On 1st June 2018 Carlo Calfapietra has been nominated Acting Director of CNR-IBAF. The Institute which is actually involving 4 venues Porano, Monterotondo (Roma), Napoli and Padova is undergoing a reorganization and in the next months should found the Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystem including the new venues of Firenze and Pisa which will join the new Institute.

IBAF has a long tradition and hystory in the study of natural and anthropic ecosystems (including forest, agricultural and urban), also in relation to climate change adaptation and mitigation and is developing emerging phyto-technologies for the environmental restoration of air, water and soil.