VII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR MANAGEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION “Planning and management of agricultural and forestry resources” / Gambarie d‟Aspromonte – RC (Italy), June 2-7, 2013. Book of Abstracts

In 2007 the University of Jaén (Spain) has created a permanent International Seminar on "Biodiversity Management and Preservation" which was held every year until 2010 at the Centro de Capacitación y Experimentación Forestal de Vadillo-Castril "(Cazorla, Spain), then in 2011 at the University of Almeria (Spain) and, in 2012, in Tortosendo (Portugal), organized by the University of Evora. The seventh edition of the Seminar will be held in 2013 in Calabria (Italy), will be organized by the Department of Agriculture, University "Mediterranea"of Reggio Calabria and will take place in Gambarie d'Aspromonte, a village in the municipality of Santo Stefano d 'Aspromonte (RC), located at 1317 m above sea level, in the heart of Aspromonte National Park, 35 km from the center of Reggio Calabria, one of the most important protected areas in Italy, both in extent and nature and landscape value. This year's seminar will focus on "Planning and management of agricultural and forestry resources." In particular, the following topics will be addressed: - Agroforestry planning on bioclimatic base - Exploitation of agroforestry resources - Rural landscape and biodiversity conservation