The data is clear: biodiversity in Europe is in crisis. The loss of biodiversity would not only be a tragedy for nature, but would also jeopardise the prosperity and well-being of future generations.
Ecological restoration doesn’t mean going back to how things were before industrialization and urbanization: it means fostering a new nature for Europe, one that takes into account the ecological potential of its lands and the needs of its species over the next decades.
Restoring European biodiversity is a long-term, complex project. Before it can be started, it is critical to understand how the new regulation fits within legal framework already in place, including those specific to the Italian context.
This is the aim of the RINASCI PRIN 2022 PNRR project.
The Project team is pleased to annonce the publication of the final report of the PRIN 2022 PNRR “RINASCI”: the Implementing the Nature Restoration Regulation Report. Divided in two parts – the first on the legal context, the second on financing restoration – it aims to offer an accessible, thorough examination of issues connected to the Nature Restoration Regulation (EU) 2024/1991. Report is available in English and Italian here: Implementing the…
The University of Roma Tre is excited to host the final conference of the PRIN 2022 PNRR “Rinasci” – “Implementing the Nature Restoration Regulation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities” on 6 – 7 November 2025. The programme includes legal scholars from Italy and abroad and promises to offer innovative research on biodiversity restoration and the law. To attend, please register before 31 October here. DRAFT PROGRAMME Thursday, 6 November 2025 –…
On 8 September 2025, the first Summer School in Ecological Restoration, organized by the NBFC – National Biodiversity Future Center, Università degli Studi di Genova e la Rete Italiana Ripristino Ecologico, was inaugurated at the University of Genova. As part of the program, the PRIN 2022 PNRR project “Rinasci” contributed two interventions: the first addressing policies on biodiversity restoration, and the second presenting the contents of the Nature Restoration Regulation (EU)…
On 3 April 2025, Dr. Morgan Eleanor Harris presented a poster previewing her paper, co-written with Dr. Eleonora Ciscato, Upscaling Nature Restoration in Italy: Barriers and facilitators, at the WWF national conference Protected Areas & Conservation at Castel Porziano, Rome.
Il 27 marzo, la LUMSA terr“Il ripristino della natura in prospettiva intergenerazionale: un dialogo tra discipline”, con la presenza del Prof. Angelo Rinella e dott.ssa Katia Laffusa e interventi da: Stefano Laporta – presidente ISPRA Raffaele Bifulco – ordinario di Diritto costituzionale, Luiss Alessandro Chiarucci – ordinario di Botanica ambientale, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna Andrea Farì – docente di Diritto dell’ambiente, Università LUMSA
Call for abstracts Implementing the Nature Restoration Regulation: legal challenges and opportunities L’attuazione del Regolamento sul Ripristino della Natura: sfide giuridiche e opportunità 6 – 7 November 2025 Università degli Studi Roma Tre – University of Roma Tre, Department of Law Call for abstracts The 2019 European Green Deal set out the ambition that “All EU policies should contribute to preserving and restoring Europe’s natural capital.” This transversal approach…
Vi aspettiamo il 19 ottobre a Trento alla conferenza Icon-S per il nostro panel “Transizione ecologica e ripristino della natura” Il panel sarà moderato da Prof. Giuseppe Spoto, che parlerà su “Strategie, regole e governance per sostenere la transizione ecologica del settore agricolo.” Parteciperanno Dr. Morgan Eleanor Harris – “Complessità ecologica, complessità istituzionale: la governance del ripristino della biodiversità in Italia” – e la Dr. Katia Laffusa, “La tutela della biodiversità…
Members of the Roma Tre research unit joined in the Society for Ecological Restoration Europe Conference 2024, held in Tartu, Estonia from 26 to 30 August. Dr. Morgan Eleanor Harris, together with Dr. Eleonora Ciscato of the Università Statale di Milano, presented their ongoing research on the governance of biodiversity restoration in Italy in a joint presentation “GOVERNANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN NATURE RESTORATION IN ITALY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY.” Dr. Stefano…
The Roma Tre research unit will be present at the Notte dei Ricercatori at Università degli Studi Roma Tre – Via della Vasca Navale 109, talking about the Nature Restoration Regulation EU 2024/1991 and biodiversity restoration in the law.
From 1-2 July, dott. Stefano Porfido attended the conference, held at the University of Maastricht, on ‘Navigating the Environmental Transition: The European Green Deal and the Rule of Law’ where he presented his ongoing work connected to the PRIN 2022 PNRR RINASCI on how the European Green Deal has enhanced compliance of the EU legal framework with access to justice under Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention, and thus with…
