L'Italia forestale e montana

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L’Italia Forestale e Montana / Italian Journal of Forest and Mountain Environments is a peer-reviewed scientific Journal published by the Italian Academy of Forest Science dealing with all aspects of forest and environmental sciences, policy, economics with a focus on Mediterranean and mountain environments. Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged, including connections with history, sociology and geography. A special Section of the Journal is dedicated to Forest and Environmental Law.

The Journal was founded in 1946, and since 2006 is fully available open access on-line. The Journal publishes accepted articles online 4 times a year. A paper version of the Journal is sent to subscribers.

ISSN: 2036-3494 (online) | 0021-2776 (print)

Italian Journal of Forest and Mountain Environments is a Diamond Open Access Journal

Current IssueVol 81, No 2s (2026): Conference Proceedings Old-Growth Forests and Ancient Trees: A Treasure of Nature, Life and Culture, Firenze 1 October 2025 / Vallombrosa 2-3 October 2025

Published October 6, 2026

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Editorials

Preface

Raffaele Manicone

3-5

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1280

Introduction

Susanna Nocentini

7-8

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1281

Ethics and spirituality of old-growth forests ten years after Laudato si’

Fabio Baggio

9-14

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1245

Conclusions

Fabrizio Parrulli

311-314

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1279

Articles

Ancient forests in the Marche region: an unexpected occurrence

Carlo Urbinati, Giovanni Pelino, Simone Fabbri, Gioia Morelli, Gianmarco Braconi, Giulio Ciccalé, Brunella Luciani, Stefania Ramazzotti, ASlessandro Vitali, Fabio Gennaretti

65-79

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1244

Monumental trees of the Marche Region: monitoring, stability assessment and management guidelines

Gianmarco Braconi, Tommaso Spilli, Alessandro Vitali, Fabio Gennaretti, Sergio Murolo, Carlo Urbinati

80-93

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1227

An allometric-functional approach to studying the ecological complexity of old-growth forests

Tommaso Anfodillo, Gaia Pasqualotto, Marco Carrer, Amos Maritan

105-117

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1214

Integrating Remote Sensing and Ground-Based Inventories to Map and Validate Old-Growthness across Italian Forests

Costanza Borghi, Francesco Solano, Giovanni D'Amico, Titomanlio Pepe, Mattia Niccoli, Elia Vangi, Francesco Parisi, Davide Travaglini, Giuseppe Modica, Giancarlo Papitto, Gianluca Piovesan, Gherardo Chirici

118-139

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1250

Th e role of strict nature reserves in mitigating the eff ects of climate change

Francesco Solano, Giovanni Quilghini, Giuseppe Modica

140-157

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1215

Understanding the stand mosaic of primeval forests as a basis for close-tonature forest management: lessons from the Rajhenav virgin forest in the Dinaric mountains

Andrej Bončina

158-165

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1240

Reviews

Ancient trees and the protection of biodiversity and cultural heritage

David Lindenmayer

15-18

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1217

Reimagining the way we care for our Planet: advancing biodiversity conservation through the hopeful vision of Laudato si’ and Half-Earth

Paula J. Ehrlich

19-25

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1228

From conservation to management: lessons from old-growth forests

Susanna Nocentini

26-39

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1246

Saving space for the long now: old-growth forests and ancient trees in the Anthropocene

Charles H. Cannon

40-49

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1260

Lichen biodiversity in old-growth forests and on veteran trees: an overview with a focus on Italian forests

Juri Nascimbene

54-60

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1248

The oldest trees of the Mediterranean

Jan Esper, Gianluca Piovesan, Marco Carrer, Max C.A. Torbenson, Ulf Büntgen

97-104

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1249

Humans, Forests and Climate Change in the Central Mediterranean

Laura Sadori, Gianluca Piovesan

166-176

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1269

Old-Growth Forests of the Pollino National Park: Biodiversity, Structural Complexity, and Adaptive Conservation – The ‘Old Growth For. Pollino’ Project

Francesco Ripullone, Vittoria Marchianò, Danilo Travascia, Liliana Bernardo, Maurizio Biondi, Marco Borghetti, Michele Colangelo, Salvatore Digilio, Domenico Gargano, Emanuele Giuzio, Adriana Guma, Mattia Iannella, Francesco Iovino, Antonio Lapolla, Nicodemo Passalacqua, Cristina Potenza, Giovanna Potenza, Aldo Schettino, Rosalba Rotondaro, Pierpaolo Storino, Salvatore Urso, Gianluca Piovesan

177-189

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1259

Old-growth beech forests - Joint Natural Heritage of Europe

Hans Dieter Knapp

190-202

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1235

Safeguarding old-growth and primary forests: protection and forest landscape restoration to deliver Europe’s 30×30 commitments

Anique Hillbrand

206-215

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1224

Ecophysiological and ecosystem processes in old-growth forests

Roberto Tognetti

222-240

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1206

Sacred forests in space and time: Intangible Cultural Heritage and naturebased solutions

Shonil Bhagwat

249-257

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1254

Ancient forests and old-growth trees: the various intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values supporting forest protection and restoration

Lorenzo Ciccarese

262-273

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1231

Trees, environmental protection, and Judaism

Aldo Winkler

274-285

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1199

Cult, protection, and use of forest heritage in Italy during the first millennium BC

Gabriele Cifani

290-296

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1247

Integral ecology and old-growth forests: a reading in the light of Laudato si’

Lamberto Iezzi

297-309

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1251

Extended abstracts

Disturbances during old-growth development: lessons for silviculture and restoration

Klaus J. Puettmann, Andrew Merschel, Elizabeth Swanson

216-221

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1229

Old-growth forests and mature trees as a conservation tool for forest birds

Mauro Bernoni

241-243

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1230

Technical notes

Th e national network of old-growth forests

Alessandra Stefani

61-64

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1239

The role of the MASAF Forestry Directorate in the creation of the national network of old-growth forests

Alessandro Cerofolini

94-96

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1198

The Sasso Fratino Integral Nature Reserve, an example of nature conservation

Paola Ciampelli

203-205

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1233

Forest Culture and Perspectives

One Health, ForestEcosystems and Human Health

Francesco Dentali, Dario Manfellotto, Maria Gabriella Coppola

50-53

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1234

Th e Resilient Trees project: old-growth forests and veteran trees for biodiversity and resilient landscapes

Livia Zapponi, Nuno de Almeida Ribeiro, Guilherme Antunes Santos, Eduard Apfel, Martin Bílý, Gediminas Brazaitis, Constança Camilo-Alves, Lorenzo Camoriano, Abdulla Diku, Enrico Gallo, Roberta Guermani, Jan Hofmeister, Rosa Jankaitiené, Agné Jasinavičiūtė, Artur Kala, Veronika Koníková, Paval Littera, Giorgio Matteucci, Martino Negri, Indrė Ruškytė, Jaromír Šíbl, Jan Šíma, Kliti Starja, Miroslav Svoboda, Lukáš Zima

244-248

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-1196