INVITATION TO THE SEMINAR SERIES
THE HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF POLICY MAKING

Urban environment and ornithology

discussion based on
Terzo Atlante degli uccelli nidificanti e svernanti nella città di Napoli,
edited by Maurizio Fraissinet and Silvia Capasso
(Asoim and Campania Region, 2021)

January 15, 2026 – 10:00 a.m.

CNR-ISMed
Humanities Centre (6th floor)
Via Cardinale Guglielmo Sanfelice 8
Naples

REMOTE ACCESS
on the Teams platform

Poster

The third Atlas of nesting and wintering birds in the city of Naples is the most recent result of research conducted by the Association of Ornithological Studies of Southern Italy, in collaboration with Federico II University and the MUSA Centre. In the eyes of environmental historians, the Atlas is a useful tool for observing the transformations of Naples’ urban environment from a more-than-human perspective. The conversation between Maurizio Fraissinet, coordinator of the three Atlases, and Luigi Piccioni will start from the methodologies of analysis and the results of ornithological research, with the aim of tracing the intersections between the latter and some of the most original lines of research currently being conducted by environmental historians.

THE SPEAKER. Maurizio Fraissinet is a biologist and ornithologist, president of Asoim. He has been a councillor and vice-president of the Regional Council of Campania, national councillor for WWF Italy, president of the Vesuvius National Park, commissioner of the Matese Regional Park and vice-president of Federparchi. An expert in urban birdlife, he has published over 30 monographs and 200 scientific articles.

PROGRAMME

SPEAKER
Maurizio Fraissinet
President of the Associazione
Studi Ornitologici Italia Meridionale (ASOIM)

INTRODUCES AND MODERATES
Luigi Piccioni
University of Calabria

FINAL DISCUSSION

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Alessandro Agosta, Valerio Caruso, Gabriella Corona, Giovanni Ferrarese, Gabriella Rago (CNR-ISMed)

INFO AND CONTACTS
valerio.caruso@ismed.cnr.it
www.ismed.cnr.it
www.storiaambientale.it

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The seminar is open to the public, subject to availability.
It is possible to participate remotely via the Teams platform