CURRICULUM VITAE

Prof. Almo  FARINA

Professor of Ecology , Faculty of Environmental Sciences, The University of Urbino, Campus Scientifico - Sogesta , 61029 Urbino - Italy
Tel: +39-0722-304301, Fax: +39-0722-304265
E-mail: farina@uniurb.it


Education: Doctor in Natural Sciences, Pisa University 6,1974

Administrative related experiences:
1980-1984 Delegate Director of the Lunigiana Museum of Natural History
1984- Director of the Lunigiana Museum of Natural History
1988- Director of the Laboratory of Landscape Ecology at the Lunigiana Museum of Natural History, Aulla.

Teaching-related experience:
1976-1979 Field assistant to the Zoological chair, Pisa University
1976-1984 Teacher of Biology, High Commercial School, Fivizzano
1992- 1995 Agent Professor of Landscape Ecology, Padova University
1995-1996 Agent Professor of Landscape Ecology, Parma University
1997- Agent Professor of Landscape Ecology, Venice University
1992-1995 Visiting Professor at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Chania, Greece
1995- 1996Agent Professor of Landscape Ecology, Parma University
1998-2002 Visiting Professor Sheyang University, China
2002 Agent professor, Beirut University (Lebanon)
2000 -2004 Associate Professor of Ecology, Urbino University
2004 Full Professor of Ecology, Urbino University

Experience and participation in research projects:
1984-1985 Breeding Bird Survey of the Tuscany, Regional Government of Tuscany, co-coordinator
1990 EEC project for the Apuane Regional park, leader
1991 Italian Atlas of Mammals, Regional contact
1992 PIM Tuscany regional Government , coordinator
1994 Green Book Coastal Pine Plantations, Tuscany Regional Government, coordinator
1995 Effects of acid rains on forests of Tuscany, Tuscany Regional Government, coordinator
1995- Chairman WG on education, IALE

Participation in international seminars and meetings:
. Coordinator of the International Symposium on Land abandonment during the IALE World Congress in Ottawa (1991)
. Organizer of the First Congress of the Italian Society of Ornithology (1981)
. Organizer of the First Conference on Birds Wintering in the Mediterranean Region (1984)
. Organizer of the International Symposium on The future of the Mediterranean Landscape, Montecatini 1992
. Co-Organizer of the International Symposium on Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Land Use and Restoration of Biodiversity , XV International Botanical Congress, Tokyo, Japan
. Coordinator of the Symposium on Education, IALE World Congress, Toulouse 1995
. Organizer of the VII International Congress of ecology, INTECOL 1998
. Organizer of the XII Congress of the Italian Society of Ecology 2002
.Organizer of the 5th Gathering on Biosemiotics, Urbino (2005)

Membership, Honorary Services and Community Leadership:
Secretary of the CISO (Italian Center for Ornithology) (1985-1990)
President of the Italian Society of Landscape Ecology (1988-1981)
Secretary of the Italian Society of landscape Ecology (1991-1994)
Secretary General of the IALE (International Association of Landscape Ecology) 1991-1995.
Editor of the Bulletin of the Lunigiana Musuem of Natural History.
Member of the CESP-IUCN 1992-1996
Member of the Executive Committee Italian Society of Ecology (SItE) 1994-96
Vice President IALE 1995-1998
Vice President INTECOL 1995-1998
Secretary General of INTECOL 1998-2000

Member of:
Societa' Italiana di Etologia
Societa' di Ecologia
Societa' Italiana di Biogeografia
Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici
Societa' Italiana di Ecologia del Paesaggio
American Association for Advancement of Science
International Association for Ecology
International Association for Landscape Ecology
American Association for Landscape Ecology

Major research activities: Eco-ethology of vertebrates, Landscape ecological studies, Land abandonment of upland areas and effects on landscape and fauna, GIS and expert systems for wildlife management. Relationship between birds and landscape, Landscape changes and effects on biodiversity. Theories in landscape ecology.

Publications : more than 200 (90 in English) reports, articles and books on zoology, eco-ethology, bird community ecology, landscape ecology , landscape changes, rural landscape modification.