Institute of Advanced Studies of Bologna University
ISA topic 2008
PREDICTING
CHANGES IN A CHANGING WORLD
Integrating
ecological, analytical, economic, political and juridical aspects
to
forecast and manage the impacts of global changes in marine systems
Our
planet is facing unprecedented rates of change. Threats and factors driving
change most owe to human activities, that deeply alter the environment. There is
growing concern about how natural and human-managed systems will react to
current and future environmental changes. and about the possible biological,
economical and societal consequences.
Threats
from global change are particularly severe in coastal marine ecosystems, where
human activities have been historically concentrated and where few dominant
threats have led to dramatic losses of natural habitats. To halt the trend and
guarantee future sustainability it is fundamentally important to increase public
awareness and scientific understanding of these changes, and link scientific
findings to policy decisions.
The
“ISA Topic 2008” initiative
The
present initiative is supported through a grant of the Institute of Advanced
Studies (ISA) of Bologna University. It aims to encourage the scientific debate
and promote the public awareness of the threats related to global changes and of
the needs for the future sustainability of our coastal marine systems. This aim
will be pursued through integrated multidisciplinary lectures, public
presentations, an International Winter School and a Workshop, which will see the
participation of internationally renown Italian and foreign scientists.
Organizers
Dr Laura Airoldi,
Dipartimento Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale (BES) and Centro
Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali in Ravenna (CIRSA)
Dr Giuseppe
Garzia, Dipartimento di
Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (DISMEC) and CIRSA
Prof. Valeria Simoncini,
Dipartimento di Matematica and CIRSA
Calendar
of the initiatives 2008
23
January (18:00, Residenza
di Studi Superiori, Bologna)
Lecture - The ecological and
economic consequences of global climate change - Prof.
Marino Gatto, Politecnico
di Milano, Italy
20
February (20:30, Circolo Mama’s, Ravenna) Public presentation - Cambiamenti
climatici e conservazione delle zone umide: presente e futuro della Pialassa
Baiona - Prof. Marco Abbiati, Dr. Massimo Ponti, Bologna
University, Italy
3-14 March (Dipartimento
di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Bologna)
Winter School -“Detecting biological and environmental changes: design and
analysis of monitoring and experiments” by Prof. Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, University
of Pisa, Italy, Prof. Robert K. Clarke, Plymouth Marine Lab, UK, Prof.
Marti-Jane Anderson University of Auckland, New Zealand
17
March (10:00 Scienze Ambientali atITAS, Ravenna): Lecture
- Monitoring
and modelling biodiversity in time and space - Prof.
Marti-Jane Anderson,
Auckland University, New Zealand
3
April (20:30 Circolo ARCI, Ammonite) Public presentation "Le Grandi Opere
Infrastrutturali: impatto ambientale e sostenibilità globale" - Dr.
Roberta Guerra, Dr. Serena Righi, Prof. Marco Abbiati, Bologna University,
Italy
17
April (14:00 Scienze Ambientali at ITAS, Ravenna): Lecture - Unnatural
oceans: baselines and impacts of biodiversity loss - Prof.
Enric Sala,
Centro de Estudios Avanzados, CSlC Blanes, Spain
8
May (20:30, Sala Rinascita, Cervia) Public presentation “Erosione
costiera e qualità ambientale: quali alternative per una gestione sostenibile”
- Dr.
Laura Airoldi, Dr. Claudia Romagnoli, Prof. Marco Abbiati,
Bologna University, Italy
9
June (16:00, 39° SIBM Conference, Cesenatico): Plenary Keynote Lecture - New
strategies and tools for marine conservation and management - Dr. Mike W.
Beck University of California Santa Cruz and The Nature Conservancy, USA
12
July (20:00, Bagno la Duna degli Orsi, Marina di Ravenna): Presentation of the
book “L’ecologia della bellezza”, 2006 Besa Editrice - Prof. Ferdinando
Boero University of Lecce, Italy
Ore 9.30 Saluti delle sutorità Ore 10.00 Relazioni STEFANO TIBALDI – ARPA Emilia Romagna “Cambiamenti climatici in atto con particolare attenzione al bacino del Mediterraneo”. LAURA AIROLDI – Università di Bologna “Stato e trend futuri per gli habitat marini costieri”. Ore 11.00 Coffee Break Ore 11.30 Relazioni LEONARDO MASSAI - TMC Asser Institute – The Hague. “le politiche europee sul clima e i sistemi marini”. PAOLO NUNES – Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei & Università Internazionale di Venezia “Cambiamenti globali e sostenibilità dei sistemi marini costieri: una prospettiva economica”. Ore 12.30 Interventi e discussione |
Contacts:
Dr
L. Airoldi, laura.airoldi@unibo.it phone +39 0544 937314, switchboard
+301, fax +303, mobile +39 320 4386506;
Istituto di Studi
Avanzati (ISA), Via M. Fantin 15, 40131 Bologna, Italy, http://www.isa.unibo.it
CIRSA, Via S. Alberto 163, I-48100 Ravenna, Italy
Last update: 15/10/2008