1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Napoli
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Agri-cultura Real Bosco di Capodimonte
Short description of the intervention
The green area which surrounds the famous museum has been renewed in the last years. It is an interesting site of botanic interest, as there are more than 400 species of plants living there, and more than 150.000 trees. In particular, the company Slow Food Campania cultivated a small vegetable garden. Is a project of small- scale agriculture, in order to enhance a variety of cultivation and biodiversity conservation. The company Slow Food has been supported by the company Lande srl, specialized in the revitalization of historical green areas at the urban level (Ref.1).
The interventions include the restoration and re-functionalization of 10 areas: the Garden and Casamento Torre, the Giardino della Fruttiera di basso, the Fagianeria, the Capraia, the Porta di Mezzo, the Cisternone, the Cellaio, the Vallone di San Gennaro, the ex Eremo dei Cappuccini (Ref.1).
Address

Via Miano, 4
80145 Naples
Italy

Location
The NBS is a city-wide initiative, the GIS point marks the centre of the city
NBS area
2000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Agricultural area or farmland
Public Greenspace Area
Website of the intervention
https://www.positanonews.it/2012/06/il-real-bosco-di-capodimonte-verso-un-grand…
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2011
End date of the intervention
ongoing
Present stage of the intervention
Ongoing
Goals of the intervention
The goal of the intervention is to regenerate green historical urban areas and recovering archaeological parks. As an innovative solution, the company Slow Food developed zero-impact biological strategies for plants care and cultivation (Ref.3.)
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
m2 area used for cultivation
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Sustainable production
Implementation activities
The company Slow Food started this project after the concession of the local authority for the use of the public space. The main activity consits of the plantation of a variety of plants and vegetables according to the established principles of conservation and sustainability, which is carried out by citizens and community groups. (Ref.2.)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Community gardens and allotments
Community gardens
Please specify the number of plots or allotment gardens
Unknown
Vegetation Type
Garden beds
Other
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Food for human consumption (crops, vegetables)
Cultural services
Intellectual interactions (scientific and / or educational)
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Food producers and cultivators (i.e. farmers, gardeners)
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The project was implemented by the regional direction for the cultural heritage of Campania (Direzione Regionale per i beni culturali a paesaggistici della Campania), a central regional body of the region, which relates to protection of the cultural and environmental heritage of the region.
The private company Slow Food provided means and expertise in the development of the project of cultivation in the chosen area
Key actors - initiating organization
Regional government
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Regional government
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Unknown
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Yes
Please specify the "Regional Directive/Strategy"
The intervention was implemented in response to the Programma Operativo Interregionale POIn (interregional program) named "Attratori culturali, naturali e turismo", funded by the EU program for regional development, that deals with the regeneration of three categories: buildings, gardens, and land (Ref.3.)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
The intervention was implemented in response to the EU Interregional Operative Program (Ref 3).
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
The intervention was implemented in response to the Programma Operativo Interregionale POIn (interregional program) named "Attratori culturali, naturali e turismo", funded by the EU fund for regional development, that deals with the regeneration of three categories: buildings, gardens, and land (Ref.3.)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
General municipal plan
Please specify other vegetation type
Vegetables and plants
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The intervention was implemented in response to the Programma Operativo Interregionale POIn (interregional program) named "Attratori culturali, naturali e turismo", funded by the EU fund for regional development, that deals with the regeneration of three categories: buildings, gardens, and land (Ref.3.)
Co-finance for NBS
No
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
10 700 000 € - Ref. 1
Source(s) of funding
EU funds
Type of fund(s) used
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
Green education model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Private for-profit actor (e.g. firm, insurer)
Type of innovation
Technological
Process innovation
Please specify technological innovation
As an innovative solution, the company Slow Food developed zero-impact biological strategies for plants care and cultivation (Ref.3.)
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Reduced biodiversity loss
Description of environmental benefits
The project is ongoing, and reports regarding benefits have not been submitted. Even so, one noticeable result is the creation of green space in the area. The garden, which covers an area of ​​about 2000 square meters, is a small nursery of local biodiversity, within which some Slow Food Presidia are currently cultivated, virtuous examples of small-scale agriculture, such as the Neapolitan Papaccella, the San Marzano tomato and Acerra cannellino bean “Dente di morta”. Alongside them, some symbolic products of the metropolitan area of ​​Naples will alternate over time, such as, at present, the Neapolitan long pumpkin. (6)
Economic impacts
Unknown
Please specify other socio-cultural impact
Promotion of agricultural traditions that are part of the regional rural culture.
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
Increased sustainability of agriculture practices
Education
Increased support for education and scientific research
Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Other
Description of social and cultural benefits
Cultivation techniques and methods are established with the help of the Terra Madre food community which was set up specifically and which is made up of elderly peasants of the metropolitan area who make their experience available, handing down agricultural traditions that have always been part of of the regional rural culture.
For cultivation activities within the garden, Slow Food Campania avails itself of the technical support of Lande srl, a company specializing in the care and maintenance of historic and urban green areas, as well as in the recovery of archaeological and monumental parks. Projected towards innovative solutions, Lande has developed a complex of biological and low environmental impact strategies, developing plant defence protocols in line with the principles of eco-sustainability. (6)
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
Voluntary work opportunities
Environmental justice: The implementation of the NBS project resulted in ...
Positive distribution of NBS benefits
Improved access to green and/or blue spaces
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of September 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref.1. Capodimonte, progetto per valorizzare il bosco
Ref.2. Presentazione Programma Operativo Interregionale "Attrattori culturali, …
Ref.3. Gli orti del Real bosco di Capodimonte
Ref.4. Il verde a Napoli
Il REAL BOSCO DI CAPODIMONTE verso un grande progetto di valorizzazione
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Ref. 5. Bosco di Capodimonte: a sustainable strategy to give value to the site (3.17 MB) 3.17 MB
List of references
Ref.1. Campanianotizie (2012). Capodimonte, progetto per valorizzare il bosco. Available at https://campanianotizie.com/attualita/napoli-attualita/capodimonte-progetto-per-valorizzare-bosco/ (Accessed 13-9-2020)

Ref.2. Poinattrattori (2013). Presentazione Programma Operativo Interregionale "Attrattori culturali, naturali e turismo". Available at http://www.poinattrattori.it/ (Accessed 13-9-2020)

Ref.3. Gastronomiamediterranea (2013). Gli orti del Real bosco di Capodimonte. Available at http://www.gastronomiamediterranea.com/gli-orti-del-real-bosco-di-capodimonte/ (Accessed 13-9-2020)

Ref.4.Comune di Napoli (2011). Il verde a Napoli. Available at http://www.comune.napoli.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/13115 (Accessed 13-9-2020)

Ref.5. Angelini, G. (2015). Il Real bosco di Capodimonte: una strategia sostenibile per la valorizzazione del sito. Direzione Regionale per i beni culturali e paesaggistici della Campania. Napoli: Programma Operativo Interregionale (POIn) "Attrattori culturali, naturali e turismo" (P.O.FESR 2012 - 13), pp. 1-68

6.PositanoNews (2012), Il REAL BOSCO DI CAPODIMONTE verso un grande progetto di valorizzazione, Available at https://www.positanonews.it/2012/06/il-real-bosco-di-capodimonte-verso-un-grande-progetto-di-valorizzazione/50716/ (Accessed 13-9-2020)
Comments and notes
Comments
In Section no7. the enablers part, where references to NBS visions, plans and strategies are required is often problematic as it is hard to me to find any plan for the city of Naples where specific natural interventions. The main documents available relate to the regeneration plan of the historical centre, which mainly concerns churces or historical buildings
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Photo 1
http://www.gastronomiamediterranea.com/gli-orti-del-real-bosco-di-capodimonte/
Photo 2
http://www.gastronomiamediterranea.com/gli-orti-del-real-bosco-di-capodimonte/
Photo 3
http://www.gastronomiamediterranea.com/gli-orti-del-real-bosco-di-capodimonte/
Photo 4
http://www.gastronomiamediterranea.com/gli-orti-del-real-bosco-di-capodimonte/