Papers by Pierpaolo Congiatu
Routledge eBooks, May 19, 2022
Ecosystem Services Partnership European Conference 2018, 2018
The INTERREG GIREPAM (Integrated Management of Ecological Networks through Marine Protected Areas... more The INTERREG GIREPAM (Integrated Management of Ecological Networks through Marine Protected Areas and Parks) project aims, within the T3 component, at setting up an environmental accounting framework for the evaluation of natural capital and ecosystem services (ES).Building upon the outcomes from the National Environmental Accounting of Marine Protected Areas (EAMPA) project and upon the second national report on natural capital, issued by the Italian Ministry where an environmental accounting assessment ofMarine Protected Areas is provided, a framework for coastal areas of natural parks and marine protected areas is set up and tested on some pilot cases in the context of the GIREPAM project, with a view to spreading knowledge and providing practical management tools to make the tangible and intangible value of nature emerge at the European level.Within the EAMPA project, a multidisciplinary approach, embracing both ecological and economic accounting, combined in an integrated assessment, was used to assess the value of existing natural capital as well as the costs and benefits of ecosystem services fruition within MPAs.The proposed framework is innovative on two levels. First, the assessment of natural capital and ecosystem services value is performed not only using a user side approach, typical of the neoclassical economic approach, but also a donor side perspective, which makes it possible to estimate the effort made by nature to generate and maintainthem. Second, the outcomes from the entire process, from ecosystems to ES assessment, are mapped so as to provide decision makers with a useful and communicative tool.Within the GIREPAM context, the Asinara National Park and the Portofino Marine Protected Area have been selected as case studies to test cutting-edge methods for ecological and economic valuation as well as ecosystem types characterisation in the context of the proposed framework
"Seventh International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal" Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques, 2018
2 Da Convenzione europea del paesaggio aperta alla firma a Firenze il 20 ottobre 2000. I brani ri... more 2 Da Convenzione europea del paesaggio aperta alla firma a Firenze il 20 ottobre 2000. I brani riportati nel testo sono tratti dalla Traduzione del testo ufficiale in inglese e francese predisposta dal Congresso dei poteri locali e regionali del Consiglio d'Europa in collaborazione con il Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Ufficio Centrale per i Beni Ambientali e Paesaggistici, in occasione della Conferenza Ministeriale di Apertura alla firma della Convenzione Europea del Paesaggio, nella quale si recita che si è tenuto conto dei "testi giuridici esistenti a livello internazionale nei settori della
ABSTRACT The relations between biodiversity and structure of the landscapes do not appear so obvi... more ABSTRACT The relations between biodiversity and structure of the landscapes do not appear so obvious like, instead, the importance of landscapes characters affecting biodiversity and, consequently conservation of genetic resources. In the last few decades, a remarkable losses of biodiversity has occurred in Europe, in part caused by ecological effects of changes in agricultural systems production. Further loss of species could accelerate the changes in ecosystem processes, but it is not clear like these changes, as compared to direct effects of the other forms of environmental change, influences diversity loss and alteration of the ecosystem functions. The marginal agricultural areas like, for example, United Kingdom highlands, during the last few years, have been affected by diffuse alterations of habitats, greater than the agricultural plain zones. In these cases, Agro-ecology analysis allows to distinguish between land cover and land use. The aim of the study is to verify the sustainability of agricultural models activities oriented to the improvement of agro-biodiversity levels, as connected with habitat and species conservation within protected natural areas in the study case of the Asinara National Park (Sardinia, Italy). The functional agricultural land use in protected areas must be also representative of the culture and the knowledge of the rural traditional context.
Journal of Environmental and Tourism Analyses, 2014
Asinara Island is located in northwestern Sardinia (Italy) and only recently has been divested as... more Asinara Island is located in northwestern Sardinia (Italy) and only recently has been divested as a maximum-security prison and returned to nature protection as a National Park with Marine Protected Area along the coastal perimeter. Geologically, the island is formed by a Paleozoic basement in transition between the metamorphic rocks and the Pre-Hercynian granitic batholith of Sardinia. New surveys carried out to reconstruct the recent evolution of the landscape have shown a lot of deposits formed by large blocks of granitoid and anphibolitic rocks representing a favorable situation to produce this material formation in terms of differential erosion in periglaciar environment. Similar morphologies are possible to observe in many places in Sardinia continental hard rocks as effect of the conditions of refreezing periods ("glacial"). These deposits are commonly known as " block streams " or " block fields " and reported for the first time in Italy in 1990...
ABSTRACT Today the profitability of the farmers depends on subsidies, the ongoing discussion on t... more ABSTRACT Today the profitability of the farmers depends on subsidies, the ongoing discussion on the future of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has included an emphasis on the need to "protect, maintain and improve agricultural habitats and biodiversity". In recent decades there has been considerable loss of biodiversity in Europe. Changes in land cover due to anthropogenic factors but also, for example, geomorphological processes and climate events, provide a contribute to changes. The study areas are located on the Asinara island (NW of the homonymous gulf in northern of Sardinia - Italy), the island landscape retains widespread evidences of the past agro-forestry. With a diachronic analysis approach were examined satellite imagery, between 1977 and 2000, for an initial assessment of changes in land use. Have been identified 3 study areas, used during the presence of the penal colony with different purposes. The land use changes on the Asinara island, is closely related to functions changes that agriculture had during the prison activities, since the establishment of the agricultural penal colony (1887) to the begin of maximum security prison (anti-terrorism laws and anti-Mafia. 1980) period. The following failure of a management model, lacking in sustainable livestock control, has led to the displacement of animals within the natural areas that provide them biomass (valleys, tree regeneration areas, suburban areas and wetlands). In view of the new common agricultural policy lines, inside and neighboring of the protected areas, can be identified specific intervention tools in order to aid the agriculture implementation with less environmental impact strongly anchored to the territorial context. We need to ensure consistency with the objectives of protected areas environmental management. However these measures must be a real support and reference for the farmers. In these contexts, the use of tools and methodologies such as the analysis of land use changes, along with other technologies, can be a useful support to the governance of the protected areas that maintain inside their territories agricultural zones.
Despite its recent foundation (1997), the Asinara National Park (located in island not far from t... more Despite its recent foundation (1997), the Asinara National Park (located in island not far from the northwestern coasts of Sardinia, Italy) has recorded a growing trend in tourism demand and visitors of all types in recent years. However, irresponsible tourism can have negative environmental impacts often made worse by the concentration of tourists in space and time. After analyzing the attractions, services offered, activities available, access and transport and quantifying the flow of tourism, arrivals and stays, availability of accommodation, water resources, etc. this paper aims to identify the actions needed to create an appropriate model for the evaluation of the tourism carrying capacity that the Park's territory can sustain.
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