🌱 Oral Presentation | Friday 12:00–12:15
🌳 Hassan Awada (Univ. of Sassari) — Soil–Vegetation Interactions and Water Dynamics in Mediterranean Silvo-Pastoral Landscapes
#NBFC2025 | #SilvopastoralSystems | #WaterResources | #MediterraneanLandscapes
— Combined Effect of Fire and Forest Plant Community on Soil Diversity Related to C and N Cycling
🧪 Silvia Macis (Univ. of Cagliari) — Native Soil Microbes as Nature-Based Solutions to Enhance Plants under Salinity in Mediterranean Wetlands
#NBFC2025 | #Agroecology | #SoilBiodiversity |
Agrobiodiversity for resilient food systems 🌾
Eleonora De Falcis (Alliance Bioversity International & CIAT) explores how biodiversity supports sustainable agriculture.
#NBFC2025 #Agrobiodiversity #FoodSystems #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
🌾 Agroecology and Nature-Based Solutions
From experiments to treescapes 🌳
TODAY at 09.00 CEST!!!! Don't miss Prof. Bart Muys (KU Leuven & EFIMED) who sets the stage for our final day with a keynote on Biodiversity Functions of Agroforestry Systems.
#NBFC2025 #Agroforestry #NatureBasedSolutions
🌿 André Große-Stoltenberg (Justus Liebig Univ. Gießen) — Invasive Plants from Space to Field: Advancing Impact Assessment through Remote Sensing
#NBFC2025 | #InvasiveSpecies | #Biosecurity | #RemoteSensing
Unraveling forest coexistence 🌳
Prof. Matteo Detto (Princeton University) presents a theory of functional diversity in forest dynamics models.
#NBFC2025 #FunctionalDiversity #ForestEcology #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
How do we measure true restoration? 🌱 Don't miss Dr. Marcello De Vitis (BGCI & The Global Biodiversity Standard, UK) introducing The Global Biodiversity Standard for assessing restoration outcomes. #NBFC2025 #EcosystemRestoration #BiodiversityStandard #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
🌍 Global Boundaries and Biodiversity
Global insights from 20 years of data 📊
Today at # ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025,14.00 CEST, Keynote talk by Dr. Robert Zomer (Kunming Institute of Botany & CMCC) exploring tree cover gains and demographic trends in agricultural landscapes.
#NBFC2025 #Agroecology
🌳 Simone Mereu (CNR–IBE & CMCC) — The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Network (BioFUNet): Linking Stand Structure and Composition with Biodiversity and Soil Processes
#NBFC2025 | #Conservation | #MammalDiversity | #MountainEcology | #ForestMonitoring
Towards a European biodiversity monitoring framework Dr. Joana Santana (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO, Portugal) highlights the gaps and opportunities in transnational field data collection. #NBFC2025 #BiodiversityMonitoring #Europe #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
Digital twins for nature 🌍 TODAY at 09.00 CEST!!!! Don't miss Thomas Geenen (ECMWF, UK) presenting Destination Earth: Interoperability with Biodiversity Digital Twins. #NBFC2025 #DigitalTwin #BiodiversityData #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
💻 Biodiversity Goes Digital
Open data, open science 🌐
Today at # ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025, 14.30 CEST, Keynote talk by Kyle Copas (@GBIF Secretariat) on Activating GBIF Italy as a Hub for Biodiversity Data.
#NBFC2025 #OpenData #DigitalBiodiversity www.algherosymposium.it
🌊 Alberto Basset (Univ. of Salento) — Guild Organization in Marine Phytoplankton: Niche Partitioning Between and Within Size Classes
#NBFC2025 | #EcosystemFunction | #PostFireEcology | #MarineEcology
Understanding mega-trends shaping nature 🌍
TODAY at 12.15 CEST!!!! Don't miss the presentation of Prof. Marco Marchetti (Sapienza University & Fondazione Alberitalia) on Mega-Trends for the Protection of Biodiversity and Landscapes.
#NBFC2025 #LandscapeEcology #Biodiversity#ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025
🛰️ Monitoring BEF: From Space to Field
A million-meter view from NASA! 🛰️
Today at # ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025, 11.45 CEST, Keynote talk by Dr. Charles Miller (JPL @NASA) connects space-based observations with field ecology to understand Earth’s living systems.
#NBFC2025 #EarthObservation #NASA
How do forests drive biodiversity and restoration? 🌲
TODAY at 10.45 CEST!!!! Don't miss Prof. Xiaojuan Liu (CAS, China) keynote address on Forest Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning and Restoration.
#NBFC2025 #Forests #EcosystemRestoration #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
From protected areas to participatory landscapes 🌍
Prof. Helena Freitas (University of Coimbra, Portugal) will be one of our plenary speakers, exploring climate-adaptive pathways for biodiversity conservation.
#NBFC2025 #BiodiversityConservation #ClimateAdaptation #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025
⏱ Opening Session – Setting the Scene
We kick off the #NBFC2025 Conference with Prof. Massimo Labra, Scientific Director of NBFC — guiding us on “The Way Forward” for Italy’s National Biodiversity Future Center.
🌿 #Biodiversity #ScienceForFuture #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
