![Words of Eco-Logia – 21st May 2026
Welcome to a new weekly column of Eco-Logia!
EPISODE 7: What does Urban Functional Biodiversity refer to?
How do you feel when you come into contact with the green spaces of your city? Maybe more relaxed, regenerated and energetic! it is not by chance. #Urban Functional #Biodiversity is about various natural #species and their specific functional traits (e.g., nitrogen fixation, pollination, water retention) that maintain #ecosystems and provide essential #services in heavily populated areas. Boosting #climate regulation, favouring flood #control, reducing #pollution, providing recreational spaces and improving human #wellbeing, resilience and health are some of the most significant #benefits they generate.
Being inspired by #Nature’s balance helps #architects, #designers and urban #planners to select vegetation able to optimises specific ecological functions, such as #water infiltration or biodiversity support. Integrating interconnected #green spaces (e.g.: parks, green roofs) and #blue spaces (ponds, wetlands) promotes #habitat connectivity and strengthens urban biodiversity. Moreover, engaging local residents and stakeholders in the planning and management of urban nature, encourages a shared vision of the development of densely inhabited areas, boosting mental and physical health.
Main Strategies for Enhancing Urban Functional Biodiversity are:
· Biodiversity-Sensitive Design]: that is integrating native, multi-functional plant species into urban design, including vertical gardens and green roofs.
· Ecological Restoration: that is actively restoring urban green and blue spaces to enhance habitat diversity and ecological function.
· Inclusive Governance: that is engaging local residents and stakeholders in the planning and management of urban nature.
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Monaco's European Week for Waste Reduction focuses on food waste and much more.
- M Abti
- Nov 18, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 22, 2024
The European Union regulatory framework is pushing Member States to reduce food waste by the end of 2030, with special regard to processing and manufacturing waste (by 10%) and retail and consumption waste (by 30%). The Principality of Monaco joins for the sixth time the annual European Week for Waste Reduction EWWR #serdmonaco #EWWR #EWWR2024, the most popular week prevention awareness campaign in Europe, under the slogan Waste is Out of Taste - Le Gaspillage est de Mauvais Goût. Thanks to the strong involvement of the public and private sectors, Monaco is committed to raising public awareness and encouraging a radical change in daily life: buying only what you need, preferring local products and being inspired by a more sustainable consumption approach.
Monaco's Department of the Environment (Gouvernement Princier) is being organising a set of targeted initiatives within the Monaco's Semaine Européenne de Réduction des Déchets SERD from the 16th to the 24th November 2024, in conjunction with the celebrations of the Fête Nationale (National Day), on the 19th November. As highlighted by Valérie Davenet, Director of the Environment Department, at the press conference on the 13th November, the SERD hospitality village will welcome Monegasque and visitors from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on the Promenade Honoré II and in the premises of the Casa d'I Soci, home to many associations in the Principality of Monaco.
The eco village, in partnership with 83 stakeholders like SMA, the Monaco City Council, SMEG, SBM and CHPG, will host fifteen stands and welcome a series of activities, workshops and leaisure events related to waste reduction, food waste, circular economy, reduce, reuse and recycle to raise environmental awareness.
Meanwhile, the Department of the Environment is being organising a collection of used underwear clothing and glasses that each one can give in the appropriate collectors installed outside the Fontvieille Shopping Centre.
A new initiative will involve Monegasque hairdressers who will be invited to keep all the hair cut in order to deliver it to the Association Coiffeurs Justes able to to reuse the organic material as a depolluting solution.
Morevoer, the Oceanographic Museum in collaboration with SBM and a group of renowned Chefs, including the ones at the Hermitage, Louis XV’s and the Monaco's Thermes Marins. Visitors will be able to taste dishes made with seasonal ingredients, avoinding wastege.
In particular, the Mairie de Monaco (City of Monaco) is being sponsoring a series of educational and playful workshops.
On Saturday the 23rd November 2024 the Mùnegu Repair Café will offer visitors anti-waste services for free from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in collaboration with Repair Café Nice.
Furthermore, Decathlon headquarters in Fontvieille will offer the audience, for the first time, bike minor and routine operations within a professional technical assistance. ***
Please find the full MONACO SERD programme of initiatives via Your Monaco App .
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By Maurice Abbati
Journalist; Editor; Communication, Media and Public Relations Specialist
Lecturer and Author in English language of Technical Articles and the Manual: "Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet, a Journey into Eco-Communication" by Springer International Publishing.
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