🌱 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

🚜 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”)

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

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.

🌾 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

🌊 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

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

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

🌍 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

🌿 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

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

🌍 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

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

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:

💻 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

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 🌿

💻 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

🎤 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

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

🛰️ 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

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,

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

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

⏱ 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

🌞 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