Project description

The fourteenth Arbolia project has begun in Ladispoli, in the province of Rome, in collaboration with the Municipality of Ladispoli, Accenture and Reply, in the Cerreto district, south-east of the town, along the banks of the Fosso Sanguinara river.

Social and environmental benefits

The new green belt, with 3,000 trees will allow to absorb up to 314 tonnes of CO₂ over 20 years and 2,317 kg of PM₁₀ per year. Also, being close to a freshwater stream, one of the ecosystem benefits of the new woodland will be to develop an important ecological niche for local fauna and birdlife.

Most used species

The choice of species for afforestation was made considering the characteristics of the soil and climate of the area concerned.

The following were planted:

TREES:

• Downy Oak, 600
• Holm Oak, 450
• Cornel, 450
• Field Maple, 450
• Cherry, 300

SHRUBS:

• Hawthorn, 150
• Myrtle, 150
• Alaternus, 150
• Lentisk, 150
• Evergreen rose, 150

(*) The CO2 absorption value is calculated over the 20-year plant afforestation life and takes into account the specificities of the individual project and the main climatic regions in Italy.

The calculation was carried out on the basis of a study commissioned by Arbolia to the University of Tuscia, which involved the creation of a database containing information on growth, environmental and stationary characteristics from scientific documentation for the forest species most used in afforestation projects in Italy.

The methodology proposed at international level and used for the calculation considers the conversion of unforested land (prairies, cultivated land, etc.) into forests, as provided for by the IPCC Guidelines - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2006), compared to the changes in carbon quantities that would have been observed in the absence of the project activities (baseline).