Special session - Soil: sealing and consumption When: 13th June 2012 h. 9.00-13.00 Oral session Chairpersons: Paola Gazzolo, Soil Defence and Land Security Minister, Regione Emilia-Romagna Where: Conference Room A Giuseppe Bortone, General Director for Environment, Soil and Coast Defence, Regione Emilia-Romagna Moderator: Thomas Strassburger, European Commission DG ENV 1. Overall context Chairpersons: Paola Gazzolo, Assessore Sicurezza Territoriale. Difesa del suolo e della costa. Protezione Civile Giuseppe Bortone, Direttore Generale Ambiente. Difesa del suolo e della costa. Regione Emilia-Romagna Moderator: Thomas Strassburger, European Commission, DG ENV EXTRACTS FROM SOIL MOOVIES: SEALING, SOIL FOOTPRINT, SOIL VALORIZATION ESTRATTI DAI FILMATI SUL SUOLO: IMPERMEABILIZZAZIONE, IMPRONTA, CONSAPEVOLEZZA E 9.00 – 9.30 RESPONSABILITÀ CIVILE Ciro Gardi, Saverio Senni, Christian Steiner, Thomas Strassburger Conference speaker 9.30 – 9.45 SOIL AND SOIL FUNCTIONS SUOLO E FUNZIONI DEL SUOLO Luca Montanarella, European Commission DG JRC Conference speaker 9.45 – 10.00 SOIL SEALING AND LAND TAKE IMPERMEABILIZZAZIONE DEL SUOLO E CONSUMO DI TERRITORIO Thomas Strassburger, European Commission DG ENV Conference speaker 10.00 – 10.15 FROM LAND TAKE TO SOIL SEALING: A SHARED APPROACH BY NORTH ITALIAN REGIONS Dal consumo di territorio all’impermeabilizzazione: un approccio condiviso fra le regioni dell’Italia del nord Graziella Guaragno, Regione Emilia-Romagna Conference speaker 10.15 – 10.30 LAND TAKE AND SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICE LOSSES, CONSUMO DI TERRITORIO E PERDITA DEI SERVIZI ECOSISTEMICI DEL SUOLO Francesco Malucelli, Regione Emilia-Romagna Conference speaker 10.30 – 10.45 PROTECTING SOIL FOR PROTECTING MAN PROTEGGERE IL SUOLO PER PROTEGGERE L’UOMO Costanza Calzolari, National Research Council, CNR IRPI Conference speaker 10.45 – 11.00 WHEAT AND LAND USE PLANNING FRUMENTO E PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISTICA Francesco Sacchetti Conference speaker 10.00 – 11.20 Coffee break and preliminary view of the poster session 2. Challenges for the governance of soil consumption Chairperson: Tiberio Rabboni, Assessore Agricoltura, economia ittica, attività faunistico-venatoria, Regione Emilia-Romagna Moderator: Nicola Filippi, Regione Emilia-Romagna 11.20 – 13.00 Andrea Segrè (Dean of Agriculture at Bologna University); Saverio Senni, (Tuscia University); Angela Galasso (Italian Agency for the Countryside and Responsible and Ethical Agriculture,AiCARE); representatives of Solidarity economy coordination of Emilia-Romagna and land access (C.R.E.S.E.R.ACCESSO ALLA TERRA); Christian Steiner (Land and Soil Alliance); representatives of the regional Land Reclamation Syndicates, Municipalities, Builders, River Basin Authorities, stakeholders, citizens. Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker Conference speaker 13.00- 14.15 Lunch Showing of documentaries/films on soil and soil sealing (Christian Steiner, Saverio Senni, Nicola Dall'Olio) Conference speaker 13:20-14:15 Conference speaker Conference speaker