planning for ecosystem services
A research area of the Sus-Places Lab, University of Trento
Ecosystem Service Partnership_National Network Lead
The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ES-Partnership) was launched in 2008 and aims to enhance communication, coordination and cooperation, and to build a strong network of individuals and organizations involved the Ecosystem Service paradigm.
PLANES represents the coordinator for the Italian Chapter of the ESP National Network.
Our objective is to promote collaborations across institutions active in this field, and design nation-wide initiatives that might be relevant for the Italian context. Our activities will be demand-driven, and reflect the interests and motivation of the members.
Survey of the ecosystem services research in Italy
The purpose is to generate a database of Italian research groups active in the field of ecosystem services, highlighting their specific focus and areas of interest. The database contains general information about the research groups and their ES studies, classified according to scale and type of analysis. A short description of the most representative studies of each group completes the database. The survey represents a first step towards building a strong and motivated ESP National Network, which can actively promote ES-related initiatives in Italy. The content of the database will be periodically updated.
Results
ES & SCALE OF ANALYSIS
The graph illustrates the number of institutions analyzing a specifi c ES at a specifi c spatial scale (the TEEB classifi cation for ES was adopted). The dark-grey circles represent the spatial scales. Every ES is represented by a sector. The dots represent the number of institution working on that specifi c ES at that specific scale.
ES & TYPE OF ANALYSIS
The graph illustrates the number of institutions applying a specifi c type of analysis to a specifi c ES (the TEEB classifi cation for ES was adopted)
RESEARCH GROUPS
The institutes listed below voluntarily adhered to the survey by providing the data that are here summarized.
Name of the Institution // Institution type // contact
1 - University of Trento - PLANES // Secondary or Higher education establishment // davide.geneletti@unitn.it
2 - University of Sassari // Secondary or Higher education establishment // msschirru@uniss.it
3 - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore // Secondary or Higher education establishment // giacomo.gerosa@unicatt.it
4 - University of Urbino // Secondary or Higher education establishment // riccardo.santolini@uniurb.it
5 - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria // Secondary or Higher education establishment // prea@uninsubria.it
6 - University of Firenze // Secondary or Higher education establishment // fi lippo.bussotti@unifi .it
7 - Parthenope University of Naples // Secondary or Higher education establishment // natasha.nikodinoska@uniparthenope.it
8 - University of Padova - Territories of ecological and cultural diversities // Secondary or Higher education establishment // maximo.demarchi@gmail.com; massimo.de-marchi@unipd.it; massimo.demarchi@dicea.unipd.it
9 - University of Pisa // Secondary or Higher education establishment // giacomo.lorenzini@unupi.it; glorenz@agr.unipi.it
10 - CETA // Research organization // francesca.visintin@ceta.ts.it
11 - University of Padova // Secondary or Higher education establishment // tiziano.tempesta@unipd.it
12 - University of Molise - CURSA // Secondary or Higher education establishment // dmarino@unimol.it
13 - LANDS Onlus // Non-profi t // pgaglioppa@landsnetwork.eu
14 - CNR Institute for agroenvironmental and forest biology // Research organization // giuseppe.zanin@unipd.it
15 - EURAC research, Institute for Alpine Environment /Research organization // uta.schirpke@eurac.edu
16 - University of Molise - EnviX lab // Secondary or Higher education establishment // carranza@unimol.it; mita.drius@gmail.com; . stanisci@unimol.it
17 - La Sapienza University of Rome // Secondary or Higher education establishment // fausto.manes@uniroma1.it
18 - School of Advanced Studies St. Anna // research organization // n.gusmerotti@sssup.it
19 - University of Parma // Secondary or Higher education establishment // pierluigi.viaroli@unipr.it
20 - University Iuav of Venice // Secondary or Higher education establishment // elena.gissi@iuav.it
21 - University of Catania // Secondary or Higher education establishment // dlarosa@darc.unict.it
REPORT OF THE SURVEY