UNIVPM is made up of 12 Departments in the technical scientific fields spanning from Engineering, Life Sciences, Agriculture, Economics, Medicine and Surgery, with about 700 lecturers and researchers, 650 administrative and technical employees. There are about 17.000 enrolled students.

UNIVPM will participate in the LIFE DREAM Project through two departments, the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA) and the The Department of Management (DiMA).

DiSVA owns high-qualified laboratories operating in the fields of ecology, marine biology and nature conservation. DiSVA has a consolidated expertise in marine biology and ecology, botany, zoology, microbiology, chemistry, developmental biology and reproduction, algal physiology, geology and sedimentology, paleoceanography, physical oceanography, protection, conservation, and restoration of marine environments. DiSVA collaborates with many Centers and Universities all over the world (USA, Canada, Belgium, France, Spain, UK, Germany, Norway, Austria, Greece, Croatia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Madagascar, Singapore, Israel and Japan) in the framework of national and international research projects and networks of excellence.

DiSVa has participated over the last 15 years in more than 10 EU projects and has a wealth of experience in the ecology of benthic communities and marine biogeochemical processes, and in pilot studies on marine restoration practices in temperate and tropical seas.

DiSVA carries out research activities worldwide with specific attention on coastal (hard and soft bottom) and deep-sea areas, including the Western and Eastern Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean and Sub-Antarctic regions.

Concerning the area of the proposal, the participant group, belonging to the laboratory of Marine Biology and Ecology, has led and is leading two EU projects on restoration, MERCES (http://www.merces-project.eu/) and AFRIMED (http://www.afrimed-project.eu/), consolidating its expertise in the field. Still, the group led the project IDEM on the implementation of Marine strategy Framework Directive in the deep Mediterranean Sea, with special attention to set up guidelines for the protection of deep-sea ecosystems (http://www.msfd-idem.eu/).

DIMA is one of the very few "Excellent Dep." of the nation. It has participated over the last 20 years in more than 20 EU projects and has a wealth of experience in "measuring" the impact of ecology on economy and population. DiMA carries out research activities worldwide with specific attention on the cost-benefit analysis of circular economic models using Agent Based Models, Input-Output and Supply Chains.

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