THE FOREST CITY

Nature-Based Solutions for a Sustainable Future / International Conference

May 29-30 2024

Auditorium of the National Library, Viale Castro Pretorio 105, Rome

In Presence, On Line

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The Carabinieri Corps is organizing in Rome on May 29 and 30, 2024, at the Auditorium of the National Library, the International Conference "The Forest City," with the aim of emphasizing the important role of Forests in the city, understood as a new method of approach to foster urban and human regeneration.

In this perspective, urban forests can contribute to both mitigation and adaptation to climate change, producing beneficial effects on the health and quality of life of citizens, as well as assume a vital and strategic role in urban development policies for building resilient cities.

It is no coincidence that urban forests have been called the "backbone" of the green infrastructure of our cities, enabling them to trace the connection between rural and urban areas, significantly improving their environmental footprint.

These are the issues that will occupy the center of debate at the Conference, which will be attended not only by institutional authorities but also by experts from the scientific field and representatives of international organizations, universities and research centers, as well as environmental educators, civil society and the media.

The International Conference addresses various issues through the interventions of distinguished Italian and international speakers following the ideal path of four symposia and two round tables.

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Talk by Prof. Blasi - May 29th 2024, 11-12h, Forests in the city: a new approach for urban and human regeneration

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY FORUM 2024

May 20-21 2024

University of Palermo

The National Biodiversity Future Center Forum is born in Palermo, representing the first major scientific event of the National Center for the Future of Biodiversity, where more than 600 researchers, from all over Italy, will discuss sensitive issues such as the redevelopment of degraded areas, nature conservation, the relationship between nature and well-being, and the development of effective tools to prevent biodiversity loss. Lots of young people present who, taking advantage of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, IoT, nano- and biotechnology, robotics and nature-inspired technologies will propose concrete actions to achieve the goals set by EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, namely to protect at least 30 percent of land and marine areas and redevelop 30 percent of altered ecosystems. The Forum is also a scientific diplomacy initiative to nurture the development of constructive and forward-looking relationships for the peoples of the Mediterranean who are divided on a thousand issues but share much of their Biodiversity.

The Forum will also see comparisons with young companies and large Italian companies to promote innovation activities on biodiversity coming from research and capable of generating new products and more sustainable processes. The Palermo days will see the presentation of the Biodiversity Gateway, a gateway and connection dedicated to supporting the design of concrete international scientific and technological collaborations involving the Mediterranean. It will play a key role in generating value from PNRR investments starting with green jobs that already employ more than 3 million people.

The University of Palermo, Arpa, and CNR will be among the promoters of the Palermo Gateway with the NBFC. It will be based at the Roosevelt, destined to become a major multipurpose hub for science in Palermo. It will house cutting-edge research ranging from the protection of the Mediterranean to the search, thanks to biodiversity, for bioactive compounds that could become new foods, cosmetics and medicine.

THE GREENERY IS HEALTH

April 15th 2024, 9h

Chamber of Commerce Frosinone Latina, The Hall "Mario Papetti," Viale Roma

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The event organized by I.I.S Luigi Angeloni, in collaboration with the Frosinone Latina Chamber of Commerce and the Environmental League, will be held on April 15.

Moderator: Marina Testa, journalist

At 10:40h speech by Prof. Carlo Blasi "Protecting biodiversity for the well-being of citizens"

THE ROLE OF THE ROMANATURA SYSTEM OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS IN PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY AND THE WELL-BEING OF CITIZENS

THE HEARTS OF ROME

April 12th 2024, 10h

Via dei Monti della Farnesina 77, Rome

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"The Hearts of Rome" conference, a major event to be held on April 12, 2024 at Officine Farneto in Rome. This important day, dedicated to the enhancement of RomaNatura's system of protected natural areas aims to explore their crucial role in protecting biodiversity and promoting the well-being of citizens.

The conference openes at 10 a.m. by RomaNatura's Extraordinary Commissioner Marco Visconti, followed by greetings from prestigious institutional figures such as Claudio Barbaro, Giancarlo Righini, Sabrina Alfonsi and Vito Consoli. The conference will be divided into two main sessions, enriched by talks by experts in the field, including Carlo Blasi, Luigi Boitani, Valeria Salvatori and many others.

The first session, coordinated by Giuseppe Bombino, will provide an overview of topics such as biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability. After a lunch break, the second session will resume with further insights and discussions.

The conference is a unique opportunity for academics, researchers, policy makers and all those interested in environmental conservation and the quality of urban life to discuss and collaborate toward a greener and more sustainable future for the city of Rome.

The Admission is free  

ROME'S CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGY

WORKSHOP

Biodiversity and protected areas for climate crisis mitigation and adaptation

April 11th 2024, 15-19h

Botanical Garden of Rome, Largo Cristina di Svezia 23, Rome

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Scheduled for Thursday, April 11, is the second thematic workshop organized as part of the public consultation on the Roma Capitale Climate Adaptation Strategy.

From 3 to 7 p.m. at the Botanical Garden, "Biodiversity and protected areas for mitigation and adaptation to the climate crisis" will be discussed. 

For registration, write to pianoclima@comune.roma.it.

The talks will be coordinated by Edoardo Zanchini, director of the Rome The Capital Climate Office.

ROME'S CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGY

PRESENTATION

January 23rd 2024, 10-13h

Piazza del Campidoglio, Protomoteca Hall, Rome

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Rome's journey to adopt planning tools that aim to adapt to climate change continues.

At the Jan. 23, 2024 conference, the proposed first Rome Capital Climate Adaptation Strategy - with climate scenarios and spatial risks, priorities for action, targets and measures-will be presented, and will be the start of the public discussion and consultation process on the document.

The proposed Strategy can be downloaded here.

"Biodiversity of the Roman territory"

Carlo Blasi, Director CIRBISES Interuniversity research center "Biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability," Sapienza University of Rome

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Rome is the first city in Italy to adopt a full-fledged climate adaptation strategy to secure the territory from the impacts expected by 2050 and with interventions to be implemented as early as 2030.

In fact, the document just voted by the Capitoline Council was presented in the Sala della Protomoteca in Campidoglio. During the meeting, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Councillors for the Environment, Sabrina Alfonsi, for Urban Planning, Maurizio Veloccia and for Public Works, Ornella Segnalini, as well as researchers who participated in the elaboration of the Strategy, whose work was coordinated by the Director of the Climate Office of Roma Capitale, Edoardo Zanchini, spoke.

A wide-ranging public consultation on the Strategy proposal will be opened immediately through 7 appointments including thematic conferences and workshops, tables with stakeholders and relevant institutions (Ministry of Environment, Region and Metropolitan City) and comments from citizens. The participatory process will last until April 30 and will conclude with a vote of the Capitoline Assembly.

The fight against the climate emergency passes through two main objectives, that of "mitigation," to reduce emissions, and that defined as "adaptation" to the impacts already underway. Rome, which was chosen by the European Commission as one of the 100 cities in the Mission "Carbon-neutral and smart cities by 2030" and which is part of the C40 "Reinventing Cities" networks committed to combating climate change also with urban regeneration plans, is doing its part.

With respect to mitigation, the Capitol Assembly last November approved its own Climate Plan to reduce Co2 emissions; a plan that aims to reduce them by 66.3 percent by 2030 to contribute to the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting the average global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees by this century. 

GENERAL STATES OF URBAN GREENERY 2023

BIODIVERSITY AND URBAN GREENERY IN THE CHANGING CLIMATE

November 24th 2023, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Capitoline Museums, Protomoteca Hall, Rome

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A day of discussion and study to take stock of the state of Rome's green heritage, the interventions put in place and the future prospects for its enhancement and regeneration in the context of the environmental challenges facing the city.

They will be held on Friday, November 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 30 at the Hall of the Protomoteca of the Capitol the "States General of Green" organized by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Waste Cycle of Rome Capital in collaboration with the Metropolitan City, the Council for Research in Agriculture and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA), the Carabinieri's Forestry, Environmental and Agri-food Units Command (CUFAA), the Order of Agronomists and Foresters of Rome and Province (ODAF) and the College of Agrotechnicians of Rome, Rieti and Viterbo.

Rome's Councillor for Agriculture, Environment and Waste Cycle Sabrina Alfonsi will open the proceedings by taking stock of the interventions carried out in this two-year period since the beginning of her mandate, from the care of the city's immense green heritage with pruning, endotherapy treatments on pines attacked by the cochineal parasite and the securing and replacement of trees in parks and streets. 

Of particular relevance are the urban forestation plans envisaged thanks to the calls financed by the PNRR to which are added those that will be implemented with the funds of the Climate Decree and the microforestation interventions in all municipalities of the Forest for Rome project.

Forestations and their essential function among the actions aimed at countering the effect of climate change will be the subject of a specific discussion within the work of the States General, which will also cover issues related to the supply of trees necessary for the regeneration of the urban tree stock and the identification of the most suitable species. The general frame of reference is the goals set by Europe to achieve climate neutrality by 2030 for which Rome has been selected among the 9 Italian cities to pioneer. Crucial in this challenge are the measures of Rome's Climate Adaptation Plan and the objectives of the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan recently approved by the Capitoline Assembly, which includes urban forestation among the four key pillars for the containment of pollutant emissions envisaged by the Paris Agreement to halt the increase in global warming by 1.5 degrees.

10:00 -12:00h Biodiversity and urban greenery in the changing climate

Carlo Blasi Director CIRBISES Interuniversity research center "Biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability," Sapienza University of Rome

16.00-17.30 The Natural and Cultural Capital of the City: urban green between protection, enhancement and safety 

Giulia Capotorti Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome

Laura Zavattero CIRBISES Interuniversity research center "Biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability," Sapienza University of Rome

NATIONAL TREE DAY 2023

21 Novembre 2023, 10-13h

Cavour Hall, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry

Via XX Settembre 20, Rome

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On the occasion of National Tree Day Prof. Carlo Blasi, Professor Emeritus of Plant Ecology at the University of Studies "La Sapienza" and member of the Committee for the Promotion of Public Green, will speak with the following communication: The Centrality of Urban Green for the Future of Cities at 10.55 - 11.10 hrs.

RESTORATION ECOLOGY, RESTORATION LAW, AND URBAN FORESTRY

8th Novembre 2023, 10h

University of Sapienza, Ex biblioteca DiAP

Piazza Borghese 9, Rome

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On Wednesday, Nov. 8, Carlo Blasi will give a lecture entitled Restoration ecology, restoration law and urban forestry. The event will take place at 10 a.m., in the former DiAP library in Piazza Borghese 9, and is organized by the PhD in Landscape and Environment.

The Green Deal places the return of nature to our lives at the center of the sustainable future. To achieve this, it is necessary to understand the meaning of restoration ecology, since it is not about restoring nature, but about making degraded ecosystems resilient again. In this context, we discuss the goals of restoration law, which, in line with the conclusion of CBD COP 15, highlight the need to always include biodiversity in planning and, in particular, in urban planning.The NRP funding to implement significant examples of urban forestation in metropolitan cities is in line with this goal and thus offers a significant example for both biodiversity protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME TO THE DOCTORANDS OF THE 39th CYCLE - Lucina Caravaggi, Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Landscape and Environment 

LECTURE - Carlo Blasi, Scientific Director of the Interuniversity Research Center "Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability" (CIRBISES), Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome and President of the FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN FLORA

118th Congress of the Italian Botanical Society 

IX INTERNATIONAL PLANT SCIENCE CONFERENCE

September 13 - 16, 2023

San Rossore Estate, Pisa

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We are pleased to invite you to the 118th Congress of the Italian Botanical Society (IX INTERNATIONAL PLANT SCIENCE CONFERENCE) to be held in Pisa from September 13 to 16, 2023. The Congress, which will host distinguished international speakers who are experts in various fields of botany, will be held in the facilities of the San Rossore 1938 Polo Didattico in downtown Pisa.

This year we have introduced several new features, aimed at ensuring cross-representation of all the cultural areas that characterize our great Society and at making the most of the posters. There will be 6 symposia in English, organized on macro-themes, and one symposium in Italian on Friday afternoon, which will have as its theme the History of Italian Botany. There will also be two symposia of short oral poster presentations (each with 4 parallel sessions). For both the 6 symposia and the oral poster presentations, 42 keywords have been provided (6-8 per macrotopic), in which everyone can find their research represented.

The posters (a single slide) should be in horizontal format and should no longer be printed, but provided electronically with adequate advance notice, as they will be projected during their short oral presentation, as well as uploaded to large screens on which they will be shown on a continuous loop in the common space of the congress venue. 

Therefore, everyone will present orally, in English, the main results of their research, through short and concise concepts for posters, more extensively in the contributions that will be selected as oral communications.

We hope that this new conference mode will become stimulating for all and promote positive interactions, cross-cutting senior scientists, students, PhD students and post-docs working in botany. As has been the tradition for some years now, scholarships will be announced for students and young researchers.

The official language of the Congress will be English, except for the last symposium on Friday afternoon, while on Saturday morning there will be a post-congress excursion to the San Rossore Estate.

CONFERENCE "BOTANICAL GARDENS AND URBAN GREENERY"

BOTNICAL GARDENS IN FEAST: The 250th anniversary of the Botanical Garden of Pavia

September 20 - 24, 2023

University of Pavia, Botanical Garden of Pavia

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The celebratory events of Sept. 22-24, 2023, represent the scientific moments par excellence in the program of "ORTO in festa" events dedicated to the 250th Anniversary of the Botanical Garden of Pavia, as part of which current environmental issues or otherwise with relevant repercussions on daily living will be explored.

September 22 is the day of the Conference in the Aula Magna, which will consist of two sessions.

The morning session will be dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Botanical Garden of Pavia and Botanical Gardens in Italy, with presentation of the restoration project funded by the PNRR. The directors of the Botanical Gardens of Bergamo, Brera, Padua and Vienna will also speak.

The afternoon session, in collaboration with NBFC (National Biodiversity Future Center) - CN5 National Champion 5 PNRR (Center), will be dedicated to the theme of urban biodiversity with special reference to the Bicocca University projects, the Forestami project, the Italian metropolitan cities reforestation project, and the biodiversity and well-being project. Paul Smith of BGCI (Botanical Gardens Conservation International) will also speak.

Presentation by Prof.Blasi Sept. 22, AULA MAGNA University of Pavia, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 12

15:30 Carlo Blasi (Sapienza University of Rome) The PNRR project for urban and peri-urban reforestation of metropolitan cities for the future of cities

THE FOREST FACTOR

Università di Roma Tre, Facoltà di Architettura, Aula Moretti

Largo Giovanni Battista Marzi 10, Rome

6 - 7 Giugno 2023 

The Carabinieri Corps is organizing the international conference "The Forest factor" in Rome on June 6 and 7, 2023, at the University of Roma Tre, with the aim of emphasizing the protection of forests as an indispensable element in the fight against climate change and their vital importance for biodiversity, carbon, water and energy cycles on a planetary scale.

The UN defines forests as "the best cost-benefit solution to combat climate change," signaling the grave danger posed by deforestation and desertification.

Indeed, Goal 15 of the 2030 Agenda emphasizes the critical role played by forests, in which 662 billion tons of carbon are stored, which are the habitat for more than 80 percent of all terrestrial species of plants and animals, and on which about 1.6 billion people depend.

In this context, strengthening national forest authorities and measures to combat illegal logging and wildlife trade is important.

The Conference will be attended not only by institutional authorities, but also by scientific experts and representatives of international organizations, universities and research centers, environmental educators, civil society and the media.

The Conference will address various issues through the speeches of distinguished Italian and international speakers.

ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. PROJECTS, ACTORS, EVALUATION

Università di Roma Tre, Facoltà di Architettura, Aula Moretti

Largo Giovanni Battista Marzi 10, Rome

26 May 2023, 14:00-18:00 

Prof. Blasi's talk "Urban Forestry for the Return of Nature to the City" starts at 4:25 pm.

Conference at Festival of Sustainable Development 2023

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GALERIA VALLEY: Strategies, cognitive tools and planning of the Metropolitan City of Roma Capitale

Via IV Novembre 119/A, Palazzo Valentini, Luigi Di Liegro Room, Rome 

May 29, 2023, 10:00-14:00

The Metropolitan City of Rome has initiated with the approval of the Metropolitan Strategic Plan the strategic design of policies of sustainable development and territorial regeneration, consistent with the SDGs of the SNSvS. The Plan, divided into three priority Axes: Innovation, Sustainability and Inclusion, focuses on issues related to mitigation and adaptation to climate change and the enhancement biodiversity and ecosystem services through strengthening of green infrastructure, ecological networks and forestation actions. In this context, the Galeria Valley study area represents a good example for the implementation of green infrastructure capable of address the main environmental, social and economic challenges of a large vast portion of the metropolitan territory. The meeting aims to present the main findings on green infrastructure of the Galeria Valley aimed at the conservation of biodiversity, the improvement of ecological connectivity, the containment of the consumption of soil and the enhancement of the traditional agricultural landscape and the cultural and landscape heritage, with particular attention to the food and agricultural system and initiate an initial reflection on the steps next steps to be taken to implement indispensable planning for a sustainable future of the area.

Conference at Festival of Sustainable Development 2023

URBAN FORESTATION AND NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF CITIES

May 17th, 2023. Botanical Garden of Rome

The European Green Deal, the Next Generation EU and the European Biodiversity Strategy place the return of nature to our lives and, in particular, to cities, at the center of restoration ecology. The National Plan of of of the Energy Security, has funded a measure dedicated to urban orestoration in the 14 Metropolitan Cities. This meeting aims to illustrate a new reforestation model, based on the planting of certified native trees and shrubs, as called for in the National Public Green Strategy and also currently reported in the European Commission's Guidelines on Biodiversity-friendly Afforestation, Reforestation and Tree Planting (March 2023). In particular, the measure operationalizes the request of the scientific and technical world to plant "the right tree in the right place," that is, the tree consistent with the local potential vegetation. This NRP measure, which envisages the planting of as many as 6.6 million trees and shrubs, is also complemented by all useful initiatives to boost both public and private forest nurseries and actions and interventions consistent with ecological processes and natural system dynamics (Nature-based Solutions - NBS).

Italian Federation of Nature and Environmental Sciences' (FISNA) SEMINARS 2022/20023

March 22, 2023.

Prof. Blasi - "From Next Generation EU and PNRR for the recovery of Natural Capital and the return of the Nature to the City"

The Fondation for the Italian Flora with 

AISF, AISSA, SBI, SISEF, SISV, SITE e UZI organizes the event

TUFF, strumento per la tutela e il futuro delle foreste in Italia

Sala Aranciera - Botanical Garden Museum, L.go Cristina si Svezia, 23 - ROMA

November 29, 2019

The Consortium of the Garden of the Apennine Flora in Capracotta and the Foundation for the Italian Flora organize

55 years of the Garden of the Apennine Flora in Capracotta 

On October 25-26 the Garden celebrates 55 years from its foundation. The Garden is a botanical garden for in-situ conservation and is one of the highest in altitude in Italy, being located at 1550 m a.s.l. It was conceived by Prof. Valerio Giacomini, a great supporter of active conservation, and realised by Paolo Pizzolongo (University of Naples). The garden’s logo represents Acer lobelii, which the Italian Botanical Society chose as symbol of Molise in 2018. The Consortium formed by the Town Council of Capracotta, the University of Molise and the Molise Region is responsible for management. 

113° Congresso SBI

Il 113° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana quest’anno si terrà nel Campus dell'Università di Salerno, a Fisciano, da mercoledì 12 a sabato 15 settembre 2018.

Relatori, scienziati senior e junior nazionali e internazionali nonché studenti di dottorato e post-dottorato, forniranno una visione generale dei recenti sviluppi e approcci nel loro campo di studi. La lingua ufficiale del Congresso è l'inglese, ad eccezione degli eventi post-congresso (14 e 15 settembre).

Nel pomeriggio di venerdì 14 settembre si terrà una tavola rotonda sul progetto CORIMBO (Coordinamento della Rete Italiana dei Musei Botanici ).

Sabato 15 settembre si svolgerà l'escursione sociale nell'Oasi WWF di Morigerati - Grotte del Bussento nel Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Valle di Diano e Alburni.

Per maggiori informazioni consultare il sito ufficiale del Congresso.

Sala Aranciera, Botanical Garden Museum, L.go Cristina si Svezia, 23, ROMA

TUTELA E PIANIFICAZIONE ECOLOGICA E SOSTENIBILE DELLE FORESTE ITALIANE

La Fondazione per la Flora Italiana insieme a SBI, UZI, SITE, SISEF, SISV e l'Accademia di Scienze Forestali organizzano una tavola rotonda con la Direzione Generale delle Foreste del MIPAAF dedicata alla tutela, alla pianificazione ecologica e alla gestione sostenibile delle nostre risorse forestali. Scopo di questo incontro è promuovere il dibattito tra naturalisti, biologi, forestali ed ecologi per mettere in evidenza il ruolo essenziale delle conoscenze scientifiche nell’attuazione del «Testo unico in materia di foreste e filiere forestali (GU Serie Generale n.92 del 20-04-2018)». 

Firenze, 25 giugno 2018 - Tavola rotonda

Online il Portale della Flora d’Italia

Il Portale organizza i dati (tassonomici, nomenclaturali e distributivi) delle piante vascolari native e aliene italiane, derivanti dalle più recenti checklist, con collegamenti a risorse provenienti da altri progetti. 

La pubblicazione della checklist della flora vascolare italiana (Conti et al., 2005) è stata la prima opportunità nella quale i componenti del Gruppo di Lavoro per la Floristica, Sistematica ed Evoluzione della Società Botanica Italiana hanno stabilito un’efficace rete di collaborazioni scientifiche. Nel corso degli anni, questo approccio collaborativo è stato perfezionato e implementato, consentendo di raggiungere importanti obiettivi scientifici riguardanti la flora aliena (Celesti-Grapow et al., 2009, 2010) e quella endemica d’Italia (Peruzzi et al., 2015; Brundu et al., 2017).

La sintesi di Conti et al. (2005) ha stimolato una quantità impressionante di studi floristici e sistematici, tanto che - dopo 13 anni - il tempo era maturo per aggiornare le conoscenze tassonomiche e geografiche relative alla flora vascolare italiana.

Nel 2018 sono state pubblicate due liste distinte: una riguardante la flora vascolare autoctona (comprese le entità criptogeniche o dubitativamente autoctone) (Bartolucci et al., 2018), l’altra i soli taxa alloctoni (archeofite e neofite) (Galasso et al., 2018). 

How to assess the conservation status of semi-natural habitats?

The conservation status assessment is one of the most controversial processes that derive from the Habitats Directive and this strongly hampers monitoring and conservation actions. For a habitat, favourable conservation status should mean that:

•  natural range and areas within that range are stable or increasing;

• the specific structure and functions which are necessary for its long-term maintenance exist and are likely to continue to exist,

• the conservation status of its typical species is favourable.

Find more information here:

Carli E., Giarrizzo E., Burrascano S., Alós M., Del Vico E., Di Marzio P., Facioni L., Giancola C., Mollo B., Paura B., Salerno G., Zavattero L., Blasi C. 2018. Using vegetation dynamics to face the challenge of the conservation status assessment in semi-natural habitats. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-018-0707-6

Maggio - Giugno 2018

Book "Reconnecting Natural and Cultural Capital"

Paracchini M.L., Zingari P.C., Blasi C. (Eds.). 2017. Reconnecting Natural and Cultural Capital, contributions from science and policy. Joint Research Centre - European Commission. pp. 316. Luxembourg.

This book offers a variety of valuable and inspiring contributions of authors from around the world, in an effort to meeting the challenge of reconnecting natural and cultural capital.

Aprile 2018

Società Italiana di Scienze della Vegetazione organizes 52° Congres & Escursion

"Role and Opportunities of Vegetation Science in a Changing World"

Il 52° Congresso della Società Italiana di Scienza della Vegetazione è dedicato ai temi che la società moderna sta vivendo in maniera molto conflittuale: i cambiamenti globali, la perdita di biodiversità, le invasioni di specie aliene, il capitale naturale, la green economy, le infrastrutture verdi e in particolare l’applicazione della fitosociologia alla realizzazione delle foreste urbane, ecc.

Il Congresso sociale, come tradizione, è un’occasione per i soci della SISV per discutere e approfondire le tematiche attuali, un momento di confronto per stabilire rapporti di collaborazioni e, non meno importante, per indirizzare la ricerca scientifica.

5 - 7 Aprile 2018

A book "La flora in Italia" published by Editrice Sapienza

La flora in Italia nasce dalla collaborazione tra il Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare e la Società Botanica Italiana. 

Questa opera illustra non solo la flora del nostro Paese, ma anche la vegetazione e il paesaggio di cui le piante sono i principali elementi descrittivi. La tutela e la conservazione di questo rilevante patrimonio naturale e culturale è possibile solo se si conoscono i singoli elementi che ne fanno parte, nei molteplici aspetti funzionali, strutturali e dinamici attraverso cui si esprimono. 

La flora d’Italia, con circa 8.000 tra specie ed entità intraspecifiche, è sicuramente una delle più importanti d’Europa. Ancora più elevato è il numero delle comunità di piante che colonizzano i numerosi ambienti del territorio italiano. Il nostro Paese svolge quindi un ruolo fondamentale nel bacino del Mediterraneo, una delle 25 aree di maggiore interesse per la diversità biologica mondiale. Il valore della biodiversità, richiamato in tanti trattati internazionali ed europei, deve essere salvaguardato data la rapidità della perdita di specie cui si assiste a livello planetario. Invertire questo drammatico trend deve essere l’obiettivo principale da perseguire attraverso uno sforzo congiunto e un impegno condiviso in ambito internazionale. 

Da qui nasce l’esigenza di produrre opere di elevata divulgazione scientifica che facciano comprendere l’importanza delle piante per la sopravvivenza dei nostri paesaggi e, più in generale, per garantire la qualità della vita. La conservazione della biodiversità si lega infatti non solo agli aspetti ambientali ma anche alle tradizioni culturali, alla storia delle nostre società e quindi alla gestione anche economica e sociale del nostro Paese. Nell'affermazione di questi principi fondamentali, l’ONU e le altre organizzazioni non governative si sono nel tempo molto impegnate per favorire la consapevolezza planetaria verso i principi della sostenibilità. All’Unione Europea va inoltre riconosciuto il merito di orientare costantemente su tali principi le politiche ambientali dei Paesi che ne fanno parte, in termini concreti attraverso le proprie direttive. Tra queste, la Direttiva Habitat e la Strategia Europea e Nazionale per la Biodiversità hanno dato una svolta ai principi della conservazione attiva con la realizzazione, in particolare, delle Aree protette e della Rete Natura 2000, ritenuta la più grande rete ecologica a livello mondiale.

Il volume è edito da Editrice Sapienza. 

Novembre 2017