Conferenza Finale

GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN MOUNTAIN AGROPASTORAL SYSTEMS

Siamo lieti di annunciare la conferenza finale del progetto LIFE PASTORALP “GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN MOUNTAIN AGROPASTORAL SYSTEMS – Scientific evidence on impacts, adaptation and policies”, che ha l’obiettivo di riunire ricercatori, responsabili politici, tecnici dell’agricoltura e della divulgazione, agricoltori e studenti per condividere e discutere le questioni attuali ed emergenti relative agli impatti dei cambiamenti climatici sui sistemi agropastorali di montagna. Il dibattito su questi temi, ospitato nel cuore delle Alpi, sarà favorito da esperienze provenienti da tutta Europa e dagli ambienti montani e darà vita a nuove idee e proposte da diffondere e condividere a livello globale.

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NOVITA’ PER CHI HA INVIATO GLI ABSTRACT!!!

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• Abstract: 31st July 2023
• Manoscritto: 31st December 2023

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Dove e quando:

📍Forte di Bard, Bard, Valle d’Aosta (dove dormire a Bard e dintorni)

📅 15-16-17 Marzo 2023

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Programma (cliccando sui titoli degli interventi è possibile scaricare le presentazioni utilizzate)

Giorno 1 (15/03/2023) – Apertura della conferenza, keynote talk e discussione con i responsabili politici e le parti interessate (durante la giornata sarà previsto un servizio di traduzione simultanea)

Moderatrice: Marta Galvagno (ARPA Valle d’Aosta)

14.00-14.40 Registrazione e welcome coffee

14.45-15.15 Apertura e benvenuto

15.15-15.30 Camilla Dibari – Università di Firenze: “The LIFE Pastoralp project”

15.30-16.00 Carolina Adler – Executive Director Mountain Research Initiative, Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “Climate change in mountain regions: key findings from the IPCC’s sixth assessment and prospects for climate-resilient mountain social-ecological systems”

16.00-16.30 Uta Schirpke – Eurac Research, Institute for Alpine Environment; University of Innsbruck, Department of Ecology : “Global change impacts on ecosystem services of mountain grassland”

16.30-17.00 Maria Luisa Paracchini – European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Sustainable Resources Directorate: “Integrating scientific results into EU nature protection and restoraton policies”

17.00-17.30 Alessandro Rota – Assessorato Agricoltura e Risorse Naturali, Politiche regionali di sviluppo rurale: “Pastoralp results in operational tools for rural development programme 2023/27” – chiusura e discussione

18.00-20.00 Apericena

 

Giorno 2 (16/03/2023) – Conferenza scientifica (in inglese)

9.00-9.30 registrazione

9.30 – 10.30 Sessione 1: Challenges and opportunities for mapping and modelling agropastoral systems (Moderatore: Edoardo Cremonese – ARPA Valle d’Aosta)

Analysis and conservation of secondary grasslands: the case of Maiella National Park. Gigante, D.*; Angelucci, S.; Morbidini, L.; Pauselli, M.; Vizzari, M.; Di Cecco, V.; Bonini, F.; Madonna, L.; Valenti, B.; Di Martino, L. |*Dip. Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università di Perugia, Italy

Large-scale mapping of shrublands in altitude pastures using the 20-m Sentinel-2 Normalized Anthocyanin Reflectance Index (NARI). Bayle, A.*; Choler, P. | *Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA, Grenoble, France

Characterization of Alpine Pastures using Multitemporal Earth Observation Data within the Climate Change Framework. Orusa, T.*; Farbo, A.; De Petris, S.; Sarvia, F.; Cammareri, D.; Borgogno-Mondino, E. | *Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), GEO4Agri DISAFA Lab, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy

Incorporating ecotone monitoring into alpine land management and biodiversity conservation: a pilot study from the Chamonix valley. Carlson, B.*; Bayle, A.; Bison, M.; Boulangeat, I.; Delestrade, A. | *CREA Mont-Blanc, France

10:00 – 11:30 Sessione poster e pausa caffè (Elenco dei poster)

11.30 – 12.30 Sessione 2: Challenges and opportunities for mapping and modelling agropastoral systems & Climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation (Moderatore: Giovanni Argenti – Università di Firenze)

Monitoring pasture vegetation using satellite remote sensing: which images and workflow? Oriani. F.*; Aasen, H.; Schneider, M.; | *Agroscope – Swiss Center of Excellence for Agricultural Research, Switzerland

GPS tracking: Opportunities for a better understanding of the interactions between pastoralism and vegetation in high altitude pastures. Perron, R.*; Garel, M.; Bayle, A.; Choler P. | *Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA, Grenoble, France

Animal-borne sensors to monitor pastoral systems: opportunities and challenges. Schneider, M.*; Pauler, C. | *Agroscope – Swiss Center of Excellence for Agricultural Research, Switzerland

Pastoral management and climate have a comparable effect on the variation of botanical composition of alpine pastures: an evaluation over a 20-year time span. Pittarello, M.*; Nota, G.; Marengo, G.; Lombardi, G.; Lonati, M. | *University of Torino, Department of veterinary sciences, Italy

12.30-14.30 pranzo

14.30 – 15.30 Sessione 3: Climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation (Moderatore: Gianni Bellocchi – INRAE)

Yield and nutritional quality of drought-resistant leys under extreme and contrasting climatic conditions. Probo, M.*; Dereuder, E.; Frick, R.; Frund, D.; Raymond, B.; Mariotte, P.| *Grazing Systems, Agroscope, Switzerland

Quantifying the environmental effects of pasture restauration though scrubland clearing combined with livestock management. Pascual, D*.; Pla, E.; Nadal-Romero, E.; Zabalza Martínez, J.; Lasanta T.; Foronda, A.; Reiné, R.; Barrantes, O.; Pueyo, Y.; Lana-Renault, N.; Ruíz-Flaño, P. | *CREAF, Barcelona, Spain

Re-grazing of abandoned mountain pastures to maintain soil functions and biodiversity? The case study “Brunnenkopfalm”. Dannenmann M.*; Jentsch A.; von Heßberg A.; Ramm E. | *KIT (Karlsruhe Institut for Technology), Campus Alpin; Garmisch-Patenkirchen, Germany

Using robust ruminants to preserve mountain pastures under global change conditions. Pauler, C.M.*; Lüscher, A.; Kreuzer, M.; Berard, J.; Schneider, M.K. | *Agroscope, Forage Production and Grassland Systems, Switzerland

15.00-16.30 Sessione poster e pausa caffè (Elenco dei poster)

16.30-17.30 Sessione 4 Governance under global changes: the interface between policy and science (Moderatore: Philippe Choler – LECA)

A conceptual model of mountain socio-ecological systems to support multi-stakeholder collaborations on the governance of mountain regions and agropastoral systems. Cristofari, H., Urbach, D.*; Otero, I.; Reynard, E.; Guisan, A.; Randin, C. | *Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment, Assessment, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland

Pyrenean Climate Change Strategy at the crossroads of science and political agenda at regional level. Vergèr D*.; Terrádez Mas J.; García Balaguer E.; Pascual, D. |* Pyrenean Climate Change Observatory (OPCC) of the Working Community of the Pyrenees, Spain

The national school of pastoralism (SNAP): first realisations. Battaglini L.*; Barbera F.; Bindi L.; Franca A.; Claps S.; Storti D.; Membretti A.; Omizzolo A.; Semplici G.; Nori M.; Arneodo G.; Tallone G.; Di Meglio F.; | * DISAFA, University of Torino, Italy

A multi-taxa approach in mountain ecosystems. Cerrato C.*; Ghidotti, S.; Rocchia, E.; Aimone, B.; Bionda, R.; Movalli, C.; Pedrotti, L.; Vettorazzo, E.; Viterbi, R. | * Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

18.00-20.00 Apericena

 

Giorno 3 (17/03/2023) – Attività di networking, su invito (in inglese)

9:00-9:10 Giacomo Trombi (UNIFI) “Aims. methodology and expected outcomes of the networking meeting”

9:10-9:20 P. Borsotto (CREA) and F. Benvenuti (MASE, LIFE NCP) “Strengthening complementarity between the LIFE Programme and the CAP”

9:20-9:45 Presentazioni dei progetti invitati:

• LIFE AGRICOLTURE, Luca Filippi (Consorzio di Bonifica dell’Emilia Centrale)
• LIFE GRACE, Luca Colombo (FIRAB)
• LIFE IMAGINE, Daniela Gigante (UNIPG)
• LIFE MIDMACC, Diana Pascual Sánchez (CREAF)
• LIFE REGENERATE, Antonio Pulina (UNISS)
• LIFE SHEPFORBIO, Tommaso Campedelli (Dream)
• LIFE XEROGRAZING, Ginevra Nota (UNITO)
• LIFE CLIMAMED, Maria Doula (BPI)
• POLLINATORS, Simona Bonelli (Butterfly Conservation Europe)
• SUSALPS, M. Dannenmann (KIT)
• Parco Natuale Mont Avic, Daniele Stellin

9:45-11:00 Discussione pratica sui topics principali

11:00-11:15 Pausa caffè

11.15-12:30 Risultati finali e conclusioni

12:30-13:00 Fine dell’incontro

 

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Topics della Conferenza:

🔎 Challenges and opportunities for mapping and modelling agropastoral systems

Mapping grasslands and agropastoral systems has become undoubtedly pivotal for global change studies, natural resource monitoring and management, desertification evaluation and or loss of biodiversity. Moreover, the abandonment of marginal land in combination with shrub encroachment and climate changes are critical factors in the continuing decline of Europe’s species-rich of semi-natural grassland habitats. Traditional mapping methods are time consuming and very costly, hence, alternative approaches (such as modelling, remote sensing products, machine learning) are becoming increasingly important to map changes in pastoral systems and detect mowing and grazing practices. This session welcomes studies analysing challenges and opportunities of using innovative approaches to model and map grasslands and pastoral systems.

🔎 Climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation

As climate change continues, and climate extremes such as droughts, heatwaves, and  intense precipitation increase, it is important to advance our understanding of their impacts on ecosystem structure and function. Natural and managed ecosystems, such as mountain pastures, have indeed the potential to face future climate change challenges if preserved and sustainably managed. This session focuses on observational, experimental and modeling studies related to climate change impacts on mountain grasslands, pastures and other agropastoral systems. We also welcome studies investigating the role of agropastoral systems for adaptation and mitigation opportunities in mountain areas.

🔎 Governance under global changes: the interface between policy and science

The science-policy interface presents several challenges to both scientists and policy-makers, however, the growing severity of challenges imposed by climate change, and the policies needed to face them, implies that more frequent collaborations between scientists and policymakers are crucial. This session welcomes studies or experiences at the interface between policy and science in the context of mountain agropastoral systems, including the definition of adaptation or mitigation strategies or plans. The session aims also at describing the current gaps, challenges, skills and strategies facilitating the uptake of scientific knowledge in policy formulation and implementation.

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Registrazione

Abstract submission

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