WEAL
This is a cross-border cooperation project that combines health, wellness and green infrastructure with the aim of fostering the physical and mental well-being of rural and urban populations. By understanding the benefits of nature for physical, mental and social health, the project aims to promote healthy and active ageing, as well as generational renewal, social inclusion, employment opportunities and the creation of new sources of income.
The WEAL project will affect the territories of three LAGs: Garda e Colli Mantovani, Terre del Po, and Risorsa Lomellina. The main actors involved will be regional parks, social cooperatives, agroforestry companies, social and health facilities, local authorities and the business community.
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WEAL is a cross-border cooperation project that combines health, wellness and green infrastructure with the aim of fostering the physical and mental well-being of rural and urban populations.
PROJECT
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The objective of the WEAL project is to improve rural quality of life of the three LAGs by integrating into the planning the many benefits of green infrastructure for ecosystem services essential to health and social inclusion (Green Care). On the one hand, the numerous advantages brought by green infrastructure, both from the well-being and economic perspectives, will be analysed. Issues such as recreational, aesthetic and tourism value, stress reduction, active ageing and social agriculture will be involved as well. On the other hand, the project will seek to better understand local dynamics through a comparison with representative realities of Lombardy's lowland and hillside territories. Finally, the project will aim to transfer methodologies and increase capacity building to provide real benefit for the Lombardy community, in addition to drafting and possibly activating payments for ecosystem services (PES). The Etifor team will carry out several WEAL project activities including:
natural capital mapping and accounting to provide ecosystem services for well-being and health in the territory of the LAGs involved
in-house training programs for LAG staff on specific project issues
participatory processes in the three LAGs to undertake pathways for ecosystem services enhancement
payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES) design related to Green Care.
PROJECT PRESENTATION
The project “W.E.A.L. - Wellbeing and Ecosystem service for Agriculture in Lombardy”, is funded by Operazione 19.3.01 “Cooperazione Interterritoriale e Transnazionale” of the 2014-2020 RDP of the Lombardy Region. The cooperation project has the LAG Garda e Colli Mantovani as lead partner and LAG Terre del Po and LAG Risorsa Lomellina as project partners.CONTACT US
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