A5067564009- Forest Management and Policy
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Forest ecology and management
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Organic Food and Agriculture
CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
2014-2025
Central Maine Community College
2017
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
2009-2015
Informing and engaging all actors in the land sector, including land-owners managers, researchers, policy-makers citizens, on most effective sustainable land-based solutions behavioural changes is a key strategy for achieving climate change adaptation mitigation targets at global as well EU local level. One requisite to support sector provide them publicly available, reliable ready-to-use information related implementation of Land-based Adaptation Mitigation Solutions (LAMS). Here we...
Oil crops are among the main drivers of global land use changes. Palm oil is possibly most criticized, as a driver primary tropical forests loss. This has generated two different reactions in its various sectors (e.g., food, feed, biodiesel, surfactant applications, etc.): from one side there growing claim for deforestation-free palm oil, whereas on other attention raised towards vegetable oils possible substitutes, such soybean, rapeseed and sunflower oil. We assess potential changes...
Abstract In the Mediterranean region, despite bamboo being an alien species that can seriously alter plant and animal biocoenosis, area occupied by plantations continues to increase, especially for purpose sequester carbon (C). However, C dynamics in soil–plant system when is grown outside its native are poorly understood. Here we investigated mitigation potential of fast-growing Moso ( Phyllostachys edulis ) introduced Italy climate-change mitigation. We analyzed aboveground (AGB)...
• Economic and environmental sustainability can be jointly measured by LCC LCA. LCA may contribute to more sustainable decision-making in winemaking SMEs. CE strategies have a positive impact on economic performance. Pollution prevention facilitate firm's competitive advantage.
The Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry sector (LULUCF) role is of critical importance in contributing to the ambitious targets set by European Union (EU) reduce 55% net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 2030, compared 1990 levels, become carbon neutral 2050. EU LULUCF regulation, approved 2023, sets out binding for each individual Member State be achieved totaling 310 MtCO2e removals whole EU. However, it remains poorly understood what extent climate target matches with States' strategies....
ABSTRACT Global food production faces significant challenges, acting as a primary driver of land use change, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while part the world's population still struggles with security nutrition. In response, EAT–Lancet Commission has proposed healthy sustainable planetary diet aimed at reducing resource‐intensive foods like meat, starchy vegetables, eggs, suggesting 67% increase in global per capita unsaturated oil consumption (e.g., soybean,...
The ability to analyze and visualize (near) real-time data is crucial for addressing the challenges posed by climate change in agriculture. This work presents a visualization system TreeTalker sensors, funded Italian PNRR AGRITECH project, which monitors sap flow density environmental parameters vineyards. By providing user-friendly access sensor data, enhances decision-making soil management grapevine physiology studies.Featuring an intuitive web-based interface, platform processes raw...
Agricultural sustainability and food security are paramount concerns in the face of evolving global challenges, including climate change, population growth, resource constraints. Building a comprehensive crop model that combines multiple elements such as change effects on yields, water requirements, fertilizer use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, socio-economic aspects is essential for making well informed decisions agriculture. The proposed research expands existing models, recognizing...
Optimizing soil management practices in vineyards is essential for enhancing grapevine resilience under climate change conditions. This study, funded by the Italian PNRR AGRITECH project, exploits low-cost sensors (TreeTalkers) to evaluate effects of different on sap flow density and crop yield across annual growth cycle, particularly heat stress conditions,  defined as temperatures exceeding 35°C. Real-time allowed monitoring physiological environmental parameters two...
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Effective national strategies must be carefully planned in advance to position the land sector as a pivotal contributor achieving 2050 climate neutrality target set by European Union (EU) under Paris Agreement. Governments define their pathways achieve goals through long-term low emission development (LTSs), which describe policies and measures for just socially fair transition greenhouse gas. This paper explores natural solutions foreseen available twenty-five LTSs EU assess each country’s...
Since its first detection in 2013, Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca (Xfp) has caused a devastating Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS) outbreak Southern Italy. Effective disease surveillance and treatment strategies are urgently needed to mitigate impact. This study investigates the short-term (1.5 years) effects of thymol-based treatments on infected olive trees susceptible cultivar Cellina di Nardò two orchards Salento, Apulia region. Twenty per trial received 3% thymol solution either...
Abstract The 2030 European Union (EU) climate and energy policy framework includes for the first time a dedicated instrument concerning greenhouse gas emissions removals from land use, land‐use change forestry (LULUCF). new LULUCF Regulation marks significant expansion of EU acquis , with ramifications other sensitive areas, such as agriculture, renewable energy. has had particularly troubled negotiation history. It already been at centre litigation, is set to be revisited amended by 2021....
Abstract The environmental and economic benefits of adopting a circular economy (CE) approach could be significant for firms. CE packaging constitute fundamental binomial our economy, yet there are still few studies the advantages food value chains, especially in wine sector. Therefore, this paper, we address research gap by measuring performance business model (CBM) industry as reference. We apply combination Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Costing (LCC) methods to small Italian winemaking...
The Earth is a complex ecosystem and each element strictly linked with the others. It often required to collect data on multiple aspects variously related main phenomenon in order understand its mechanism. Moreover, increasing use of machine learning algorithms requires creation new, reliable extensive dataset obtain significant results. demand for accurate, real-time monitoring tree ecophysiological parameters presents challenges developing affordable efficient technologies, particular...
Quantifying ecosystem services (ES) is essential for evaluating the sustainability of agricultural systems,particularly in agroecological contexts where practices such as reduced tillage, cover cropping, and cropdiversification aim to enhance soil health, biodiversity, carbon storage. However, current methods ESassessment often rely on expensive, labor-intensive, or destructive sampling approaches, limiting theiraccessibility scalability across both research practical land management...
Evaluating the impact of agricultural practices on ecosystem services (ES) is essential for guiding sustainable land management decisions and supporting climate resilience. However, methodological challenges persist in standardizing assessments across diverse systems geographic contexts. This study presents an integrated framework that combines Geographic Information Systems (GIS) a systematically developed dataset derived from comprehensive literature review to assess effects conventional...