CONNATURALP: CONnecting NATURe and heALth in the AlPs
CONNATURALP is an innovative project that aims to promote an integrated approach to protecting and promoting the health of ecosystems and humans, in order to develop strategies that can contribute to the protection of both. Through the One Health approach and a multidisciplinary partnership, Connaturalp intends to improve understanding of the relationships between ecosystem and biodiversity health and human health, through the use of Nature-based therapies (NbTs). The project therefore aims to:
i) identify specific parameters to measure the health status of ecosystems and the ecological footprint that NbTs have on biodiversity;
ii) Develop and implement clinical protocols to evaluate the effects that NbTs have on vulnerable target groups;
iii) Create a common protocol for the implementation of NbTs;
iv) Investigate the proenvironmental behaviors of patients involved and citizens who frequent parks and biosphere reserves.
Through communication and information activities for the territory, recommendations will be made on policies for improving biodiversity and, at the same time, human health.
About the programme
Interreg cross-border Cooperation Programme VI-A Italy-Austria 2021-2027 – Second call
2nd Priority: Climate Change & Biodiversity
Specific Objective: RSO2.7 Enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution.
Project number: ITAT-27-009
Project Partners
- LP – GAL Prealpi e Dolomiti
- PP1 – Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg – Privatstiftung
- PP2 – Università degli Studi di Padova
- PP3 – UNESCO Biosphärenpark Salzburger Lungau
- PP4 –Università degli Studi di Trieste
- PP5 – I.P.A. Terre di Asolo e Monte Grappa
- PP6 – Kärntner Nationalparkfonds Hohe Tauern
- PP7 – ANGOLO OdV-Associazione Nazionale Guariti O Lungoviventi Oncologici
Duration
The project was started on 20/02/2025 and is due to 15/02/2027
Project budget
1.228.607,90 € (Funded by the EU: 982.885,83 €)
In picture above are the partners gathering together for the first meeting of the Project Coordination Committee.
Spert – Alpago, 21st February 2025
