{"id":43304,"date":"2019-02-05T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/ricerca\/biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-in-sacred-natural-sites-bioessans\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:38:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:38:04","slug":"biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-in-sacred-natural-sites-bioessans","status":"publish","type":"ricerca","link":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/ricerca\/biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-in-sacred-natural-sites-bioessans\/","title":{"rendered":"BIOESSaNS - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Sacred Natural Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The project aims to investigate the influence of some Italian sacred natural sites on biodiversity and ethnobotanical knowledge. In particular, UNISG deals with the traditional knowledge of spontaneous plants in adjacent and non-adjacent areas, compared to the chosen sacred sites.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43300 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Monte-Oliveto-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Monte-Oliveto-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Monte-Oliveto-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Monte-Oliveto-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Monte-Oliveto-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Monte-Oliveto-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Monte-Oliveto.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCIENTIFIC MANAGER<\/strong>: Andrea Pieroni<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER UNISG RESEARCHERS INVOLVED<\/strong>: Paolo Corvo, Giulia Mattalia<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARTNERSHIP<\/strong>: University of Bologna (Italy), National Research Council (Italy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DURATION OF THE PROJECT<\/strong>: 36 months<\/p>\n<p><strong>FUNDING INSTRUMENT<\/strong>: Italian Ministry of University and Research - Progetto di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale Descrizione (PRIN) 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>SITO WEB<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/site.unibo.it\/bioessans\/it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">site.unibo.it\/bioessans\/it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Description<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This interdisciplinary project investigates patches of land protected by virtue of spiritual motives, henceforth named 'Sacred Natural Sites' (SNS), can best contribute to the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. The project investigates long-term traditional management practices in SNS in Italy, where the history of such cultural issues is fairly long, is a major determinant of special biodiversity and ecosystem services with a special focus on soil, soil and biota. Thus, the project proposes innovative policy instruments for the integration of these areas into the current schemes of land protection. The project intercepts a fast-growing interest in the relationship between faiths and nature conservation, both globally and within Roman Catholicism in particular, and responding to the need for new and more effective conservation strategies.<\/p>\n<p>UNISG, through over 200 interviews with local informants, has investigated the link between the Sacred Natural Sites and the Traditional Ecological Knowledge in 7 sites located in different areas of Italy: Beata Vergine di Castelmonte (Prepotto, UD), Madonna del Faggio (Pieve) Santo Stefano, AR), Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey (Asciano, SI), Madonna di Monte Tranquillo (Pescasseroli, AQ), Madonna dell'Altare (Palena, CH), Certosa dei Santi Stefano and Bruno (Serra San Bruno, VV) , San Sebastiano (Teti, NU).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Publications<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Mattalia, G., Volpato, G., Corvo, P., Pieroni, A. (2018). Interstitial but resilient: Nomadic shepherds in Piedmont (Northwest Italy) amidst spatial and social marginalization. Human Ecology (Springer).<\/p>\n<p>Mattalia, G., S\u00f5ukand, R., Corvo, P., Pieroni, A. Scholarly vs. Traditional Knowledge: Effects of Sacred Natural Sites on Ethnobotanical Practices in Tuscany, Central Italy Human Ecology, 4 (2019):653-667<\/p>\n<p>Mattalia, G., S\u00f5ukand, R., Corvo, P., &amp; Pieroni, A. (2019). Blended divergences: local food and medicinal plant uses among Arb\u00ebresh\u00eb, Occitans, and autochthonous Calabrians living in Calabria, Southern Italy.\u00a0<i>Plant Biosystems<\/i>, 1-12.<\/p>\n<p>Mattalia, G., S\u00f5ukand, R., Corvo, P., Pieroni, A., 2020. Dissymmetry at the Border: Wild Food and Medicinal Ethnobotany of Slovenes and Friulians in NE Italy. Econ. Bot. 74, 1\u201314. doi:10.1007\/s12231-020-09488-y<\/p>\n<p>Mattalia, G., Corvo, P., &amp; Pieroni, A. (2020). The virtues of being peripheral, recreational, and transnational: local wild food and medicinal plant knowledge in selected remote municipalities of Calabria, Southern Italy. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 19, 1-20<\/p>\n<p>Mattalia G., S\u00f5ukand R., Corvo P., Pieroni A. (2020) Wild food thistle gathering and pastoralism: an inextricable link in the biocultural landscape of Barbagia, Centrale Sardinia, (Italy).\u00a0<i>Sustainability, 12(<\/i>12), 5105<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43302 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Valli-del-Natisone-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Valli-del-Natisone-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Valli-del-Natisone-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Valli-del-Natisone-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Valli-del-Natisone-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Valli-del-Natisone-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/assets\/BIOESSaNS_Valli-del-Natisone.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project aims to investigate the influence of some Italian sacred natural sites on biodiversity and ethnobotanical knowledge. 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