La Rete Ecologica Toscana: aspetti metodologici e applicativi

Abstract

Interventions that can reduce the loss and the fragmentation of ecosystems are very important in the sphere of biodiversity conservation policies applied to areas of high human activity. Ecological networks, on a di erent scale, are important analytical and design tools, and they can highlight sources of biodiversity with the intention of ecological unification. The Tuscany Ecological Network project, based on habitat sustainability models and converted into a planning tool for the landscape plan of Tuscany, has underlined the need to pursue the objectives of biodiversity conservation within a landscape or extended area. The project approaches across the board sectoral policies in urban planning and infrastructure in the agricultural, forestry, and protected areas.