Open AccessPREFACE
Author(s) -
BRUNO PETRICCIONE,
ROSARIO MOSELLO,
ALDO MARCHETTO
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of limnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.465
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1723-8633
pISSN - 1129-5767
DOI - 10.4081/jlimnol.2002.s1.1
Subject(s) - deforestation (computer science) , vegetation (pathology) , mediterranean climate , geography , agriculture , balance of nature , ecology , population , agroforestry , environmental protection , environmental resource management , environmental science , biology , computer science , medicine , demography , archaeology , pathology , sociology , programming language
Proper forest management must take account of and balance many factors; some have direct positive or negative links with human activity (e.g. cultivation, fires), and some are more closely connected with the ecology of the system, such as environmental features and disturbances indirectly caused by anthropogenic activities through atmospheric deposition and pollution. These problems are more marked in a geographically complex country like Italy, which has a variety of environments (Mediterranean, Apennine and Alpine) with distinct differences between them, reflected in the vegetation types. A further characteristic of our country is its high density of population and productive activities, which has resulted in the deforestation of the areas most suited to agriculture and industry, and encouraged the growth of forests which can be exploited by man