CNR - ISAFOM 
ACTIONS Project starts: bee health as a mirror of our environment
'Happy Bee, Happy Environment': this is the motto that encapsulates the essence of ACTIONS (pollinAtors eCosystem healTh indicator Of aNtropic pressure), a new and innovative research project that aims to assess the health of ecosystems using pollinators as bio-indicators.
The project aims to develop new diagnostic tools to measure the impact of human activities on the environment. Using a multidisciplinary approach, researchers will analyse how anthropogenic pressure affects the welfare of bees and wild pollinators. A low-cost molecular biomarker based on telomere length (end parts of chromosomes) will be developed and used to assess the health status of pollinators. Data collected in the field and laboratory will feed into the creation of an Ecosystem Health Index (EHI), an innovative and transferable tool to inform conservation policies and sustainable development practices.
ACTIONS was funded by the National Research Council (CNR) within the framework of the competitive call STUPIRE (Scientific Transdisciplinary Unexplored Paths for Innovative Research on Environment), promoted by the DSSTTA and DISBA departments to support transdisciplinary environmental research.
The project involves the collaboration of four CNR institutes, with the following leaders:
Dr. Antonello Bonfante, Principal Investigator of the project, for the Institute for Mediterranean Agricultural and Forestry Systems (CNR-ISAFOM).
Massimiliano Alvioli, Co-Principal Investigator, for the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection (CNR-IRPI).
Dr. Gennaro Di Prisco for the Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (CNR-IPSP), responsible for pollinator assessments.
Dr. Alessandra Iannuzzi for the Institute for Animal Production in the Mediterranean Environment (CNR-ISPAAM), who will lead the development of genomic biomarkers.
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Illustrating the milk supply chain through play
This is what researchers from three CNR facilities, the Institute for Food Science #Cnr_Isa, the Institute for Mediterranean Agricultural and Forestry Systems Isafom and the Institute for Animal Production Systems in the Mediterranean Environment #Cnr_Ispaam, have done by proposing the game the #ViaLattea to primary and secondary school children, on the occasion of the organisation's centenary. We talked about it with one of the organisers, Paola Zinno
Read the article👇
almanac.cnr.it/article/13891/illustrating-the-milk-pile-playing
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❓ But did you know that...
💡 An international research team, of which CNR-Isafom in Perugia is a member, has created the largest globally available database on 'carbon use efficiency' in vegetation (CUE)?
🌳 A study published on the basis of this database shows that carbon utilisation efficiency is not constant, but varies significantly between different regions of the world characterised by different dominant forms of plants and climate. Deciduous forests, for example, show a higher efficiency than evergreen forests...
🎙 🎧 This is just one of the 7 news items you can find in the new edition of 'Forestry Pills from Italy', Sherwood's monthly column that you can read or listen to as a podcast in 15 minutes 👉
www.rivistasherwood.it/t/pillole-forestali/pillole-italia-59.html
Great success in Santa Sofia for the first event "FOR.TREE NURSERY - An alliance for the relaunch of the forest nursery industry" that saw ISAFOM involved with the conclusions of Director Silvano Fares. Available on youtube the recording of the event www.youtube.com/live/gCXn4f9lDKU
Soon new meetings on the ground to relaunch forest nursery!
👥 🌱Our researcher Ilaria Guagliardi and our technologist Nicola Ricca visited CENS in Yerevan (Armenia) as part of the CNR/HESC MESCS RA bilateral agreement. Together with the Armenian coordinator of the project, Dr. Gevorg Tepanosyan, they analysed the ongoing activities and defined the work plan for the following ones.
🤝🏻 💡The visit fostered an exchange of knowledge and consolidated scientific cooperation between the two institutions, laying the foundations for future joint projects.
🔬 Carbon Use Efficiency in Vegetation: the ISAFoM contribution in a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution 🌍
On 16 July, in the 2 p.m. edition of TGR Umbria (RAI 3), journalist Monica Tasciotti interviewed Dr. Alessio Collalti, First Researcher at ISAFoM-CNR, on an important international study on carbon use efficiency in vegetation.
📖 The study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution and coordinated by the University of Singapore, involved 12 authors from research institutions around the world. Using data from flux towers (eddy covariance), the team estimated that around 60 billion tonnes of carbon are re-emitted into the atmosphere each year by vegetation after being absorbed through photosynthesis.
🌱 These results fill a historical gap in the understanding of the global carbon budget and provide new quantitative evidence on the role of terrestrial vegetation in climate change mitigation.
📡 Dr. Collalti's contribution was instrumental in building a global database on Carbon Use Efficiency (CUE), a key parameter for modelling terrestrial biogeochemical cycles.
📺 This is the frame of the interview with Alessio Collalti taken from the report in the 16 July edition of TGR Umbria, 14:00, on RAI 3.
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Mission
Study and analysis of physical, chemical and biological processes that determine the functioning and dynamics of the agro-ecosystems in Mediterranean climate environmentsThe aim is to improve the quality and quantity of production, optimise the use of natural resources and enhance the functions of agricultural and forestry systems. Development and application of research methods and advanced technological innovations for monitoring and forecasting the impacts and responses of agricultural and forest ecosystems to anthropogenic and climatic pressures.
ISAFOM is part of the CNR's Department of Bio-Agro-Food Sciences and has a 'critical mass' of 89 units distributed between the sites of Portici - NA (headquarters), Catania, Rende (CS), and Perugia.
Our locations
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