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Recent trends in forest cover changes: only positive implications?
- Source :
- l'italia forestale e montana. :273-294
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Firenze University Press, 2015.
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Abstract
- During the last 50 years, the Italian landscape has been subjected by different land use and land cover changes (LULCC). The IUTI inventory (Inventario dell’Uso delle Terre d’Italia) is proved to be acheaper, fast and statistically accurate method for LULCC monitoring. The aim of this study is to summarize the LULCC trends at national level, in Italy, focusing on natural reforestation processes at macroregions level. Some of the LULCC effects on ecosystem services provisioning (carbon storage and sequestration,and biodiversity conservation) have been also analysed. Although on one side the forest re-growth represents a positive opportunity in terms of mitigation strategies due to the enhancement of potential carbon sinks,on the other side, the abandonment of agro-pastoral practices, has several potential negative impacts from an environmental, economic and social perspective.
- Subjects :
- Invasive Alien Species
Land use
business.industry
Land Use Change
natural reforestation
land abandonment
carbon storage
biodiversity
Environmental resource management
Biodiversity
Settore AGR/05 - Assestamento Forestale e Selvicoltura
Reforestation
Land cover
Carbon sequestration
Ecosystem services
Geography
Environmental protection
Afforestation
Land use, land-use change and forestry
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00212776
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- l'italia forestale e montana
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....30fefb6f04c846bc626e2ec1bf049255