Role
Associate Professor of Forest Management and Silviculture at the University of Tuscia, DIBAF - Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-food and Forestry Systems.
Bio
Anna Barbati graduated in Forestry Sciences from the University of Florence in 1996. In 1997, she completed a Postgraduate Master's Degree in " Remote Sensing and Natural Resources Evaluation " and earned a PhD in Forest Economics and Planning in 2001. In 2007, she earned a Master's Degree in Landscape Ecology and Environmental Planning from Sapienza University of Rome.
Since 2010, she has been a researcher at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DIBAF) of the University of Tuscia. She is currently an associate professor at the same university. She coordinated the European project PREVAIL and is a team leader for the REFORM and FREShLIFE projects.
His research interests include forestry sciences, with a particular focus on the application of integrated satellite, aerial, and drone remote sensing techniques and sample surveys for the analysis and monitoring of forest ecosystems. He contributed to the development of the European Forest Types classification, used in Europe to compare information on forest status and sustainable forest management indicators.
She has worked on national and international projects focusing on wildfires in the Mediterranean region, forest fuel mapping, and risk prevention. Her most recent research focuses on the interaction between biodiversity, forests, ecosystem services, and climate change resilience. She is a corresponding member of the Italian Academy of Forestry Sciences and holds positions at IUFRO.