NTT DATA and the Calabria Region have started collaborating on a forest redevelopment and carbon credit generation project based on the use of a technology called CO2Sink aimed at measuring the exchange of CO2 between vegetation and atmosphere in Calabrian forests, facilitating the estimation of carbon credits generated.
The pilot project was successful over a forest area of approximately 5,600 hectares, demonstrating the replicability of the model in other regions with extensive forests.
With its 650 thousand hectares of forest, Calabria is one of the Italian regions richest in woods, not only in terms of surface area and woodiness index (43%, compared to the national data of 36.7%), but also for the variety of forest landscapes, consistency and growth of woods, as well as for their role as natural carbon sinks. A significant contribution to the mitigation of climate change and the protection and safeguarding of the territory.
These characteristics make Calabria the ideal territory for experimenting this practices. Success will be achieved if  continuous and constant monitoring, in qualitative and quantitative terms, of the regional Areas protected areas and Natura 2000 sites of forestry interest.
Monitoring is one of the cornerstones of the twenty-year Regional Forestry Program (Pfr) (updated on a five-year basis), prepared according to the dictates of the “Law on forests and forestry supply chains”, approved by the Calabria Region in March 2024, the first Region in Italy to adapt to the new national legislation.