( General information )

▪ climate change

▪ land use change

▪ biodiversity

▪ carbon sequestration

▪ atmospheric CO₂

▪ nutrient cycling

▪ soil-plant-microorganisms interactions

▪ agrosilvopastoral ecosistems

▪ grasslands

▪ legumes

▪ soil ecology

▪ forest fire

▪ plant regeneration

▪ forest floor
  

Objective

The study of biodiversity, structural patterns and functional processes in biological communities to establish the basis for a sustainable management.

▪ Carbon sequestration and biogeochemical cycles

▪ Biodiversity and global change

▪ International co-operation

Technology transfer and Services

▪ Evaluation of the carbon storage capacity in silvo-pastoral

   ecosystems

▪  Evaluation of environmental impact of forest fires

▪ Grasslands evaluation

▪ Management plans and grasslands

▪ Socio-economic polls at the stockbreeding sector

▪ Design of prevention and correction measures in forest burnt

   areas

▪ Studies of environmental impacts

▪ Restoration projects of degraded mountain areas

▪ Floristic inventories