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🌱 Oral Presentation | Friday 12:00–12:15
🌳 Hassan Awada (Univ. of Sassari) — Soil–Vegetation Interactions and Water Dynamics in Mediterranean Silvo-Pastoral Landscapes
#NBFC2025 | #SilvopastoralSystems | #WaterResources | #MediterraneanLandscapes
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚜 Oral Presentations | Friday 10:00–10:45
🌾 Gabriela Alandia (Univ. of Udine) — The Potential of Gene Banks in the Promotion of Local Agroecological Practices and Systems

🔥 Simona Castaldi (Univ. of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”)
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Agrobiodiversity for resilient food systems 🌾

Eleonora De Falcis (Alliance Bioversity International & CIAT) explores how biodiversity supports sustainable agriculture.
#NBFC2025 #Agrobiodiversity #FoodSystems #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Science meets landscape

After closing the sessions, we moved from the conference room to the field. 🌿
Guided excursion in the Porto Conte Regional Park to see, on the ground, the landscapes and biodiversity we’ve been discussing all day.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🌾 Agroecology and Nature-Based Solutions
From experiments to treescapes 🌳
TODAY at 09.00 CEST!!!! Don't miss Prof. Bart Muys (KU Leuven & EFIMED) who sets the stage for our final day with a keynote on Biodiversity Functions of Agroforestry Systems.
#NBFC2025 #Agroforestry #NatureBasedSolutions
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🌊 Oral Presentations | Thursday 17:00–17:30
🛡️ Daniele Grech (IMC, Oristano) — Protecting the Biodiversity of Mediterranean Ecosystems from Invasive Alien Species: The Project ALIEM Vigil
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Unraveling forest coexistence 🌳

Prof. Matteo Detto (Princeton University) presents a theory of functional diversity in forest dynamics models.
#NBFC2025 #FunctionalDiversity #ForestEcology #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How do we measure true restoration? 🌱
Don't miss Dr. Marcello De Vitis (BGCI & The Global Biodiversity Standard, UK) introducing The Global Biodiversity Standard for assessing restoration outcomes.
#NBFC2025 #EcosystemRestoration #BiodiversityStandard #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🌍 Global Boundaries and Biodiversity
Global insights from 20 years of data 📊
Today at # ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025,14.00 CEST, Keynote talk by Dr. Robert Zomer (Kunming Institute of Botany & CMCC) exploring tree cover gains and demographic trends in agricultural landscapes.

#NBFC2025 #Agroecology
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌿 Oral Presentations | Thursday 12:00–12:30
🐾 Carlo Rondinini (Sapienza Univ. of Rome) — The Conservation of Terrestrial Mammals through the Global Protected Area Network
⛰️ Rudy Brogi (Uniss) — Caught in the Crossfire: Sex-Specific Responses of Alpine Chamois to Heat Stress and Predator Return
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Towards a European biodiversity monitoring framework 
Dr. Joana Santana (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO, Portugal) highlights the gaps and opportunities in transnational field data collection.
#NBFC2025 #BiodiversityMonitoring #Europe #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🌍 Oral Presentations | Thursday 9:30–10:30
🌱 Alessandro Chiarucci (Univ. of Bologna) — Understanding Macroecological Patterns of Plant Diversity for Conservation Purposes
🔥 Paolo Fiorucci (CIMA Research Foundation) — Long-term Simulations of Wildfire and Vegetation in
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Digital twins for nature 🌍
TODAY at 09.00 CEST!!!! Don't miss Thomas Geenen (ECMWF, UK) presenting Destination Earth: Interoperability with Biodiversity Digital Twins.
#NBFC2025 #DigitalTwin #BiodiversityData #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Come and explore our poster sessions at the Second International Symposium on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in the Context of Global Change 🌿📊
Researchers and students are presenting their work across four main themes:
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
💻 Oral Presentations | 15:30–16:30 – NBFC Digital Platform
🛰️ Gabriella Scipione (CINECA) — NBFC Platform: Towards a Digital Governance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Italy
🌐 Donatella Spano (Univ. of Sassari & CMCC) — NBFC Digital Platform: Advanced Modeling for Biodiversity a
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Faces behind the Symposium 💚 – Vanessa Lozano & Tony Chahine

Two of the researchers and organizers from the University of Sassari, working behind the scenes to bring people, ideas and data together for biodiversity and ecosystem functions in a changing world 🌿
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
💻 Biodiversity Goes Digital
Open data, open science 🌐
Today at # ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025, 14.30 CEST, Keynote talk by Kyle Copas (@GBIF Secretariat) on Activating GBIF Italy as a Hub for Biodiversity Data.
#NBFC2025 #OpenData #DigitalBiodiversity www.algherosymposium.it
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎤 Oral Presentations | 12:45–13:30
Don’t miss three exciting talks before lunch!
🌿 Mara Baudena (CNR–ISAC, Turin) — Reconciling Short and Long-Term Predictions for Ecosystem Management
🔥 Giacomo Trotta (Univ. of Udine) — Monitoring Post-Fire Plant Community Succession in Temperate Karst Forests
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Understanding mega-trends shaping nature 🌍
TODAY at 12.15 CEST!!!! Don't miss the presentation of Prof. Marco Marchetti (Sapienza University & Fondazione Alberitalia) on Mega-Trends for the Protection of Biodiversity and Landscapes.
#NBFC2025 #LandscapeEcology #Biodiversity#ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🛰️ Monitoring BEF: From Space to Field
A million-meter view from NASA! 🛰️
Today at # ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025, 11.45 CEST, Keynote talk by Dr. Charles Miller (JPL @NASA) connects space-based observations with field ecology to understand Earth’s living systems.
#NBFC2025 #EarthObservation #NASA
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Opening the Second International Symposium on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in the Context of Global Changein Alghero 🌍🌿
Prof. Donatella Spano delivered the Opening Address on behalf of the University of Sassari and the NBFC, stressing the urgent links between biodiversity,
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
How do forests drive biodiversity and restoration? 🌲
TODAY at 10.45 CEST!!!! Don't miss Prof. Xiaojuan Liu (CAS, China) keynote address on Forest Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning and Restoration.
#NBFC2025 #Forests #EcosystemRestoration #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
From protected areas to participatory landscapes 🌍
Prof. Helena Freitas (University of Coimbra, Portugal) will be one of our plenary speakers, exploring climate-adaptive pathways for biodiversity conservation.
#NBFC2025 #BiodiversityConservation #ClimateAdaptation #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
⏱ Opening Session – Setting the Scene
We kick off the #NBFC2025 Conference with Prof. Massimo Labra, Scientific Director of NBFC — guiding us on “The Way Forward” for Italy’s National Biodiversity Future Center.
🌿 #Biodiversity #ScienceForFuture #ALGHEROSYMPOSIUM2025 www.algherosymposium.it
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🌞 Good morning from #NFBC!
Join us today, Wednesday 12th November 2025, from 09:30 – 10:00 for the INSTITUTIONAL WELCOME with 🎙️ Luigi Fiorentini, Donatella Spano, Antonio Navarra, and Riccardo Coratella. Let’s kick off an inspiring day together! 💡✨
#NFBC2025 #Conference #OpeningSession
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM