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Research paper thumbnail of Strategies for the promotion of the forest-wood chain in Calabria (southern Italy): the stakeholders’ point of view

Forest@ - Rivista di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale

Laboratorio Pubblico-privato per l'applicazione di tecnologie innovative ad elevata sostenibilità... more Laboratorio Pubblico-privato per l'applicazione di tecnologie innovative ad elevata sostenibilità ambientale nella filiera foresta-legno-energia

Research paper thumbnail of Experts’ Perceptions of the Effects of Forest Biomass Harvesting on Sustainability in the Alpine Region

South-east European forestry, 2015

SEEFOR 6 (1): e1-e19 e1

Research paper thumbnail of The role of social networks in forest landscape planning

Social capital is defined as the sum of interactions between both individuals and groups, which p... more Social capital is defined as the sum of interactions between both individuals and groups, which permit the development of rules, shared values, as well as cooperative and reciprocal links. This concept, developed by social science, can be applied as a support structure in decision making for natural resources. In particular, the quantification of social capital, divided into its respective component parts (social networks, associations and relationships with institutions) can be useful in the implementation of broad scale forest planning. The present work proposes a method to measure the structural social capital, together with forest planning field surveys, in order to highlight the potential to support participative decision making processes. The experimental implementation of the method was conducted in a mountainous area of South Italy, in the framework of an ongoing Forest Landscape Management Plan.

Research paper thumbnail of Natural disturbances and natural hazards in mountain forests: a framework for the economic valuation

This paper focuses on the economic aspects of the protective role of forests against natural haza... more This paper focuses on the economic aspects of the protective role of forests against natural hazards, developing an estimation methodology applicable on a local scale. We identified the main variables that influence on a local level those forest attributes involved directly or indirectly in protection with the aim of zoning forests in homogeneous areas in terms of the level of protection they offer.

Research paper thumbnail of Trees Outside Forests (TOF) inventory as a tool for landscape analysis and support for territorial planning

Research paper thumbnail of Deadwood in forest stands: assessment of wood basic density in some tree species, Trentino, Italy

Research paper thumbnail of Deadwood in Italian forests according to National Forest Inventory results

... BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 5 (2): 14-29. :: Google Scholar :: 12. Di Filippo A, ... more ... BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 5 (2): 14-29. :: Google Scholar :: 12. Di Filippo A, Piovesan G, Schirone B (2004). Le foreste vetuste: criteri per l'identificazione e la gestione. In: “XIV Congresso della Società Italiana di Ecologia”. Siena (Italy), 4-6 October 2004. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Historical evolution of forest management in Europe and in Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Using the Contingent Valuation Method for ex ante service innovation evaluation (reviewed paper

Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Forest canopy cover and canopy closure: comparison of assessment techniques

European Journal of Forest Research, 2009

The article, in relation to the importance of canopy cover as stand density and biodiversity indi... more The article, in relation to the importance of canopy cover as stand density and biodiversity indicator, describes the main related field measurement techniques. In particular the authors emphasize the distinction between canopy cover and canopy closure when forest cover is usually measured through the current techniques. After a conceptual clarification the study focuses on the comparison of three ground-based canopy cover estimation techniques and two ground-based canopy closure estimation techniques, analyzing the data collected in a test carried out on Alpine stands. As expected, the results indicate that some techniques [GRS densiometer, visual estimation and hemispherical photographs (HP) assessed with a narrow angle of view] are more suitable to measure canopy cover, while others (spherical densiometer and HP with a wide angle of view) are more adapted to estimate canopy closure. In general, the techniques that use a wide angle of view tend to overestimate the canopy cover.

Research paper thumbnail of Deadwood density variation with decay class in seven tree species of the Italian Alps

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Tourists' perceptions and willingness to pay for the control of Opuntia stricta invasion in protected areas: A case study from South Africa Introduction

Research paper thumbnail of Strategies for the promotion of the forest-wood chain in Calabria (southern Italy): the stakeholders’ point of view

Forest@ - Rivista di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale

Laboratorio Pubblico-privato per l'applicazione di tecnologie innovative ad elevata sostenibilità... more Laboratorio Pubblico-privato per l'applicazione di tecnologie innovative ad elevata sostenibilità ambientale nella filiera foresta-legno-energia

Research paper thumbnail of Experts’ Perceptions of the Effects of Forest Biomass Harvesting on Sustainability in the Alpine Region

South-east European forestry, 2015

SEEFOR 6 (1): e1-e19 e1

Research paper thumbnail of The role of social networks in forest landscape planning

Social capital is defined as the sum of interactions between both individuals and groups, which p... more Social capital is defined as the sum of interactions between both individuals and groups, which permit the development of rules, shared values, as well as cooperative and reciprocal links. This concept, developed by social science, can be applied as a support structure in decision making for natural resources. In particular, the quantification of social capital, divided into its respective component parts (social networks, associations and relationships with institutions) can be useful in the implementation of broad scale forest planning. The present work proposes a method to measure the structural social capital, together with forest planning field surveys, in order to highlight the potential to support participative decision making processes. The experimental implementation of the method was conducted in a mountainous area of South Italy, in the framework of an ongoing Forest Landscape Management Plan.

Research paper thumbnail of Natural disturbances and natural hazards in mountain forests: a framework for the economic valuation

This paper focuses on the economic aspects of the protective role of forests against natural haza... more This paper focuses on the economic aspects of the protective role of forests against natural hazards, developing an estimation methodology applicable on a local scale. We identified the main variables that influence on a local level those forest attributes involved directly or indirectly in protection with the aim of zoning forests in homogeneous areas in terms of the level of protection they offer.

Research paper thumbnail of Trees Outside Forests (TOF) inventory as a tool for landscape analysis and support for territorial planning

Research paper thumbnail of Deadwood in forest stands: assessment of wood basic density in some tree species, Trentino, Italy

Research paper thumbnail of Deadwood in Italian forests according to National Forest Inventory results

... BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 5 (2): 14-29. :: Google Scholar :: 12. Di Filippo A, ... more ... BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 5 (2): 14-29. :: Google Scholar :: 12. Di Filippo A, Piovesan G, Schirone B (2004). Le foreste vetuste: criteri per l'identificazione e la gestione. In: “XIV Congresso della Società Italiana di Ecologia”. Siena (Italy), 4-6 October 2004. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Historical evolution of forest management in Europe and in Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Using the Contingent Valuation Method for ex ante service innovation evaluation (reviewed paper

Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Forest canopy cover and canopy closure: comparison of assessment techniques

European Journal of Forest Research, 2009

The article, in relation to the importance of canopy cover as stand density and biodiversity indi... more The article, in relation to the importance of canopy cover as stand density and biodiversity indicator, describes the main related field measurement techniques. In particular the authors emphasize the distinction between canopy cover and canopy closure when forest cover is usually measured through the current techniques. After a conceptual clarification the study focuses on the comparison of three ground-based canopy cover estimation techniques and two ground-based canopy closure estimation techniques, analyzing the data collected in a test carried out on Alpine stands. As expected, the results indicate that some techniques [GRS densiometer, visual estimation and hemispherical photographs (HP) assessed with a narrow angle of view] are more suitable to measure canopy cover, while others (spherical densiometer and HP with a wide angle of view) are more adapted to estimate canopy closure. In general, the techniques that use a wide angle of view tend to overestimate the canopy cover.

Research paper thumbnail of Deadwood density variation with decay class in seven tree species of the Italian Alps

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Tourists' perceptions and willingness to pay for the control of Opuntia stricta invasion in protected areas: A case study from South Africa Introduction

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