All the initiatives of HeRe_Lab follow the objectives and targets of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, as well as the strategic principles of the World Heritage Convention.

The collaboration between researchers and practitioners, as well as their direct involvement in activities and projects, has resulted in a tight synergy between heritage research and practice. Heritage researchers working at the Lab address practical challenges and needs through studies that guide and improve the sustainability of strategies and management systems. Some of the analyses carried out in the framework of the WH property ‘Historic Centre of Florence’ include the identification of Belvedere points and creation of the site’s buffer zone; the publication of the management plan and monitoring strategy; the study on the carrying capacity of the historic centre; the inventory of at-risk buildings that contribute to the OUV of the site; the creation of a protocol for the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) of the site; the performance of studies for a comprehensive understanding of the intangible and religious heritage; and the preparatory study of a portal on the urban evolution of the city. These data have become practical and valuable tools employed in everyday heritage management practices.

By providing job and research opportunities, the HeRe Lab plays a key role in empowering emerging heritage professionals and researchers in Italy. The Lab supports emerging professionals in working long-term within the World Heritage field, a working area that is still unstructured and underdeveloped in Italy. This makes HeRe Lab a pioneering example in the country.

Emerging professionals and researchers are involved in relevant  research projects and they are directly contributing to: drafting of Management Plans of World Heritage properties located in Tuscany; Heritage Impact Assessments; museums-related activities; international conferences and projects, as well as a wide range of activities directly related to heritage research and practice.

The success of HeRe Lab lies in its multidisciplinary team, made up of professionals dealing with a wide variety of fields such as World Heritage, urban planning, architecture, art history, development, and economics.. The University of Florence acts as a catalyst for their involvement, through the participation of different faculties in the Lab and in the use of holistic approaches for the creation of sustainable solutions for challenges affecting the historic centre. The Lab has also played an important role in advocating for sustainable strategies in the development of the city, by taking into account urban green spaces, social inclusivity, tangible and intangible heritage protection, economic growth, sustainable tourism, as well as the requalification and enhancement of architectural elements.

The shared governance established in the HeRe Lab has ensured the creation of systemic synergies between municipal authorities and research institutions, in which the Head of the ‘Florence World Heritage and relations with UNESCO’ Office of the Municipality of Florence and the Dean of the Department of Architecture at the University of Florence act as scientific coordinators. This partnership has created an innovative model in which heritage research and practice are intertwined and the research produced responds to those practical challenges arising from the field.

Participatory management has been carried out since the establishment of the NPA at the request of the communities, with their benefit in mind, as well as that of future generations; however, over time this dynamism was focused on conservation with specific participation of the communities.

The life plans are a participatory process in which the opinion of the community members is obtained, reflecting on each dimension (cultural, environmental, social, political and economic), allowing for a diagnosis in order to coordinate actions aimed at sustainable behaviors that are also aligned with the objectives and vision of the ANP's master plan.

These visions contribute to more pertinent actions that help to articulate with other planning documents in the territory and the involvement of more stakeholders as part of a key strategy to achieve effective conservation.

The RCM leadership and the Maeni ECA develop technical and social capacities that promote the active participation of the communities in the elaboration and implementation of the life plans, oriented to the conservation of the NPA.

The Machiguenga Communal Reserve maintains an ecosystem conservation status of 98.8161 %, with a co-management model with the ECA Maeni that represents 14 native communities, 1 colonist settlement and 3 federations (COMARU, FECONAY and CECONAMA). In order for this model to work, it is necessary that the members of the communities themselves promote and encourage conservation for their own benefit in a win-win ideal, where the RCM conserves its natural and cultural values and the communities can be strengthened in their own organizational system and improve employment and income opportunities through sustainable economic activities.

The protected natural area and its buffer zone are territories where there is a great biodiversity of flora and fauna exploited by the communities, in order to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of resources with an associated landscape approach.The vision of the area is articulated with the vision of the communities, in terms of the management of their territories and resource management, which is why the life plans reflect their way of thinking and organizing themselves and reflect how they want to improve, seeking "good living" from their own form of governance.