Michele Baliva is a research fellow in Dendroecological analysis, Forest Ecology and Management of Landscape at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy) and member of Dendrologylab. His experiences and interests are in forest ecology and management, ecological landscape planning, protected areas, tree longevity, nature conservation, old-growth forests, restoration ecology, impacts of climate change at multiple spatial and temporal scales, historical ecology, rewilding.