Development and Protection of Mountain Environment

The degree course in Development and Protection of the Mountain Environment provides graduates with specific knowledge in the main sectors of agroforestry and environmental sciences that are necessary for defining a comprehensive and specific vision of mountain territories, essential to promote their sustainable development. In particular, graduates will be able to effectively address the complexity of mountain socio-ecological systems by operating in various areas of intervention: from agroforestry production to the management, protection and valorization of natural, agroforestry, territorial and landscape resources, to the conservation of the territory, as well as the planning and implementation of territorial development initiatives. All this taking into account the main environmental and socio-economic phenomena taking place in these areas such as climate change and loss of competitiveness. Graduates will be able to identify the specific resources on which to leverage and facilitate the application of innovative methodologies and strategies to optimize and valorize products and services, including ecosystemic ones, generated by the environment and mountain agro-forestry activities. These skills can be applied in a wide range of sectors: from traditional ones, such as agriculture, forestry and mountain territory protection, to emerging ones, such as agri-environmental education and tourism, territorial marketing and the sustainable use of natural resources in the context of the bioeconomy.