World Water Day 2014 – Italian connections
On the occasion of World Water Day 2014 the King’s Water Group is pleased to highlight the work of two Geography Department PhD graduate researchers – Marta Antonelli and Francesca Greco. They have just edited and published The Water Footprint of Italy – Report, available free on the website of WWF Italy (http://awsassets.wwfit.panda.org/downloads/impronta_idrica_finale.pdf) in Italian. The report will be available in English soon.
The report is the result of interdisciplinary inputs by a team of Italian researchers: Francesca Greco (KCL and Unesco Perugia), Marta Antonelli (KCL and the University of Venice), Martina Sartori (School of International Studies, University of Trento, IT), Silvia Tavernini (FACT Footprint Analysis, Parma, IT) and Claudia Consalvo (Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-food and Forest systems, DIBAF, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, IT).
The King’s Water Group would like to congratulate Marta and Francesca for their leadership and international networking in this activity achieved with the support of Arjen Hoekstra (Water Footprint Network, Twente University, NL).
The report is another important contribution following the publication in 2013 of the first book in Italian on virtual water (edited by Marta and Francesca, entitled “L’acqua che mangiamo”- The water we eat). Over 6200 copies were downloaded on-line in only one day. It has contributions by Tony Allan, Arjen Hoekstra, Slow Food International and WWF Italy.
There is more to come. The EXPO2015 event to be held in Milan, where the main theme is Feeding the planet: energy for life, will have contributions from this team.The build up to the EXPO2015 and the Milan Protocol is a major international initiative, sponsored by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN). The water-food-energy nexus will be explored and a number of Italian researchers will make major contributions. Tony Allan is also collaborating formally in the Milan Protocol process.
A PDF of the book cover is available here:copertina impronta_idrica