{"id":1568,"date":"2026-09-10T02:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/?page_id=1568"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:27:21","slug":"regione-lombardia-boschi-vetusti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/projects\/regione-lombardia-boschi-vetusti\/","title":{"rendered":"Lombardy Region \u2013 Identification and characterisation of old-growth forests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>2024\u20132026 \u00b7 Lombardy Region \u00b7 University of Milan<\/strong><br><strong>Scientific lead: Matteo Vizzarri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- forestlab-project-image:start -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large forestlab-project-main-image\">\n<img width=\"768\" height=\"576\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/forestlab-34-regione-lombardia-boschi-vetusti-768x576.jpg\"\nalt=\"Old-growth forest structure in Val Masino\"\nclass=\"wp-image-1830\"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/forestlab-34-regione-lombardia-boschi-vetusti-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/forestlab-34-regione-lombardia-boschi-vetusti-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/forestlab-34-regione-lombardia-boschi-vetusti.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: ERSAF \/ Alessandro Rapella \u00b7 Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ersaf.lombardia.it\/foreste\/foreste-regionali\/foresta-val-masino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ERSAF<\/a><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<!-- forestlab-project-image:end -->\n\n\n<p>The project develops a scientific methodology to identify, characterise and map forests showing old-growth features in Lombardy, supporting the identification of areas potentially eligible for the Italian National Old-Growth Forest Network and the development of conservation criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Structural, floristic and management surveys assess large trees, cavities and dendromicrohabitats, deadwood, regeneration and stand structure. Field indicators are integrated with remote sensing, biomass, tree-cover and structural-complexity metrics to identify additional potentially mature forests at regional scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related research lines:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/en\/biodiversity-conservation-old-growth-forests\/\">Biodiversity, conservation and old-growth forests<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/en\/monitoring-remote-sensing-forest-modelling\/\">Monitoring, remote sensing and forest modelling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Planned outputs:<\/strong> Identification methodology, spatial database, proposed candidate areas and management guidance for old-growth forest conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024\u20132026 \u00b7 Lombardy Region \u00b7 University of MilanScientific lead: Matteo Vizzarri The project develops a scientific methodology to identify, characterise and map forests showing old-growth features in Lombardy, supporting the identification of areas potentially eligible for the Italian National Old-Growth Forest Network and the development of conservation criteria. Structural, floristic and management surveys assess large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":1830,"parent":570,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1568","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1568\/revisions\/1833"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestlab.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}