The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) program, promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), recognizes multifunctional role of agricultural heritage systems. Traditional terraced landscapes represent important touristic destinations, Chianti is one most well-known areas Italy for rural tourism. high-quality landscape Lamole, consisting forests areas, included in Italian National Register Historical Rural Landscapes thanks to local farmers who recently...

In the context of worldwide increasing interest on role forests for global warming and biodiversity targets, there is a growing tendency to consider need increase not only extension forests, but also their degree naturalness. These indications have been recently included in important political documents such as European Green Deal enacted by Union, affecting 28 member states continent, with aim fighting deforestation desertification. Italy national regional forest inventories, well planning...

Europe retains a great variety of cultural landscapes that constitute significant part the European heritage. In last decades, these high-quality are facing several challenges due to socio-economic transformations often compromise their integrity. This situation is even worse for terraced landscapes, as in case Porto Venere and Cinque Terre UNESCO World Heritage List site. The Management Plan developed this area needs deal with different issues: abandonment cultivations growth secondary...

The importance of rural landscapes is recognized at both the international and national level. Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) has established a program called Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) agricultural are also listed in UNESCO World List. Bank Convention on Biological Diversity have departments working this topic, while landscape been included Common Policy European Union 2020–2027. One most important tools for management, conservation valorization...

Traditional agricultural systems are receiving increasing attention at the international level due to their multifunctional role. The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) aims identify global importance, preserve landscape, agrobiodiversity traditional knowledge apply principles dynamic conservation promote sustainable development. Biodiversity associated practices is particularly important, especially in difficult...

Cinque Terre, one of the most important Italian cultural landscapes, has not been spared from depopulation and agricultural abandonment processes, that involved many rural areas in Europe, as a consequence socio-economic transformations occurred after WWII. Depopulation areas, especially mountains or terraced caused significant environmental consequences, such decrease biodiversity, landscape homogenization, increase hydrogeological forest fires risks. Terre National Park (5TNP) was...

Abstract Chagras are complex agroforestry systems developed by indigenous populations of the Amazon region based on shifting agriculture, as part a system that includes harvesting wild fruits and plants, hunting fishing. During centuries, thanks to their traditional knowledge, have deep relationship with surrounding environment, as, living in remote places, they must be self-sufficient. The result is chagra , whose cycle seven basic steps establish successful sustainable system, starting...

The landscape is considered a strategic asset by the Tuscan regional government, also for its economic role, meaning that specific Landscape Plan has been developed, dividing region into 20 Units and representing main planning instrument at level. Following aims of guidelines European Convention, it necessary to develop an adequate assessment landscape, evaluating typologies their characteristics. aim this research carry out diversity in Tuscany based on study areas, analyzing land uses...

Despite the definition of social and cultural values as third pillar Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in 2003 guidelines for their implementation SFM 2007 issued by Ministerial Conference on Protection Europe (MCPFE), importance is not sufficiently transferred into forest planning conservation. Tuscany widely known quality its landscape, however, abandonment agro-pastoral surfaces a consequence rural areas depopulation, has led to widespread reforestation management. In addition, due...

Abstract Traditional agro-silvo-pastoral systems are becoming each day more important, representing multifunctional that can contribute to the preservation of agrobiodiversity and traditional knowledge associated culture, wellbeing local communities sustainable development rural areas, as testified by increasing interest regarding Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme Food Agriculture Organization (FAO). Despite many researches on tend focus only land uses use...

Traditional agroforestry systems are recognized as having great importance for providing multiple benefits local communities all over the world, especially in tropical countries. Thanks to their multifunctional role, they can support small farmers, contribute hydrogeological risk reduction, water regulation, preservation of soil, agrobiodiversity and landscape, well being examples mitigation adaptation towards climate change. The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)...

The typical approach to the study of variability physiopathological conditions, is based on analysis oscillatory signal components associated appropriate time series, through various power spectral density (PSD) estimators [l]. Most methods PSD estimation require limiting assumption stationarity series which forces use short duration data segments, and be contrasted with requirements an adequate frequency resolution estimation. This situation occurs typically in patient monitoring exercise...

Abstract Mediterranean countries are still characterized by a great variety of historical cultural landscapes, as result the millenary human presence that has shaped territory through agro-silvo-pastoral practices. In arid regions south eastern Tunisia, land use is predominantly olive trees cropping and, because difficulties related to water scarcity, local population have developed peculiar harvesting technique ensuring cultivation activities and minimising risk from droughts. Jessour...

The typical approach to the study of variability physiopathological conditions consists analysis a power spectral density (PSD) function estimation, computed on time series extracted from signal interest. In order facilitate correct choice among available methods for PSD estimation in practical situations, different estimators have been applied extensively identify their performance. It is shown that with classical, fast Fourier transform (FFT) based approach, 39 tapering windows can be...