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Environmental sustainability and biodiversity management
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Environmental sustainability and biodiversity management
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Academic year 2022/2023
- Teachers
- Giovanna Cristina Varese (Lecturer)
Simona Bonelli (Lecturer)
Sandro Bertolino (Lecturer)
Massimo Turina (Lecturer)
Vladimiro Guarnaccia (Lecturer) - Year
- 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year
- Teaching period
- Da definire
- Type
- Basic
- Credits/Recognition
- 4
- Delivery
- Formal authority
- Language
- Italian
- Attendance
- Obligatory
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
The "Environmental sustainability and biodiversity management" course aims to provide basic notions about biodiversity management in different fields ((microorganisms, plants and animals). During the lessons the ecological roles of important groups of organisms will be described together with the possible strategies for their conservation and valorization.
With this in mind, references will be made to the current regulatory framework that regulates the access, exchange and conservation of biological resources and their related metadata in different sectors for research and development (R&D).
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Program
The course is organized in 4 module:
Module 1: Convention on Biodiversity and Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of genetic resources (Prof.ssa Giovanna Cristina Varese – 4h)
- Introduction to the aims of the Convention on Biodiversity and the Nagoya Protocol
- The European Union Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 (EU ABS Regulation) and the duties for researchers, Universities and Private companies
- The tools to comply to these regulations: PIC, MAT, MTA
Module 2: Phytosanitary measures and regulations (Prof. Paolo Gonthier - 4h)
- Plant pest categories
- The threats posed by alien pests to the economy and native biodiversity
- Pathways of pest introduction, establishment and spread
- Determinants of pest invasion
- Conventions, bodies and authorities responsible for plant health: IPPC, EPPO, NPPOs, European Commission, EU Member States, EFSA.
- New EU plant health rules: Regulation (EU) 2016-2031
- Overview on pest/commodity risk assessment
- Pest eradication and containment measures
Module 3: Viral Biodiversity and Ecological role of Viruses (Dott. Massimo Turina - 4h)
- Viral Biodiversity: origin of viruses, viral classification, description of the main viral groups, taxonomy of viruses
- Ecological role of viruses in the oceans: description of the specific viral diversity; their role on biogeochemical cycles and predicted effects on climate
- Ecological role of viruses in the soil: methodological approaches, and preliminary results
- The viral component in holobionts: three case studies: humans, insects and plants
- Theoretical risk assessment for the use of viruses in biocontrol
- Regulatory framework for the use of virus infectious clones.
Module 4: Working with wild animals – nationals and international regulations (Prof.ssa Simona Bonelli, Prof. Sandro Bertolino - 4h)
- Definition of animal according to the law: differences among taxa
- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- The European Birds and Habitats Directives: working with protected species
- National legislation and regulation to work with homothermous fauna
- Working with not protected but endangered species (IUCN) guidelines
- Working with non-native fauna: the risk of invasions
Suggested readings and bibliography
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Notes
The course is organised every other year, and it will not be held in the academic year 2021-2022
- Enroll
- Closed
- Enrollment opening date
- 01/03/2020 at 00:00
- Enrollment closing date
- 31/12/2022 at 23:55
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