Workshop about the management of mountain watersheds in a climate change perspective: from the Alps to the Mediterranean areas”

Save the Date: 28 settembre, University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy & ONLINE

Il Workshop è organizzato dal Ministero dell’Agricoltura della Sovranità Alimentare e delle Foreste in collaborazione con l’European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds, la FAO e SISEF.

The management of mountain watershed represents a very important topic in this
period in which the effects of ongoing climate change have shown all their
destructive force. The management of mountain areas, both in the Alps and in the
Mediterranean area, must accept the challenge launched by climate change by
proposing solutions and actions that combine development and sustainability,
preserving the future of human communities while respecting and protecting the
territory.

Programme of the Workshop

Opening Session (09:30 – 10:00). Moderator: Italy
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome remarks (Host and Chair)

• Arnold Schuler – Councillor for agriculture, forestry, civil defense and tourism of
  the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen, – Italy
• Alessandra Stefani – General Director of Forest of the Ministry of agriculture,
  food sovereignty and forests – Italy
• University of Bolzano-Bozen – Italy
• Ekrem Yazici – Forestry Officer of Food and Agriculture Organization of the
  United Nations (FAO)
  

Session 1 (10:00-13:00) “Management of mountain watersheds in a climate change perspective: from the Alps to the Mediterranean areas” – State of the art at Countries level. Moderator: Prof. R. Tognetti (University of Molise – Italy)

10:00 – 10:20 Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen – Italy: “The forests of the Province of Bolzano-Bozen and the activities in the field of MMW”

• 10:20 – 10:40 “Recent advances in the understanding of mountain watersheds dynamics”. Prof. F. Comiti (Chair and Host, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen – Italy)

• 10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break
• 11:10 – 13:00 National experiences in the field of Management of mountain watershed, presented by the Representatives of the Countries participating in the Workshop (Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Japan, Turkey; others t.b.c.)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

Session 2 (14:00-15:15) “Management of mountain watersheds in a climate change perspective: from the Alps to the Mediterranean areas.” – State of scientific knowledge. Moderator: Prof. E. Tomelleri (Free University of Bolzano-Bozen – Italy)

• 14:00 – 14:10 Prof. Renzo Motta – SISEF & University of Turin – Italy
• 14:10 – 14:20 Prof. Federico Preti – AIIA & University of Florence – Italy
• 14:20 – 14:40 Prof. F. Gentile (University of Bari – Italy) and Prof. G. B. Bischetti (University of Milan – Italy) “Italian experiences in mountain catchment management: from the Alps to Apennines”.
• 14:40 – 15:00 Prof. E. Lingua (University of Padua – Italy): “Managing protective forests in a changing world. New insights and challenges”.
• 15:00–15:15 Conclusion and closing remarks – Prof. E. Tomelleri (Free University of Bolzano-Bozen – Italy)

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00 Round Table – Satellite Event
(The round table will be in Italian language)

“Management of mountain watersheds in a climate change perspective: from the Alps to the Mediterranean areas Climatic, scientific, technical, political and administrative problems one
hundred years after the Serpieri Law”.
Tavola rotonda: “La gestione dei bacini idrografici montani in una prospettiva di cambiamento climatico: dalle Alpi al Mediterraneo. Problemi climatici, scientifici, tecnici, politici e amministrativi a cento anni dalla Legge Serpieri”.

Chair: Alessandra Stefani (MASAF-Difor).

Participants: Sen. Luigi Spagnolli, Dott. Günther Unterthiner (Ripartimento Foreste della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano), Dott. Fabio De Polo (Ufficio Bacini Montani della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano-Bozen), Prof. Marco Marchetti (Ass. Alberitalia), Dott. Ing. Rudi Bertagnolli (Ordine degli Ingegneri BZ), Dott. Andrea Raise (Ordine dei Dott. Forestali BZ).

For those who wish to attend the workshop online, please send an email to: difor2@masaf.gov.it as soon as possible. You will receive the day before the link to access the event directly on the email account of your registration.