve the climate crisis and mitigate the effects of pollution that we ourselves are creating and exacerbating. But changing our consumption habits is equally important, a small revolution that runs hand in hand with all the other actions to support the forests and trees that allow us to survive.

17 May 2022

Padua O2 project: updates from Padua’s urban forests

We say it all the time: planting a tree and protecting existing forests are two key actions to solve the climate crisis and mitigate the effects of pollution that we ourselves are creating and exacerbating. But changing our consumption habits is equally important, a small revolution that runs hand in hand with all the other actions to support the forests and trees that allow us to survive.

13 May 2022

Overshoot Day 2022: Italy’s natural resources run out on May 15

Thinking of a good deed and a gesture that unites all human beings on Earth is not easy. Yet, there is something that should unite us all: the commitment to protect the Earth that welcomes us, forests, ecosystems and habitats. For us at WOWnature every day is like Earth Day: April 22 is one more opportunity to remind ourselves that we must take care and become responsible for the forests of the planet.

12 April 2022

Earth Day 2022: what do we celebrate on April 22?

The goal of the call for proposals

31 March 2022

Bioclimate: a call to companies to save 16 ecosystems and 22 species in Lombardy

albero-karite-donne-burkina

1 March 2022

International Women’s Day 2022: give a tree in Burkina Faso

In Fontaniva a new wood is being born for residents, tourists, nature lovers and sportsmen: the Fontaniva Forest. The new project plans to plant only native species such as field maple, poplar, oak, linden, elm, but also shrubs such as frangula, blackthorn, dogwood, birdsfoot trefoil and many others that will form a real food forest.

25 February 2022

Fontaniva Forest: the new food forest at Brenta River Park

The message of World Wildlife Day 2022 is clear:

18 February 2022

World Wildlife Day 2022: what is being celebrated?

Recent studies have shown that trees compete, help each other, communicate and, in their own way, love each other! But to love each other you have to meet, hang out, go out to dinner, spend time together, in short: you have to know each other. We intercepted a few trees on Treender - yes, it's just like us humans but for trees and they were really, really tender.

11 February 2022

What about trees on Valentine’s Day, what do they do?

As announced by the European Green Deal, the European Union has recently adopted the new EU Forest Strategy to 2030: planting 3 billion additional trees by 2030, with the aim of improving the quantity and quality of our forests, mitigating the effects of climate change and counteracting the loss of biodiversity. We also participate in the initiative with several planting projects in Europe.

25 January 2022

3 Billion Trees by 2030: WOWnature participates in the new EU strategy

Digital transformation has many advantages that also generate positive effects in the fight against climate change: working remotely, for example, reduces travel and thus CO₂ emissions. But the use of digital devices causes CO₂ emissions much more than we think; these

21 January 2022

How much does digital pollute? The Carbon Thumbprint and digital emissions

We would like this 2022 to be the year in which we celebrate the World Snow Day with the awareness that it is essential to protect the existing forests and restore the ecosystems also with concrete actions with a great impact.

13 January 2022

World Snow Day 2022. What is being celebrated?

Did you know that Christmas is the time of year when the emissions we produce, those related to compulsive Christmas shopping, reach their peak? Adopting a tree is the most sustainable gift you can give.

10 December 2021

Sustainable Gifts? This Christmas give a tree

Bosco Nico is a project of reforestation of an agricultural area that has a twofold purpose: to increase the forest area of the eastern Veneto region and to provide a forest for the production of forest food such as fruit and wild berries. In other words: Bosco Nico is the first food forest in Veneto, a permanent forest open to the whole community that will provide edible species for humans and wildlife, 365 days a year.

22 October 2021

Bosco Nico: the first food forest in the Veneto region

To announce it, after a survey conducted throughout the country, the Carabinieri Forestry and Crea in the National Inventory of Forests and Forest Carbon Sinks, used to measure the contribution of trees in mitigating the effects of climate crisis.

15 October 2021

Forests in Italy: in 10 years the surface area has increased by 587 thousand hectares

Evocative and capable of giving unforgettable views: it is the autumn phenomenon of

8 October 2021

Fall is here: here are 4 trees to admire a fantastic autumn foliage

On the Dolomites and on the mountains of Trentino, Veneto and other regions of the Alps, this 2021 will be remembered as

1 October 2021

Bark beetle: a pest is being fought in forests affected by Vaia

Last planting of 2021 in Corvara, Alta Badia: will you plant a tree with us?

17 September 2021

Last planting of 2021 in Corvara, Alta Badia: will you plant a tree with us?

A society in balance is based on the strong link between health and well-being of people and the planet: the Forest Therapy Hub promotes nature-based practices supported by scientific knowledge, encouraging the restoration of balance between people and nature.

30 August 2021

Forest Therapy Hub: health and wellness based on nature and forests

wiseair

27 August 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

A society in balance is based on the strong link between health and well-being of people and the planet: the Forest Therapy Hub promotes nature-based practices supported by scientific knowledge, encouraging the restoration of balance between people and nature.

27 August 2021

Forest Therapy Hub: health and wellness based on nature and forests

ppfeurmy7ijablphgwv6

25 June 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: an Olympic forest to become Climate Positive

wownature-alta-badia-corvara-09

14 June 2021

Dolomites Bike Day and Sellaronda Bike Day: WOWnature together in Alta Badia

wiseair

8 June 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

Do you want to know if an animal or plant species is in danger of extinction? You have only one thing to do: consult the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Not everyone knows, however, that the IUCN also prepares a parallel Green List, less known but very important.

29 April 2021

What is the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Green List?

Fruit trees welcome spring with intense scents and vibrant colors celebrating the arrival of the beautiful season: here is a small calendar not to miss the next spring blooms.

1 April 2021

Which fruit trees bloom in the spring? Here’s a little calendar.

foreste-clima

24 March 2021

Forests, trees, water: our life on earth depends on them

The Great Green Wall is a long corridor of forests, 15 kilometers wide and about 8,000 kilometers long, that connects Africa from West to East: it is one of the solutions put in place by the African continent to combat the desertification

18 March 2021

Great Green Wall: how to save Africa from desertification

cambiamenti-climatici

12 March 2021

Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation to deal with it

Padua has been included among the Tree Cities of the World 2020, a prestigious award that attests to the commitment of the City of Padua in the implementation of activities that focus on trees within the urban context, recovering and enhancing areas of the city marginal or little considered.

4 March 2021

Padua has been recognized among the “Tree Cities of the World” 2020

ferrata-lagorai

8 February 2021

Sustainable tourism: the importance of GSTC certification and Valsugana

Bicycle and covid19: How is urban mobility changing in cities?

1 December 2020

Bicycle and covid19: How is urban mobility changing in cities?

gaza-ambiente-green-hopes

17 November 2020

Green Hopes Gaza: stories of hope from the Gaza Strip

Updates from WOW forests

7 October 2020

Updates from WOW forests

Impianti in diretta Facebook dalla Val di Zoldo.

22 September 2020

Join the Facebook Live in Val di Zoldo

What are the best trees to reduce air pollution in our cities?

13 January 2020

What are the best trees to reduce air pollution in our cities?

The mountain is a totally different environment from the city. That's why we follow different techniques.

20 December 2019

How we plant in the mountains

How we plant in cities

26 November 2019

How we plant in cities

In order to make a city greener, restore a forest that was lost, or improve the habitat of local biodiversity and soil conditions, it is necessary to very carefully select, the trees that will be planted based on years of tree-planting experience.

20 November 2019

How we choose our trees

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