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In recent centuries, the athropogenic land use change caused extensive loss of habitat and is widely recognized as a major driver of the current biodiversity crisis (de Lima, Dallimer, Atkinson, Barlow, 2012). One of the main transformation of the land use is caused by agriculture. Understanding how to minimize the impacts on biodiversity of the LUC not just limited to the peri-urban areas, but also to agricultural land is one of the main issues in land management. Mitigation measures have to be devoted to contrast fragmentation and increasing insulation in more natural environments, avoiding, on the other hand, an increasing homogenization of the agricultural landscape. This paper presents the evaluation of three LUC scenarios in a NIP Area of Campania Region (Cervelli et al., 2016), in terms of impacts on wildlife. The work was developed within European LIFE/ENV/IT/275 Ecoremed projects. GIS applications techniques and Spatial Multicriteria Decision Analysis (Malczewskj, 2006) have identified the areas of 14 wildlife species-umbrella possible presence in landscape. The evaluations were integrated through the use of sensitivity data, based on habitat assessments, territory permeability, species conservation and rarity, extended to more than 300 taxa. The developed methodology allows the identification of potential conflict areas between LUC scenarios and species presence areas, in order to calibrate interventions and mitigation strategies. The methodology is, therefore, a support tool for the decision-maker, to define appropriate planning strategies aimed to ecological networks management, physical-territorial continuity among the natural environments maintenance, creation of a species mobility support systems, combating isolation and ensuring the maintenance of adequate biodiversity levels. Purpose of the work is to contribute to the definition of positive LUC for NIP area, not only in economic terms, but as integrated development opportunities of the territory.

Biodiversity and landscape management are recognized as crucial pillars of EU policies and strategies in order to ensure the integration of environmental issues with socio-economic needs at the base of human-made changes, in structural and functional terms. Midterm EU’s Biodiversity Strategy (Feb 2th 2016) highlights the importance of biodiversity protection in Europe, not only in terms of ethical behavior but also due to its intrinsic value of the biodiversity loss, estimated in EUR 50 billion a year. The study is framed into the LIFE/ENV/IT/275 Ecoremed Project, aimed to development of eco-compatible remediation protocols for polluted soils in the area of Litorale Domitio Flegreo – Agro Aversano (declared Regional Interest Priority Site). The paper is aimed at defining potential land use change scenarios, by which positive biodiversity impacts could be provided. It entails 2 steps: definition of three LUC scenarios, through a multi-criteria approach; LUC scenarios assessment, through Ecosystem Services and through wildlife impact assessment. The study works on a physical-mathematical model, by which the multi-criteria evaluation for scenarios construction and the quantitative assessments have been integrated. The procedure allowed to identify the most LUC suitable areas and, then, the potential conflict areas between LUC scenarios and target species presence areas, with the specific identification of wildlife species more impacted, in order to calibrate mitigation interventions and strategies, through specific forms/interventions. Our evidence demonstrates an excellent land response to the LUC-LIFE protocols in terms of Ecosystem Services, while highlights the need to consider more targeted strategies with respect to wildlife impacts.