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Conserving and restoring freshwater and marine ecosystems are priorities addressed by several European and global conservation initiatives. Many management and conservation initiatives have been put in place to support the achievement of declared national and global conservation and sustainability goals. Nonetheless, the extent to which all these initiatives can provide lasting positive effects on conservation and restoration targets is often impaired/limited by the lack of robust baseline data and systematic monitoring, which in turn are constrained by the limited number of long-term monitoring programs and limited dedicated funding. This collection underlines the importance of monitoring in times of global change and shifting baselines and the urgency of boosting conservation strategies to ensure progression towards meeting global conservation objectives. Emphasis is given also to the socio-ecological contexts and dimensions of conservation efforts, and the potential of societal engagement in monitoring practices - a key enabling factor to turn conservation initiatives into practical actions and ecosystem protection.
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 15th Italian Research Conference on Digital Libraries, IRCDL 2019, held in Pisa, Italy, in January/February 2019. The 22 full papers and 5 short papers presented were carefully selected from 42 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information retrieval, digital libraries and archives, information integration, open science, and data mining.
Nell’Antropocene, l’era in cui viviamo, l’Italia è percorsa da nord a sud in un’esplorazione che dà voce alla storia naturale delle comunità umane, impressa nella geografia dei luoghi. E se quel che resta della natura selvaggia fosse intorno a noi? Forse basterebbe uscire per imparare a ri-conoscerla. Da qui parte Anthropica, lungo mille chilometri di penisola italiana, percorrendo in bicicletta un territorio costellato di meraviglie naturali ed emergenze ambientali. Un libro che si muove tra la sorprendente biodiversità celata dal cemento e la miriade di ecosistemi più prossimi a noi, e dunque più minacciati, integrando le dimensioni umana e naturale attraverso l’ecologia.
Contains analysis of water, its medical uses and testimonies of cures.