RhECAST project

This repository is periodically updated.

The RhECAST - Rural landscape hEritage and CArbon sequeSTration (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01) addresses the urgent need for sustainable land use strategies in the face of the global climate emergency. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, RhECAST focuses on agroforestry, a time-honored practice in European countries known for its rural benefits and potential for carbon sequestration. The project specifically targets the Po-Venetian Plain in Italy, a region facing significant atmospheric pollution, and combines landscape archaeology, computer-based modelling, and archaeological soil geochemistry to explore the long-term CO2 sequestration of historical agroforestry practices. RhECAST's innovative approach offers insights into sustainable landscape management and climate change mitigation, with the potential for replication in similar European regions such as Germany, Spain, and Portugal. Through this repository, we provide the data, publications, methods, and models used in RhECAST, fostering further research and application in the field of sustainable land use and carbon sequestration.

 Overview

This dataset is part of the RhECAST project, focusing on sustainable land use strategies, agroforestry, and computer-based modelling to tackle climate change. It includes geospatial data and Python scripts for processing and analysis.

RhECAST_2.0.zip:  This .zip file contains the latest version of the carbon sequestration model based on historical LULC changes between 1929 - 2024 in the Po-Venetian Plain (Northern Italy).

ISTAT_Catasto_Agrario_1929.zip: This ZIP file contains all the PDF scans of the Catasto Agrario 1929 by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT).