Curriculum Vitae - Landscape - Paesaggio rurale italiano

CAREER

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Management of Agrarian, Food and Forestry systems, University of Florence, Italy.
Habilitation to full Professor in Economic History.
Habilitation to full Professor in Landscape and Urban Planning.
Director, CULTLAB, Laboratory for Landscape and Cultural Heritage, School of Agriculture, University of Florence.
Coordinator, Interdepartmental Unit on the Management and Conservation of Landscape, University of Florence.
Coordinator, International Agreement, University of Florence – Tokyo University for Agriculture and Technology.
Coordinator, International Agreement, University of Florence – University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland.
Director, International Master Course on Agricultural Heritage- University of Florence – School of Agriculture
2007-2014 , Board Member, PhD School, University of Tuscia , Viterbo.
2007, Professeur invité, École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France.
2005, Guest Professor, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
2003, Guest Professor, course “International Forest History of Mountain regions”, BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna.
1999, Guest Professor, PHD course in Forest History, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden.
1997-1998, Research Fellow, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche/Deutsche Forschung Gemeinschaft, Institut fuer Forst Politik, University of Freiburg, Germany.
1993, Research fellow, “Albert Junior Bell”, Forest History Society (DUKE University), Durham, NC, USA.

SCIENTIFIC Appointments – International

Editor, Environmental History Series, Springer Verlag, International Publisher.
Co-Editor in chief, Global Environment – journal of history and natural and social sciences.WH Press.
Advisory Board Member, journal “Landscape”, Windgather Press, UK.
Member, International Editorial Committee, Berghahn book series “Environment in History: Internatinoal Perspective”.

Chair, Scientific Commitee, FAO Program “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems” (GIAHS).
Coordinator, FAO-IUFRO, Memorandum of Understanding, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.
Member, Liaison Group, UNESCO-sCBD, Joint Program on the Linkages Between Cultural and Biological Diversity.
Coordinator, University of Florence / sCBD-UNESCO , memorandum of understanding, Joint Program on Biocultural Diversity.
Board Member, UNISCAPE, Network of the Universities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention.
Board member, International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO).
Scientific Expert, European Landscape Convention, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
Expert evaluator, International Consortium of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), UNESCO WHL:
European University Institute, Florence, Global Governance Newtork, founding member.
Member, Scientific Committee, European Network of Local and Regional Authorities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention.
2015, Italian Delegation, COP 21, Paris.
2014, Scientific Coordinator, UNESCO-sCBD Declaration on the Linkages between Cultural and Biological Diversity (Florence Declaration).
2014, Co-Chair, Theme2 , Landscape as a Cultural Habitat, ICOMOS, World General Assembly;
2014, Scientific expert, European Delegation, Conference of the Parties (COP 12), UN Convention on Biological Diversity,
2005-2014, Coordinator, Research Group “Forest History and Traditional Knowldege” , 9.03.00, International Union of Forest Research Organizations. www.iufro.org.
2010-11, European Science Foundation/COST research initiative: “Responses to Environmental and Societal Challenges for our Unstable Earth”, member, scientific committee.
2007, Coordinator, Guidelines for the implementation of Vienna Resolution 3 “Preserving and enhancing the social and cultural dimension of Sustainable Forest Management in Europe”,Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe”, www.mcpfe.org.
2005-2009, Vice President, European Society for Environmental History. www.eseh.org.
2001, Member, Working Committee “Culture and Heritage”, European Community,Sub-Programm Interreg IIC, “The Problem of Mediterranean forests”, International Association of Mediterranean Forests.

SCIEnTIFIC Appointments – National

2019, Scientific Coordinator, UNESCO nomination, Colline del Prosecco e Valdobbiadene.
Scientific Coordinator, National Observatory of Rural Landscape, Ministry of Agriculture.
President, Landscape Observatory, Regional Government of the Tuscany Region.
Associate Editor, FOREST@, Rivista Italiana di Ecologia Forestale (Italian Journal of Forest Ecology).
Member, Editorial Board, Rivista Italiana di Storia Economica (Italian Journal of Economic History).
President, Landscape Observatory, Regional Government of the Tuscan Region.
Coordinator, Rural Territory, Management Plan, 5 Terre, Portovenere e Isola del Tino, UNESCO WH site.
Coordinator, Scientific Scretariat, National Observatory of Rural Landscape, Ministry of Agriiculture
Member, National Observatory for Rural Landscape and Traditional Agricultural Practices, Ministry of Agriculture Food and Forestry Policies, Rome.
Member, Commission for the indicators of well being, ISTAT (National Statistical Agency).
Member, Scientific Commitee, Foundation for the Protection of the Territory of the Chianti, Tuscany.
Coordinator, Working Group, History of Forest Ladscape, Italian Society for Silviculture and Forest Ecology, www.sisef.it.
Associate, National Council of Research, Institute for the Study of Mediterranean Societies, Naples.
Board Member, Italian Trust for the Environment (FAI)
2014-2015, Scientific Expert, Pavillon ZERO, Landscape Section, Universal EXPO, MIlan.
2012, Co Author, Landscape Area, Italian Pavillon, International Biennal of Architecture, Venice.
2012-2014, Scientific Coordinator for Rural Properties, FAI, Italian Trust for the Environment.
2011-2013, Scientific Director, “Florens” , Foundation for Cultural Heritage and Environment. Florence, Italy.
2008, Member, Commission for the plans of the Sites of Community Importance, NATURA 2000, Region of Umbria.
2007-2013, Coordinator, Landscape Strategies, National Plan for Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Rome.
2007, Scientific Expert, Region of Piedmont, Regional Ecological Network.
2007, Member, Advicing Committee on Landscape and Environmental Education, Ministry of the Environment , Rome.
2001, Regional Council of Tuscany, Scientific Expert, Commission for Agriculture.

Institutional support

Contribution to political documents:

2018, National Forest Law. Coordinator of Working Group
2012, Ministerial Decree, National Observatory for Rural Landscape. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Rome.
2012, Modifications to the National Forest Law (227/2001)
2012, Ministerial Decree, National Register of Historical Rural landscape.Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Rome.
2010, Common Agricultural Policy, Cross Compliance Standard, Landscape elements.Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Rome.
2007, Coordinator, Landscape Strategies, National Strategic Plan for rural Development ( CAP 2007-13), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Rome.
2004, Consultant, Regional Government of Tuscany, Law n.1, 2005, for the planning of the territory.
2001/2002/2003, Regional Government of Tuscany, Italy: Forest Law; Rural Development Plan, Urban and Territorial Plan.

Research projects

2018, Scientific Coordinator, GIAHS Capacity Building- Asia, Africa and S.America, AICS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2016,Scientific Coordinator, Management Plan for Rural Areas, UNESCO WHL site, Cinque Terre e Isola del Tino.
2014, Scientific Coordinator, Project for the Restoration, of the FAI Property of Punta Mesco. Levanto – Italy
Coordinator, “National register of historical rural landscapes”, Ministry of Agriculture Food and Forest Policies, Rome.
2010, Coordinator, “Monitoring system of the Italian rural landscape”, Ministry of Agriculture Food and Forest Policies, Rome.
2008 and 2013, Mauro Agnoletti has been scientific coordinator of 6 National Special Research Projects concerning the Italian Rural Landscape.
2006, Coordinator, Research project, City of Florence, Study on the environmental and landscape changes in the periurban area of Florence between 1800 and 2000.
2002-2007, Coordinator, Regional Government of Tuscany, Departments of Agriculture, Forests, Urban Planning, Environment – Research Project for the development of a monitoring system for the Tuscan Landscape.
2004, Coordinator, research project, Department of Environmental Policy, Regional Government of Tuscany “Guidelines for the management of landscape resources in the protected areas of Tuscany”.
2003, Coordinator, Research Project, Mountain community of the Mugello Valley (Florence), Project for the constitution of the landscape park of the Appennine mountain in Moscheta.
2008, Coordinator, Department of Environmental Policy, Regional Government of Tuscany: “Guidelines for the environmental impact assessment of windmill farms “.
2002/2003, Coordinator, Indicators for landscape management, Research Project: “Xarxa tematica d’Historia Ambiental i Paesages Culturals” University of Barcelona, Spain.
2002, Director, research project, Regional Government of Tuscany/ Portland State University/IUFRO/ Forest History Society/University of Florence: “Analysis and management of landscape resources in Tuscany”.

Teaching

Environmental and Landscape History, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence.
Planning of the Rural Territory, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence.
Teacher, Master Course “World Natural Heritage Management”, School for the Planning and Management of the Territory. Province of Trento. Italy.
2010, Scientific Coordinator, Master Class “Living Landsacpe”, UNISCAPE, European University Institute.Florence.
2012, University of Pollenzo (Slow Food), Italy. Course on Landscape and Sustainable Development.
2005-2010, “Ecological Planning”, Faculty of Agriculture, Univeristy of Florence.
2008, “Ecological Planning”, Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence.
2006-2007, Economic development and landscape resources, Master Course: ” Economy of Sustainable Development”, University of Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
2005, Planning sustainability in cultural landscapes, Portland State University, Portland Oregon, USA
2003, History and Management of Italian landscape, Portland State University, Oregon, USA.
2003, “International Forest History of Mountain regions”, BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna.
2002, teacher, international course “Integrated conservation of heritage territories and landscapes”, International Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ICCROM), in collaboration with UNESCO, 18-13 Dicembre 2002, Rome.
1999, Guest Professor , PHD course in Forest History, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden.
1998, Guest Professor, Institut fuer Forstpolitik, Albert Ludwig Universitaet, Freiburg (Germany), Course of Forest History.
1995, teacher, Course, “The evolution of forest techniques from medieval times to present” Institute of economic history Francesco Datini, Prato, Italy.

Awards

Gambrinus prize, 1994, 2001 (co-author).
Region of Tuscany – Ministry of the Enviroment, award for studies on landscape conservation, 2006
Region of Tuscany, Ideal City Prize 2008. Project for the Rural Landscape Park of Moscheta.
Gambrinus Prize, 2012, jury nomination.