The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Laboratory
The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Laboratory conducts research in the fields of characterisation, protection, planning and management of ecosystems, conservation of biodiversity and assessment of ecosystem services, including the use of bio-indication methodologies, aimed at assessing environmental quality, the effects of climate change and human impact.
Specifically, the Laboratory:
• carries out studies for the understanding of environmental mechanisms and for the assessment of long-term trends on ecosystems induced by natural changes and/or anthropic activities, focusing on biodiversity of aquatic and terrestrial environments and employing an integrated and multidisciplinary approach;
• develops the knowledge base required for spatial environmental planning and for the definition of conservation measures (Protected Areas, Natura 2000 Network, Ecological Networks, etc.);
• designs and implements short, medium and long-term observation systems within the framework of national and international programmes for environmental observation and the assessment of the evolutionary trends;
• defines and develops criteria, procedures, integrated systems and technologies (in cooperation with public administrations, green and blue economy entrepreneurs and technology clusters) for the protection of natural resources;
• defines monitoring strategies and methodologies to support management, and works together with industrial partners to promote the development of appropriate observation and measurement technologies;
• creates tools/infrastructure for data storage and dissemination to the research community, local operators and the public;
• promotes scientific culture and knowledge for the enhancement and conservation of natural capital.
Projects
Status: ongoing
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Assistenza tecnica per l'introduzione di tecnologie innovative e strumenti per ridurre il rischio e la vulnerabilità e rafforzare l’adattamento al cambiamento climatico nell’ecosistema marino cubano
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Habitat mapping marino costiero: sviluppo di un piano nazionale dell'ambiente marino e di una rete di aree marine protette per la Repubblica di Vanuatu
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Rafforzare la gestione delle aree protette nel Regno di Tonga
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EMODnet - Ingestion and safe-keeping of marine data
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Progettazione, supporto alla realizzazione e monitoraggio di interventi prototipali di riqualificazione naturalistica di ambienti fluviali, integrati alle opere di sistemazione idraulica dell'asta del Torrente Lura
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Small MICROplastics bioindicaToRs in the changing ArctiC EnviRonment
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Bioconstructional organisms from the Ross sea under Climate Change: ecosystems and 'oasis’ of biodiversity to monitor and protect
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Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network
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No Microplastics Just waves
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Supporting tools for the integrated management of drinking water reservoirs contaminated by Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins
Status: Completed
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UNDROID
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The European Marine Observation and Data Network
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Potenziamento, promozione e divulgazione della rete degli orti botanici e dei giardini storici d’Italia
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Dalla Flora d’Italia al territorio
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Ricostruzione delle comunità di mare profondo nei margini continentali iberici negli ultimi decenni/secoli"
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Organismi del benthos antartico responsabili della formazione di biocostruzioni e indicatori del cambiamento climatico: monitoraggio in situ ed esperimento di trapianto
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PARCO DEL LURA
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MSFD TO THE DEEP MEDITERRANEAN SEA
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European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)
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Managing Green Infrastructure in Central European Landscapes
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Prototype operational continuity for the GMES Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting service
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SeaDataNet II: Pan-European infrastructure for ocean and marine data management
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SeaDataCloud - Further developing the pan-European infrastructure for marine and ocean data management
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Pre-operational marine service continuity in transition towards Copernicus
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Extending the Ocean Data Interoparability Platform
