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Rapporto 100 2009 Cap 1 11.Pdf ISPRA Il ripristino Il degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette RAPPORTI ISBN 978-88-448-0404-6 100 / 2009 RAPPORTI 100 / 2009 100 / 2009 ISPRA Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette Rapporti 100/09 Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette Informazioni legali L’istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) e le persone che agiscono per conto dell’ Istituto non sono responsabili per l’uso che può essere fatto delle informazioni contenute in questo ma- nuale. La Legge 133/2008 di conversione, con modificazioni, del Decreto Legge 25 giugno 2008, n. 112, pubbli- cata sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 195 del 21 agosto 2008, ha istituito l'ISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Prote- zione e la Ricerca Ambientale. L’ISPRA svolge le funzioni che erano proprie dell’Agenzia per la Protezione dell’Ambiente e per i servizi Tecnici (ex APAT), dell’Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica (ex INFS) e dell’Istituto Centrale per la Ri- cerca scientifica e tecnologica Applicata al Mare (ex ICRAM). La presente pubblicazione fa riferimento ad attività svolte in un periodo antecedente l’accorpamento delle tre Istituzioni e quindi riporta ancora, al suo interno, richiami e denominazioni relativi ai tre Enti soppressi. Informazioni addizionali sull’argomento sono disponibili nel sito Internet: www.sinanet.apat.it/it/inventaria. ISPRA – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale Via Vitaliano Brancati, 48 – 00144 Roma www.isprambiente.it ISPRA, Rapporti 100/2009 ISBN 978-88-448-0404-6 Riproduzione autorizzata citando la fonte Elaborazione grafica ISPRA Grafica di copertina: Franco Iozzoli Le foto relative alla copertina sono state realizzate da Carlo Jacomini (la foto grande) a Gela, in Sicilia; le prime due foto piccole, dal- l’alto e in senso orario, da Luciano Onori, rispettivamente a Lacona (Isola d’Elba), in Toscana e a Campomarino, in Puglia; a seguire, da Giancarlo Bovina a Sperlonga, nel Lazio e da Francesco Cinelli sui fondali della baia di Cavo, sempre all’Isola d’Elba, in Toscana. Coordinamento tipografico: Daria Mazzella e Simonetta Turco ISPRA - Settore Editoria Amministrazione: Olimpia Girolamo ISPRA - Settore Editoria Distribuzione: Michelina Porcarelli ISPRA - Settore Editoria Finito di stampare nel mese di ottobre 2009 dalla Tipolitografia CSR - Via di Pietralata, 157 - 00158 Roma Tel. 064182113 (r.a.) - Fax 064506671 II Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette AUTORI Il volume, a cura di Luciano Onori, è stato redatto con il contributo dei seguenti Autori: Massimo Amodio (Capitolo 9) Studio Associato Geosphera [email protected] Daniela Antonietti (Capitolo 13) ISPRA – Dipartimento per le Attività bibliotecarie, documentali e per l’informazione - Servi- zio Educazione e Formazione Ambientale [email protected] Luciano Avio (Box 5.2) CNR - Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria [email protected] Stefano Bedini (Box 5.2) Università degli Studi di Pisa - Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie [email protected] Pietro Massimiliano Bianco (Capitolo 5, paragrafi 5.1- 5.3 -5.4; Box 5.1 – 5.3; Capitoli 8 –14) ISPRA – Dipartimento Difesa della natura - Servizio Carta della Natura [email protected] Massimo Biondi (Box 6.3) ALV [email protected] Federico Boccalaro (Box 10.2) AIPIN Lazio [email protected] Silvia Bonaventura (Capitolo 12) ISPRA – Dipartimento per le Attività bibliotecarie, documentali e per l’informazione - Servi- zio Educazione e Formazione Ambientale [email protected] Giancarlo Bovina (Capitoli 4 – 9 – 10; Box 10.1) Studio Associato Geosphera [email protected] Benedetta Brecciaroli (Capitoli 1 – 14) Stagista ISPRA [email protected] III Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette Marina Burgassi (Box 10.2) CONISMA [email protected] Carlo Callori di Vignale (Capitolo 9) Studio Associato Geosphera [email protected] Luca Campana (Capitolo 14) ISPRA – Dipartimento Difesa della natura - Servizio Aree protette e Pianificazione territoriale [email protected] Alessandra Casali (Capitolo 13) ISPRA – Dipartimento per le Attività bibliotecarie, documentali e per l’informazione - Servi- zio Educazione e Formazione Ambientale [email protected] Francesco Cinelli (Box 10.2) Università degli Studi di Pisa - Dipartimento di Biologia [email protected] Paolo Cornelini (Box 9.2; Capitolo 14) AIPIN Sezione Lazio [email protected] Carlo Dacquino (Capitolo 8) ISPRA – Dipartimento Tutela delle Acque interne e marine - Servizio Difesa delle coste [email protected] Adriano De Ascentiis (Capitolo 14) Riserva Naturale Regionale Oasi WWF “Calanchi di Atri” [email protected] Lucia Fanini (Capitolo 14) Università degli Studi di Firenze – Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica [email protected] Marianna Fatigati (Capitolo 11; Box 11.1) Laureanda Università di L’Aquila [email protected] Simone Fattorini (Capitolo 6; Box 6.1) [email protected] Carla Giansante (Capitolo 11) Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” [email protected] IV Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette Manuela Giovannetti (Box 5.2) Università degli Studi di Pisa - Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie [email protected] Andrea Giuliani (Capitolo 12) ARPALAZIO – Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale del Lazio – Sezione Provin- ciale di Roma1 [email protected] Carlo Jacomini (Box 6.2) ISPRA – Dipartimento Difesa della natura - Servizio Tutela della biodiversità [email protected] Angela Lantieri (Box 5.5) Università degli Studi di Catania – Dipartimento di Botanica [email protected] Patrizia Menegoni (Capitolo 5, paragrafi 5.1 - 5.3 - 5.4; Box 6.3; Capitolo 8) ENEA - Dipartimento BAS - Gruppo Desertificazione [email protected] Massimo Morigi (Capitolo 7; Box 7.1 – 7.2) ISPRA – Dipartimento Difesa della natura - Servizio Carta della Natura [email protected] Sara Morucci (Capitoli 3 – 14) ISPRA – Dipartimento Tutela delle Acque interne e marine - Servizio Difesa delle coste [email protected] Maria Cecilia Natalia (Capitolo 2) ISPRA – Dipartimento Difesa della natura - Servizio Aree protette e Pianificazione territoriale [email protected] Luciano Onori (Capitoli 1 – 11 – 13 – 14) ISPRA – Dipartimento Difesa della natura - Servizio Aree protette e Pianificazione territoriale [email protected] Massimo Paone (Capitolo 7; Box 7.1 – 7.2) FAO – Consulente GIS [email protected] Loris Pietrelli (Box 6.3) ENEA [email protected] 1 In comando presso APAT/ISPRA – Dipartimento per le Attività bibliotecarie, documentali e per l’informazione - Servizio Educazione e Formazione Ambientale dal 16/01/2007 al 31/10/2008 V Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette Sandro Pignatti (Capitolo 14) Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” [email protected] Adolfo Pirozzi (Capitolo 13) ISPRA – Dipartimento per le Attività bibliotecarie, documentali e per l’informazione - Servi- zio Educazione e Formazione Ambientale [email protected] Salvatore Puglisi (Box 9.1) AIPIN Sezione Puglia [email protected] Francesco Rende (Box 10.2) ISPRA (ex ICRAM) [email protected] Alfonso Russi (Capitolo 14) Tecnovia s.r.l., Laboratorio di Ricerca MUR [email protected] Giuliano Sauli (Box 9.2) AIPIN Nazionale [email protected] Laura Sinapi (Capitoli 4 – 14) ISPRA – Dipartimento Tutela delle Acque interne e marine - Servizio Difesa delle coste [email protected] Carmine Siniscalco (Capitolo 5, paragrafo 5.2; Box 5.3 – 5.4) ISPRA – Dipartimento Difesa della natura [email protected] Alessandra Turrini (Box 5.2) Università degli Studi di Pisa - Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie [email protected] Maria Gabriella Villani (Capitolo 14) Centro di Educazione Ambientale [email protected] Franca Zanichelli (Capitolo 14) Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano [email protected] VI Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette Quando non diversamente specificato, i box di approfondimento contenuti in un capitolo sono stati redatti dall’autore o dagli autori del capitolo stesso. Alla compilazione delle schede degli interventi di ripristino, riportate nel capitolo 14, hanno contributo Autori diversi, con differenti apporti informativi. Dirigente del Servizio Aree Protette e Pianificazione territoriale: Luciano Bonci Responsabile del Settore Aree Protette: Luciano Onori VII Il ripristino degli ecosistemi marino-costieri e la difesa delle coste sabbiose nelle Aree protette INDICE Premessa........................................................................................................................ Pag. XIII 1. Il Sistema delle Aree protette e la difesa delle coste .......................................... Pag. 1 1.1 Variazioni naturali dei livelli
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