Curriculum Vitae
Studies and career
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence, Italy.
  • 2001, Researcher, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence, Italy.
  • 1997, Research Fellow, Italian National Council of Research /Deutsche Forschung Gemeinschaft, Institut fuer Forst Politik, University of Freiburg,Germany.
  • 1993, Research fellow, "Albert Junior Bell", Forest History Society (DUKE University) - Durham, NC - USA.
  • 1985, degree, School of Psychosynthesis, " Renato Assagioli", Florence.
  • 1983, Curator, Forest Museum, Institute of Silviculture and Forest Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence.
  • 1980, University Degree in Forestry Science , Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence.
Appointments International level
  • 2007, Co-director, Global Environment- journal of history and natural and social sciences
  • 2007, Expert, European Landscape Convention, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
  • 2007, Guest Editor, Forest Ecology and Management, special issue on traditional knowledge.
  • 2007, Coordinator, expert group for the elaboration of Guidelines for the implementation of Vienna Resolution 3 "Preserving and enhancing the social and cultural dimension of Sustainable Forest Management in Europe", enhanced by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe", www.mcpfe.org.
  • 2006,Coordinator , Research Group "Forest and Woodland History" , 6.07.00, International Union of Forest Research Organizations.www.iufro.org
  • Vice Presidente, European Society for Environmental History. www.eseh.org
  • 2006, Presidente , Comitato Scientifico, International Conference, IUFRO-MCPFE, "Cultural heritage and sustainable forest management: the role of traditional knowledge"
  • 2004, President, Scientific Committee, 3rd conference of the European Society for Environmental History,Florence, Italy.
  • 2004, Member, Scientific committee, international conference, IUFRO, Research Group Forest History 6.07.00,Social and Cultural Values of Forest, Wien.
  • 2004, Advisor , Spannocchia Foundation, Siena, Italy.
  • 2002, Chair, Scientific Committee, “Analysis and Management of Forest and Rural Landscapes”, Florence, Italy.
  • 2001, Member, Working Committee "Culture and Heritage", European Community,Sub-Programm Interreg IIC, "The Problem of Mediterranean forests", International Association of Mediterranean Forests.
  • 1999, Chairman, International Union of Forestry Research Organization (IUFRO), working group, 6.07.02, Economic and Social History. www.iufro.org
  • 1999/2001, Commission of European Communities, Brussel, Research Directorate, Quality of life and management of living resources, Key Action 5, 5th Research Framework Programme, Expert evaluator.
  • 1998, President Scientific Committee, IUFRO International Conference, History and Forest Resources.
  • 1995, chairman, working group, "History of timber trade and timber industry" - S06.07.02 - International Union of Forestry Research Organisation (IUFRO).
Appointments National level
  • 2007, Member, Advicing Committee on Landscape and Environmental Education, Ministry of the Environment , Rome.
  • 2006,Associate, National Council of Research (CNR), Institute for the Study of Mediterranean Societies, Naples.
  • 2005, Chair, Working Group "Landscape", National Strategic Plan for Rural Development 2007-2013, Italian Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry.
  • 2005, Expert, Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for the Historical, Cultural and Landscape aspects, Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe.
  • 2003, Coordinator, Working group "History and archaeology of forest landscape" , Italian Society for Silviculture and Forest Ecology. www.sisef.it
  • 2001/2002/2003, Expert , Regional Government of Tuscany, Italy: Forest Law; Rural Development, Law for the sustainable management.
  • 1993, Consultant, Ethnographic Museum of San Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
Direction of research projects
  • 2008 - Coodinator, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, research project for the realization of the "National catalogue of historical rural landscapes".
  • 2006 - Coordinator, Research project, DISTAF/City of Florence, Study on the environmental and landscape changes in the periurban area of Florence between 1800 and 2000.
  • 2000-2007 - Coordinator , Research Project for the construction of a monitoring system of Tuscan Landscape.
  • 2004, Director, research project, Department of Environmental Policy, Regional Government of Tuscany "Guidelines for the management of landscape resources in the protected areas of Tuscany"
  • 2003, Director, Research Project, Mountain community of the Mugello Valley (Florence)/University of Florence - Department of Forestry and Environmental Science : Study for the constitution of the landscape park of the Appennine mountain in Moscheta".
  • 2002/2003, Coordinator, Department of Environmental Policy, Regional Government of Tuscany: "Guidelines for the evaluation of landscape impact of windmill farms in Tuscany".
  • 2002/2003, Coordinator, landscape and indicators for landscape management, Research Project: "Xarxa tematica d'Historia Ambiental i Paesages Culturals" University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2002 , Director, Research Project, Department of Parks and Gardens, City of Florence/University of Florence - Department of Forestry and Environmental Science : "Analysis of landscape changes (1832-2002) in the protected area of the Mensola river".
  • 2001 - Scientific Director, project "The reconstruction of the hydraulic sawmills of Valzanca", Natural Park of Paneveggio Pale di San Martino, Trento, Italy.
  • 2000 - Director, research project, National Council of Research/University of Florence - Department of Forestry and Environmental Science : "Human influence and dynamics of chestnut orchards in Italy".
  • 1999/2007 - Director, research project, Regional Government of Tuscany/ Portland State University/IUFRO/ Forest History Society/University of Florence: "Analysis and management of landscape resources in Tuscany".
  • 1997 - Director, research project, National Council of Research/Institute of Silviculture - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence: "Evolution of forest vegetation and land use in the hills of western Valdichiana - Italy".
  • 1994/95 - Director, Research project: "Cutting Tools in Forest Utilizations" , Ethnographic Museum of San Michele All'Adige/ Institute of Silviculture - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence.
  • 1994 - Director, National Council of Research/Forest History Society, Durham USA, Research project Italy/USA:" Features and technical evolution of forest utilization and wood working tools and machinery in Italy and USA".
  • 1993 - Director, Research Project, National Council of Research/ Institute of Silviculture - Faculty of Agriculture: "Investigation on the location of waterpowered sawmills on the Italian Alps"
  • 1991 - Director, research project, National Council of Research/Institute of Silviculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence : Influence of technical development in the italian silviculture 19th-20th century.
Teaching
  • Analysis and management of landscape resources, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence.
  • Ecologial Planning of the Forest Territory, University of Florence, Faculty of Agriculture.
  • Environmental History, Faculty of Achictecture, University of Florence.
  • History of forest technique, University of Florence,
  • Economic development and landscape resources, Analysis, conservation and management of landscape, Landscape Planning; Master degree: " Economy of Sustainable Development", University of Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
  • 2005, Guest Professor: Planning sustainability in cultural landscapes, Portland State University, Portland Oregon, USA
  • 2003, Guest Professor: History of Tuscan landscape, Portland State University, Oregon, USA.
  • 2003, Guest professor: "International Forest History of Mountain regions", BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna.
  • 2002, teacher, international course "Integrated conservation of heritage territories and landscapes", International Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ICCROM), in collaboration with UNESCO, 18-13 Dicembre 2002, Rome.
  • 2002, reader, Course of specialization: "The tecnical evolution of waterpowered sawmills" Institute for the economic history "Francesco Datini", Prato, Italy.
  • 1999, Guest Professor , PHD course in Forest History, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • 1998, Guest Professor, Institut fuer Forstpolitik, Albert Ludwig Universitaet, Freiburg (Germany), Course of Forest History.
  • 1995, teacher, Course of specialization "The evolution of forest techniques from medieval times to present" Institute of economic history Francesco Datini, Prato, Italy.
Awards
  • Gambrinus prize, 1994, 2001 (co-author)
  • Region of Tuscany, Ministry of the Enviroment, award for studies on landscape conservation, 2006.
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Teaching
Pianificazione ecologica del territorio con applicazioni di GIS
Corso di laurea magistrale: Gestione dei Sistemi Forestali - Facoltà di Agraria - Università di Firenze
Analisi e Gestione del Paesaggio Forestale
Corso di Laurea di 1° livello: Scienze Ambientali Forestali - Facoltà di Agraria - Università di Firenze
Storia della tecnica forestale
Corso di Laurea di 1° livello: Scienze Ambientali Forestali - Facoltà di Agraria
Storia dell'ambiente
Corso di laurea di 1° livello: urbanistica, pianificazione territoriale ed ambientale, Facoltà di Architettura - Università di Firenze - sede di Empoli
- Sviluppo socioeconomico e paesaggio rurale in Italia
Pianificazione delle risorse paesistiche

- Utilizzazioni Forestali nei paesaggi mediterranei


Master di II livello in "Economia dello sviluppo Sostenibile" - Università della Magna Grecia - Catanzaro
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