1979: graduated in Forest Sciences at University of Padova ('cum laude')
1980-90: head of the Forest Economics Unit at the 'Centro di Sperimentazione Agricola e forestale' of SAF (ENCC Group), Rome
1981: visiting professor at the Institute of Agricultural Economics (Oxford University) with a CNR scholarship
1990-...: lectures, associate èprofessor and full professor (since 2013) at the 'Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi agro-forestali', University of Padova. S

Responsible for research activities in the two CNR Finalised Project (IPRA and RAISA), in the IIASA Wood Supply Model for Italy (Environment Program), in the EEC-DG XII research programme FAST RES 4, in the IEA 'Implementing agreement on bioenergy', in two Concerted Actions financed by EC FAIR Programme ('Consequences of structural changes in roundwood and forest markets in Europe' and ‘End-use and substitution analysis for sawn timber and wood-based panels: implication for European Forestry’), in the EC STD3 Programme ('Sustainable development of the ecosystems of the coastal hill of Peru'), in various EC RTD projects (‘Critical natural capital and the implications of a strong sustainability criterion’ and CARBO-INVENT’), in the ‘Sustainability audit of Swiss forest policy’ of the Swiss Federal Forest Administration and in other research projects funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, by the Ministry of Environment and by Regional and Local Administrations.

Hired by FED, by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by the World Bank, FAO and by ENCC, the European Commission as a consultant in Cameron (EC Project on Wood and other energy resources in the Garoua region), Niger (EC Project on Forest interventions to fight desertification process), Tunisia (Economic analysis of forestry and soil conservation WB projects), Argentina (Plywood and sawmill in Rio Negro State - ENCC Feasibility study for a joint venture), Croatia (FAO Forest and wood sector industry sectorial study for the Agricultural sector review), Vietnam (FAO Programme “Country capacity strengthening for NFAP Implementation in Vietnam”), Ukraine (Tempus-Tacis “ENARECO” EC Project of assistance to the University of Forestry and Wood Working Industry in Lviv) and Albania (‘Technical Assistance to the WB Forestry Project’ - FAO).

Membership: Scientific Board of European Forestry Institute, 'Società Italiana degli Economisti Agrari', Scientific, Editorial Board of the Journal of Forest Policy and Economics, 'Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali', Scientific Board of Fondazione Angelini’, Wolfson College (Oxford), Interministerial Technical Committee for Mountain Development at the Italian Ministry of Economy, Executive Committee of the Association of Italian Foresters, Certification Committee for EMS of ICILA. President of Agronomi Senza Frontiere; honorary member of the International Forestry Students Association.

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