COLLABORATIONS

This section reports on new collaborations arising during the LUMEN project development.

Please contact our team for information and proposals.

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA Project - Building Regenerative Food Networks in the Climate Emergency.

Collaboration with the CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA project launched in September 2024.

Within the Working Group Rights of Seeds, the role of small-scale agriculture in promoting the right to healthy, sufficient, and culturally appropriate food is explored. This collaboration addresses the challenges posed by climate change and supports sustainable agricultural practices.

For more details on the collaboration and upcoming activities, visit the CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA website: https://www.climavore.org/stations/sicilia-puglia.

Federation for the Recognition of the Rights of Lake Garda.

Collaboration with the Federation launched in January 2025.

The Federation works for the recognition of Lake Garda as a subject of law and organizes meetings and conferences to draft the Declaration of Rights and turn it into a bill. LUMEN will provide support for the participatory process of discussion and dissemination of the Lake Garda Declaration of Rights.

For more details on the collaboration and upcoming activities, visit the Facebook page of the Federation at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566870897392&locale=it_IT

Universidade Federal do Grande Dourados (UFGD)

Collaboration launched in September 2025.

Since 2025, the LUMEN project has begun a close collaboration with several researchers from the Universidade Federal do Grande Dourados, building on the first important contact with Prof. Vito Comar.

During a visiting research period at this university, Prof. Silvia Bagni, coordinator of the LUMEN project, had the opportunity to collaborate with various other researchers engaged in projects on environmental issues within local indigenous communities.

Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Cerrado Pantanal – Sustainable Development and Agroforestry in Indigenous Communities

The center, composed of professors, technicians, and students from UFGD, UFMS, and UEMS, promotes sustainable development and agroforestry initiatives in the indigenous communities in the municipality of Dourados. 

For more information about the collaboration and planned activities, you can visit the Instagram page of the Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Cerrado Pantanal.

Ara Poty Research and Third Mission Project

Collaboration launched in September 2025.

The project, coordinated by Prof. Lethicia Camila Dorce, involves activities in two schools located in the indigenous villages of the municipality of Dourados, teaching children environmental education through horticulture and compost production. 

For more information about the collaboration and upcoming activities, please visit the project’s Instagram page.

Next Generation EU

PRIN 2022 PNRR “LUMEN - Law of nature and human ecosystem approach: modelling a transcultural eco-legal framework”, P.I. prof.ssa S. Bagni, Università degli Studi di Bologna, finanziato dall'Unione Europea – NextGenerationEU a valere sul Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 Istruzione e ricerca – Componente 2 Dalla ricerca all’impresa – Investimento 1.1, Avviso PRIN 2022 PNRR DD n. 1409 del 14 settembre 2022, codice proposta P20222H49L – CUP J53D23018680001.