This work was made possible thanks to the good cooperation and harmony between the project partners: ACRI-ST, GIEFS (Groupement International d’Etudes des Forêts Sud-européennes), IPP-CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante) and ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development).
Dr Pierre SICARD Project manager “FO3REST, with an important European plus-value”, is an original attempt to better link ozone concentrations with ozone absorption and real damage levels in the field…Most experiments have been performed under controlled conditions not representative of actual field conditions and the results may not provide realistic results...” |
PhD in Atmospheric chemistry He is responsible for the French Riviera air quality pilot in European projects. He works on air quality impacts on human health and ecosystems, particularly, on the annual and seasonal trends for ambient ozone concentration and its impact on forest vegetation. Email: [email protected] ACRI-ST: http://www.acri-st.fr |
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Dr Elena PAOLETTI IPP provides scientific knowledge for modelling ozone fluxes and correlating impacts with ozone standards (exposure and flux based) either modeled or measured. “This project will provide innovative knowledge for setting scientifically sound standards for protecting forests against ozone pollution. This will be the first time that modeling and measurements of ozone fluxes are translated into real-world Mediterranean forest impacts in terms of growth and visible injury” |
Elena Paoletti is senior scientist at IPP-CNR. She is a forest ecophysiologist and works in particular with the impacts of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems. She coordinates the IUFRO Research Group 7.01.00 "Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems" and the SISEF Working Group "Pollution and Forests". She is Secretary of SISEF. Invited speaker or chairperson at several scientific meetings, she was member of the organizing/scientific committee of 28 meetings. Reviewer of project proposals, journal manuscripts and reports, she is member of the Editorial Board of the journals Forest@, iForest, and Environmental Pollution. Principal investigator in 15 scientific projects and Chair of the COST Action FP0903 "Climate Change and Forest Mitigation and Adaptation in a Polluted Environment", she is author of more than 170 papers. Email: [email protected] CNR: http://www.ipp.cnr.it |
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Dr Laurence DALSTEIN-RICHIER GIEFS is in charge of the ozone impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. “This project will allow the ozone uptake, the quantity of ozone, really absorbed by plants, and its impacts on the most Mediterranean tree species. It benefits from a close collaboration between Italian and French research's teams, experts in this domain for over twenty years. The implemented activities will enable a better adaptation of forest management in agreement with the problem of global warming and air pollution by ozone...” |
PhD in forest ecology Email: [email protected] GIEFS: http://www.ozone-pollution.com |
Alessandra De Marco ENEA provides scientific support for modelling ozone fluxes and collaborates with IPP in applying geostatistics for deriving maps of ozone risk indicators and analyzing the best criteria and thresholds. “The project is an opportunity to infer an evaluation of the stomatal flux model conducted under “Mediterranean style and will expand the sets of site-specific biological, climatic, soil and O3 as well as vegetation damage data, so that flux approaches may be validated. An innovative geostatistical approach, as a validation tools, will evaluate present and proposed standards and thresholds for mediterranean tree species…” |
Degree in Biology, major in Biotechnology Applications She is delegate for Italian Environmental Ministry in the Task Forces on Modelling and Mapping, ICP Vegetation and Reactive Nitrogen, for the Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). She is a biologist and works in particular with the impacts of air pollution and climate change on ecosystems and on the application of the RAINS/GAINS Model to Italy. Email: [email protected] ENEA: http://www.enea.it
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This work was made possible by the technical support and contribution of the below staff by offering access to French RENECOFOR and Italian CONECOFOR network sites, by providing all necessary information, technical support and expertise to help in the FO3REST project realization.
Grand Site Sainte-Victoire : www.grandsitesaintevictoire.com
Parc National du Mercantour: www.mercantour.eu
Office National des Forêts: http://www.onf.fr
Corpo Forestale dello Stato: www.corpoforestale.it
Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l’Ambiente : http://www.ipla.org
Joint Research Centre - Institute for Environment and Sustainability: http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Italian Agricultural Research Council:http://sito.entecra.it
Dr Francesco Tagliaferro Role: Expert in the ozone-induced damage assessment in the Piedmont region and data validation. “The project is very important for the Piedmont region as in the past it has been observed the presence of ozone symptoms on the vegetation, widespread in all the territory. Climate change expected may worsen the alpine situation, so a better knowledge of the thresholds in our environment is essential. Italy should present to the UE evidence of the real impact of ozone on the Mediterranean vegetation”. |
Graduate Doctor in Agricultural Sciences Has been working for IPLA (Forest and Environment Institute) in the field of phytopathology and technical responsible of various national and international projects on forest decay, some of them on ozone like symptoms characterization. Actually is the responsible of the International projects service. Email: [email protected] IPLA: http://www.ipla.org |
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Dr Stanislaw Cieslik Role: Provide scientific and technical support for the ozone fluxes measurements. Has expertise in micrometeorology and atmospheric chemistry |
The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) is one of the seven scientific institutes of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). Its mission is to provide scientific and technical support to EU policies for the protection of the European and global environment. Email: [email protected] JRC: http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ |
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Philippe Maigne Role: Plots location, forest expertise “FO3REST will provide a contribution of information deeply helpful for sustainable forest management. Under changing climatic conditions, it is an asset for forestry, with the establishment of a list of ozone vulnerable tree species and a forest health assessment…” |
Director - Grand Site Sainte-Victoire The main missions of the “Grand Site Sainte-Victoire” are the forest management for fires prevention, the preservation of ecological wealth as well as natural and cultural heritage protection. Email: [email protected] GSSV: www.grandsitesaintevictoire.com |
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