Valentino Marini GovigliUniversity of Bologna | UNIBO · Department of Agri-Food Sciences and Technologies
Valentino Marini Govigli
PhD Forest and Cultural Ecology; MRes Ecology and Environmental Management; BA Economics
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Introduction
My work lies at the intersection of Environmental Economics, Human Geography, and Rural Sociology applied to the forest and agriculture sectors.
I use both qualitative and quantitative tools in three main fields of research:
(i) stakeholder preferences and consumer behaviour analysis in natural resource management and agro-forestry production models,
(ii) evaluation of cultural and intangible ecosystem services, (iii) social innovation brokerage and multi-actor engagement.
Additional affiliations
November 2013 - present
Position
- PhD Student
Description
- PhD title: "Modelling the socio-ecological interface of sacred groves in Northern Greece"
Publications
Publications (40)
Forest intangible values (e.g., emotions, aesthetics, and spirituality) are key nonmaterial values supporting human well-being. However, their evaluation is far from trivial, as they are intertwined with people's individual values and beliefs. The aim of this paper is to explore which participatory methods can serve best to map and assess the emoti...
The development of societies, including spiritual development, is closely connected to forests. The larger interrelations among changing societies, transforming forest landscapes, and evolving spiritual values related to forests have yet to be extensively considered. Addressing this research gap is important to avoid the neglect of spiritual values...
In this paper, we explore how social innovation can provide a range of ecosystem services to local people while supporting public policies and private sector initiatives in delivering successful and innovative food distribution channels. In the Mediterranean basin, the status of commercial fish stocks is critical. In this sense, small‐scale, low‐im...
Social innovations are grassroots processes aiming to achieve impacts beyond an individual level and towards a broader societal good. The environmental dimension of impacts refers to any direct change to the environment resulting from social innovation activities, products, or services, which are not addressed by pre-existing systems. In this paper...
Algunas características específicas del sector forestal conllevan retos para articular la demanda y provisión de servicios ecosistémicos. Principalmente debido a la gran fragmentación de la propiedad, pero también a las prácticas dispersas de recolección de frutos silvestres, o las externalidades de adyacencia derivadas de los trabajos silvícolas....
The looming climate crisis requires an immediate response, in which organizations, as major contributors, should play a central role. However, these organizations need appropriate tools to measure and mitigate their climate impacts. One commonly applied method is carbon footprint analysis. Carbon footprint analyses have been conducted for various t...
Sacred Natural Sites are integrated-coupled systems with mutual social and natural interactions, and they exist within a variety of local cultures and regions of the world. In Europe and especially in the Mediterranean basin, changing land use patterns and population decline since World War II have had a dramatic impact on the socio-ecological stru...
The aim of this study is to assess the potential of Earth Observation and climate data for the forestry sector focusing on the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Although forestry researchers recognize the importance of Earth Observation and climate data, forestry practitioners currently work mainly with land cover information, largely neglec...
The looming climate crisis requires an immediate response, in which organizations, as major contributors, should play a central role. However, these organizations need appropriate tools to measure and mitigate their climate impacts. One commonly applied method is carbon footprint analysis. Carbon footprint analyses have been conducted for various t...
Social innovation (SI) impacts are long-term changes that affect different dimensions of territorial capital (i.e., economy, society, environment, governance) for the territory in which SI occurs. Yet, systematic empirical evidence and theoretically sound assessments of the impacts of SI are scarce. This paper aims to fill the gap and assess the di...
Despite the growing interest in social innovation (SI) in agriculture, the literature lacks validated tools for evaluating such initiatives. This paper provides an empirical application of the evaluation approach developed within the H2020 SIMRA project to a pilot experience conducted in a rural area of Southern Italy. The value added by this case...
Sacred forests are an integral component of the mountainous cultural landscape of northern Greece, hypothesized to be the result of both ecological processes and site-specific forest management regimes through strict religious prohibition. These practices acted as constraints on natural forest development by suppressing understory growth, while pro...
This report presents the lessons learnt from the local workshops held by the seven social innovation actions on grassroots initiatives across Europe and the Mediterranean basin. In total 11 workshops held and have attracted more than 170 participants from across the range of relevant backgrounds and responsibilities in policy, business, civic socie...
Innovation actions within European Horizon 2020 (H2020) projects aim at testing research results in practice. When supporting social innovations in rural areas, such testing requires the alignment of several rural actors in order to entail behavioral changes beyond the individual level. Recently, social innovation has been recognized as an importan...
This report presents analyses of the experiences of the seven Social Innovation Actions undertaken in the SIMRA project. The aim of the report is to pool the knowledge gained in the practical implementation of Social Innovations in marginalised rural areas.
As a result of the analysis, several elements have emerged as crucial for Social Innovation...
The settlement Vlkolinec (Slovakia), thanks to its isolated location (Fig. 1), preserved the historical character of a small rural settlement, and unique cultural and natural heritage with a significance extending beyond Slovakia (Fig., 2, 3 and 4). It attracts more than 70,000 visitors per year. Vlkolinec was declared as Reserve of Folk Architectu...
In fire-prone areas such the Mediterranean basin, wildfire risk means a societal challenge. Governments in modern welfare states have generally addressed it through a “zero fire policy”, focusing on suppression and professionalization. Such approach provides security to local populations, who in turn may detach from the socio-ecologic phenomenon of...
Executive Summary
«RUN» denominates a case study undertaken in the Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel (République et Canton de Neuchâtel) which is a NUTS 3 jurisdiction in the Espace Mittelland (NUTS 2) and historically dominated by the watch making and microtechnical manufacturing industry. The part of the secondary sector still exceeds 30%. The canton of...
Executive Summary
As a result of the structural change in agriculture and failed tourism investments the trade and crafts association, all 11 small municipalities of the Lumnezia valley— a poorly accessible, Romansh-speaking Swiss mountain valley in the Canton of Grison— started to work together in 1986. They agreed upon a reorientation of regiona...
In this report we present results of evaluation of 11 Social Innovation Case Studies. The assessments of the Social Innovations were based upon three main blocks. The first step of the evaluation of the social innovation initiative focuses on five evaluation criteria: Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Impacts and Sustainability (REEIS). This wa...
Mushroom picking is a growing recreational activity in Europe. Since the institutional environment moves towards regulating mycological resources, estimating the value of this ecosystem service becomes a key tool for policy-makers and rural entrepreneurs. This paper applies the Travel Cost (TC) method to estimate the value of mushroom picking in th...
Resumen En áreas propensas a los incendios forestales, como son las mediterráneas, los gobiernos en estados de bienestar modernos han gestionado dicho riesgo generalmente a través de "políticas de cero incendios", enfocadas en la extinción y profesionalización. Dicho enfoque proporciona seguridad a las poblaciones locales, que por otra parte pueden...
Tο ιερό προστατευτικό δάσος οξυάς του Γρεβενιτίου, στην ορεινή Ήπειρο, ανήκει στους Ιερούς Φυσικούς Τόπους της χώρας. Βρίσκεται σε μια απότομη πλαγιά πάνω από τον οικισμό, προστατεύοντάς τον από φυσικές καταστροφές. Προηγούμενες έρευνες εκτίμησαν την ηλικία των δέντρων σε άνω των 200 ετών (THALIS_SAGE 2015). Στόχος της παρούσας έρευνας είναι να απο...
Evaluation study of the forestry measure under the RDP - Campania Region (Italy) case study
Available online along with the other case studies at: https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/f0d5cc21-bcd1-11e8-99ee-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
In a context of highly fragmented woodlands' ownership, joint forest management implies a reduction of transaction costs for its members and improves the coherence of forestry actions at the landscape scale. Increasing the size of the management unit improves market positioning, permits a more technical management, and improves environmental sustai...
Sacred groves in northern Greece are dynamic systems and an essential component of socioecological landscapes. Their woody vegetation is hypothesized to be the result of both environmental and management practices that acted as constrains on the forests’ development suppressing understorey growth, while prohibitions on wood cutting preserve large-s...
La recogida de setas es una actividad muy arraigada en la sociedad catalana. Ello supone
oportunidades pero también amenazas, algunas de las cuales podría canalizarse o abordarse desde
la intervención política.
El análisis de variables socio-económicas proporciona al decisor información tanto de la parte de la
oferta (el titular o gestor forestal),...
Wild mushroom picking is a growing recreational and commercial activity. In Spain, wild mushrooms legally belong to the landowner, who seldom benefits from trade in mushrooms or from their recreational value. Cultural aspects (tradition, picker-related harms) and economic aspects (costly forestry works, income opportunities) constitute elements of...
Understanding the development of socio-ecological landscapes in its spatiotemporal dimensions is a key priority in the field of landscape history. This is particularly important in ecosystems where the relationship amongst ecological and social forces is strong, as is the case for cultural landscapes and sacred natural sites. To achieve this, we so...
The Sacred Groves of Epirus (SAGE) are Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) managed locally as protected patches of woodland, which contribute to the cultural heritage of a community and at the same time contribute to protection of settlements from natural hazards, and the maintenance of the water supply from aquifers and also of aesthetic and recreational v...
Cities are major contributors to global emissions, producers of waste and consumers of resources such as energy, water and food: implementing green development strategies is hence a core challenge of modern city-planning. The attention of research has been focusing on the development of energy efficient, low carbon strategies, yet city decision-mak...
Investigating the structure of ecological boundaries is a crucial issue for forest research to understand
how adjacent systems interact and exchange flows of resources, both spatially and temporally. Their
appraisal is, however, challenging, especially in landscapes where cultural and social variables
strongly influence boundary configuration.
Amo...
During the summer of 2014 we walked with Oliver Rackham from Konitsa town to Zagori aiming to reconstruct the ecological history of the sacred forests of the area. We visited 9 sacred forests located in Konitsa plateau, Aoos valley, East Zagori and Mitsikeli mountain. Sacred forests are relict landscapes, established most probably in the 18th centu...
Northern Epirus sacred groves are a prominent example of a long-term coupled socio-ecological system. Their ecological structure is thought to be the result of subsequent land use changes related to large societal phenomena (rural abandonment, management practices, community and religious protection status). These dynamical processes and their inte...
Projects
Projects (5)
Development Social Innovation Actions in marginalizaed rural areas in Europe and Medeteredian basin.
Non Wood Forest Products play an important role in rural economies, especially in the Mediterranean region, where they represent a considerable share of marketed forest production. The Thematic Network INCREdible under H2020 will systematize the process of knowledge sharing on NWFPs among actors, creating a Mediterranean NWFP multiactor network for contributing to the implementation of the EIP-AGRI. <https://www.incredibleforest.net/>
