National Projects

Waterstem (PRIN2020).

The goal of WATERSTEM is to unravel the interactions between carbon and water cycles as to understand the modulating effect of the vegetation on water-supply deficit (as opposed to the more frequently addressed meteorological drought) and its impact on water resources and natural ecosystems in Mediterranean climates. The work plan will focus on six Mediterranean mountainous basins and will employ a novel combination of field monitoring (water stable isotopes, tree ring analysis and geophysical measurements), remote sensing, data assimilation and ecohydrological models. WATERSTEM will develop a multidisciplinary and novel conceptual framework that will be used to translate the acquired scientific knowledge into practices to support water resources and silvopasture management across a variety of Mediterranean climates and physiographic settings.

The objective of WATERSTEM is to analyse the interactions between carbon and water cycles to understand the modulating effect of vegetation on water supply deficit (as opposed to the more frequent meteorological drought) and its impact on water resources and natural ecosystems in Mediterranean climates. WATERSTEM will develop a multidisciplinary and innovative conceptual framework that will be used to translate the acquired scientific knowledge into practices to support water resources and forest management in a variety of Mediterranean climates and physiographic contexts. The Forest Modelling Laboratory, jointly with CNR-IRPI, is in charge of the implementation, development and calibration modelling activities for the creation of a coupling between the 3D-CMCC-FEM ecosystem model and the simplified grassland model and its subsequent integration into the hydrogeological model. 

Dr. Alessio Collalti

075 5014541

https://www.waterstem.org

MULTIFOR  - Multi-scale observations to predict forest response to pollution and climate change - is a research project funded by the Ministry of University and Research (PRIN2020 cod 2020E52THS). A team of scientists involved in different ecological monitoring networks and experts in forest resource assessment are converging in a multi-objective project in which state-of-the-art methodologies and new proposals will be adopted to study the specific effects of pollution and climate change on forest growth and productivity.

Dr Silvano Fares

081.0624.27551

 

 

 

 

www.multifor.eu

NOP 'Enterprise and Competitiveness' 2014-2020 ERDF

AXIS 1 Investment Priority 1.b Action 1.1.3 LDR

Project investment: EUR 402,200.00

Grant awarded: € 242,520.00

A brief description of the project and the activities carried out by the CNR-ISAFOM in the OR can be found at the following link.

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Dr Antonello Bonfante

081.0624.27561

www.sensobio.net

 

Urban Archaeological Park of the City of Naples

PAUN is a project developed by the High Technology District for Cultural Heritage (DATABENC) in order to realise the prototype of an Urban Archaeological Park in the City of Naples around the archaeological site of Piazza Municipio.

PAUN is a project financed by a POR competitive call. The PAUN project aims to develop an advanced knowledge, protection, valorisation and communication system of the 'Urban Archaeological Park' of Piazza Municipio in Naples, in an integrated context that links the Castel Nuovo complex to the underlying archaeological area preserved in the Piazza Municipio station of the metro lines 1 and 6.

The integration of knowledge, protection, conservation and valorisation applies 'Smart Innovation' to Cultural Heritage and Tourism for the economic revitalisation of the territory, as well as for the preservation of the cultural memory of Heritage itself.

Within this highly advanced strategy, the PAUN project is part of a strong collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the City of Naples, the City Administration, and the Metropolitana Napoli company.

The project is supported by the application of new technologies, which were developed thanks to the contribution of numerous institutional and private partners, such as the University of Salerno, the University of Naples 'Federico II', the University of Naples 'Parthenope', the CNR and a large number of companies with specific competences in the field of Technologies applied to Cultural Heritage.

Dr Giacomo Mele

081.0624.27560

 

Identifying the health components of the Campania olive supply chain 

The main objective is to identify health components (e.g. polyphenols) in products of the olive chain (such as leaves, drupes and oil) by correlating them with the geo-localisation of each plot.

The activities concern the mapping of olive groves in the five Campania provinces and the analysis of the nutraceutical component on samples such as leaves, drupes and oil.

Based on this information, datasets of representative variables of the main phenotypic, biochemical and genetic characteristics associated with the olive tree will be produced, from which a database will be made available to olive growers in Campania.

Dr Giacomo Mele

081.0624.27560

The role of old seed collections on plant de-extinction and quasi-in-situ reintroduction approaches

Microtomographic scans of 20 Hieracium australe seeds from an ex situ cultivation at the University of Pavia

  • 3D image reconstruction and processing of the internal structure of the above-mentioned seeds
  • morphometric analysis of these seeds with identification of parameters representative of their state of preservation
  • support in data processing and identification of correlations with germinability.

Dr Giacomo Mele

081.0624.27560

DISBA - Climate Change Project - Topic AGRICULTURE

Impacts of climate change on the sustainability and productivity of agricultural systems and adaptation strategies

Dr Francesca de Lorenzi

081.0624.27560

TAM - TOTAL AGRI MANAGEMENT

Managing the entire agricultural-livestock production environment through the implementation of a new computerised and innovative management system, with new processes and technologies applied to it.

The aim of this work is to achieve greater competitiveness from the reference sector, agriculture, through the efficient use of resources (capital, land, labour, energy) by guaranteeing a real sustainability of the agro-food production process along the entire supply chain.

Dr Sonia Vivona

0984.841423

The project is part of a series of initiatives aimed at safeguarding and enhancing the Calabrian landscape and forestry heritage, with special reference to forest ecosystems, as one of the main resources on which to set up innovative models of local development (particularly in the rural and forestry sphere), which in the long term is only possible through the involvement of local private and public operators and subjects. 

The overall objective is the application of innovative and sustainable protocols for forest management, through the use of information technology for the management of the

  • forest management plan,
  • PEFC forest certification,
  • traceability of the wood-energy resource
  • fire prevention

Dr Antonella Veltri

0984.841402

 SPINOB: Spontaneous vegetal species in the Pollino National Park useful for the treatment of obesityIdentification and characterisation of the active principles of two plant species (Gentiana lutea and Hypericum perforatum) from the Pollino National Park with particular regard to secondary metabolites for the treatment of obesity. The above-mentioned species were chosen for the project as they have strong domestication capacities, as demonstrated by previous experiences in the Park area.

Dr Davide Mainieri

0984.841407

E-CROPS Technologies for sustainable digital agriculture

The aim of E-crops is to innovate cultivation processes by enhancing the strategic value of data, whether they are observations of phenomena or the result of measurement or analysis technologies.

Dr Angelo Basile

081.0624.27564

 

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7 April 2025, 18:00