{"id":1008,"date":"2019-07-10T17:07:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/rende\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:04:18","slug":"rende","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/rende\/","title":{"rendered":"Rende(CS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Responsible:<\/strong><\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/buttafuoco-bgabriele\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Gabriele Buttafuoco<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> <strong>Head office: Via Cavour, 4\/6 - 87036 Rende (CS) - Calabria <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> <strong>Tel: <\/strong><strong>+39.0984.841423 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Secretariat<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>E-mail: <a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:segreteria.cs@isafom.cnr.it\">segreteria.cs@isafom.cnr.it<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Tel: +<\/strong><strong>39.<\/strong><strong>0984.841421<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">ISAFOM Rende was initially characterised by research activities related to the study and analysis of the ecological processes that determine the functioning and dynamics of ecosystems in Mediterranean climate environments, for the optimisation of the use of natural resources, and for the enhancement of the functions of forest systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In particular, many activities have involved the natural laboratory of the Bonis Experimental Basin in the Sila National Park, where studies have been conducted since 1986 to assess the impact of forest cover on the hydrological balance and surface runoff, also in relation to changes in forest density.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<strong>Currently, research activities cover the following macro-categories:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Study of physical, geochemical, biological, geostatic and hydrological processes inherent to soil and forest systems in the Mediterranean environment;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Monitoring and forecasting the impacts and responses of agricultural and forest ecosystems to anthropogenic and climatic pressures;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Mapping Quiet Areas Forest Therapy;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Landscape\/Landscape Ecology;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ethno-botany; Ethno-pharmacology;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Higher Education-Divulgation\/Evaluation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The research activities are detailed below:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Characterisation of the physical and bio-chemical properties of soil;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Application of statistical and geostatistical methods to the analysis of spatial variability of soil properties, modelling of soil processes, delineation of homogeneous management areas for precision agriculture;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Microbiological and biochemical analyses for the assessment and characterisation of soil health and quality;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Botany, cell biology, soil microbiome;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Climate Change, Natural Hazards, Modelling and Simulation of Hydrological and Water Resources, Geographical Information Systems, Land Use Possibilities and Forest Ecology;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Soil geochemistry (urban, agricultural and forestry), Geochemistry of environmental matrices (soil-water)\/GIS tools and geostatistics, Precision agriculture, Remote sensing;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ecological processes, functioning and dynamics of ecosystems in Mediterranean climate environments, optimising the use of natural resources, and enhancing the functions of forest systems;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Forest ecosystems, sustainable management and valorisation of natural resources in ecosystems; environmental resources and ecosystem services; agricultural and forest landscape studies; landscape ecology;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ethnopharmacology, Ethnobotany;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Mapping of areas of Tranquillity and definition of Oases of Tranquillity, Green-Care, Forest Therapy, Ecosystem Services and enhancement of Natural Capital for health and well-being. Nutrition and Active Ageing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Technologies for the Made in Italy agro-food industry - Higher education;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sustainable local development and territorial animation;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Scientific outreach activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The following facilities are currently active at the Isafom site in Rende:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">HIGHLY STRUMENTED BACINO \/ EXPERIMENTAL SITE \"BONIS\" - Localit\u00e0 Petrarella - Longobucco (CS) - Sila National Park (CS)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">SOIL PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY LABORATORY - Via Cavour 4\/6 - 87036 Rende (CS)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The following Workshops are also being implemented:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Biology and Microbiology of Ecosystems Laboratory;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Proximal and Remote Sensing Laboratory.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1562771501794!6m8!1m7!1sDl-lrVQdK6w-TMMXy06ObA!2m2!1d39.33859261123717!2d16.2431912004614!3f344.8132392598339!4f4.283336546943843!5f1.8840984375556968\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Office: Gabriele Buttafuoco Head Office: Via Cavour, 4\/6 - 87036 Rende (CS) - Calabria Tel.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":47,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-senza-categoria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579,"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1008\/revisions\/2579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}