Future events.

Navigating Climate Change: Methodologies and Applications for Conservation
Join us on 26th March 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 CET
Climate change is reshaping the future of biodiversity, especially within and around protected areas. For conservation professionals, understanding and mitigating these risks is now more critical than ever.
Join our upcoming NaturaConnect webinar to explore:
🔹 Quantitative tools for assessing climate change impacts on ecosystems and species-presented by NaturaConnect
🔹 A drought risk index developed by the RedBosques project, alongside adaptation strategies for Mediterranean forests
🔹 Adaptation strategies to address climate-driven food scarcity for large carnivores in the Danube-Carpathian region, as part of the ForestConnect project
Agenda
- Welcome and Checkin
- Introduction to climate-resilient planning and methodologies – Moreno Di Marco, University of Sapienza
- NaturaConnect methodology and application for protected areas – Marta Cimatti, University of Sapienza
- Introduction to available tutorial – Valerio Mezzanotte, University of Sapienza
- Assessing forest vulnerability to drought and supporting adaptation strategies – José Atauri, EUROPARC Spain
- ForestConnect project: Pilot actions to adapt to climate-driven food scarcity for large carnivores – Maria Kachamakova, WWF Bulgaria
- Summary and Closing

Shaping Tomorrow’s Landscapes: Land‑Use Futures in the Danube–Carpathian Region
Join us on 23rd of April 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 CEST
Join our upcoming NaturaConnect webinar to:
🔹 Understand the main land‑use challenges in the Danube–Carpathian region
🔹 Explore different future scenarios, including the data, assumptions, and storylines behind them
🔹 Learn where largest land‑use changes may occur, how they compare with trends across Europe, and what opportunities they create for planning and conservation
Registrations opening soon!


