Final Conference of SeaForest: Presented Materials
On 28 November 2025, the final conference of the LIFE SeaForest project was held at the ISPRA headquarters in Rome, attracting a large and active audience both onsite and online. The event was streamed live with simultaneous Italian–English translation, allowing international participants to follow the proceedings.
Following the institutional greetings by Luigi Ricci (ISPRA) and Marcello Miozzo (D.R.E.Am. Italia), the conference developed through three thematic sessions dedicated to the main activities and results of the project:
Tools for the conservation of the priority habitat H1120*, presenting the experiences carried out in the National Parks of the Archipelago of La Maddalena, Asinara, and Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni.
Conservation and restoration, focusing on the health status of Posidonia oceanica meadows and the restoration techniques tested in SeaForest and in the “BlueForest” initiative.
Blue Carbon in Europe, a roundtable with experts and institutions from Italy, Spain, and Belgium, introduced by a presentation on the SeaForest methodology for estimating carbon sinks for the priority habitat 1120*. Among the international contributors was Rodrigo Ataide Dias (DG MARE).
The conference was an important moment of scientific and institutional exchange, helping disseminate and enhance the results of a project that—through innovative management models, restoration techniques, and a new methodology for Blue Carbon quantification—aims to strengthen the protection of Posidonia meadows and their crucial role in mitigating climate change.
Below are the presentations delivered by the speakers, organised by session:
Session I: Tools for the Conservation of Habitat H1120*
LIFE SEAForest mooring plans, anchoring strategies, and management app_Simone Simeone (CNR IAS)
PNRR Marine Ecosystem Restoration_Sofia Mariano (ISPRA)
Session II: Conservation and Restoration of Habitat H1120*
Reforestation techniques in the Mediterranean_Massimiliano Giacalone (CNR-IAS Palermo)
The BlueForest Project_Jan Pachner (ONEOcean Foundation)
Session III: Implementazione di un modello BlueCarbon in Europa
SEAForest LIFE_Simone Bonamano (UNITUS), Matteo Bellotta (CMCC)
Presentation by Rodrigo Ataide Dias_Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)
