Paolo Cantiani is a researcher at the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis (CREA) – Research Centre for Forestry and Wood. His main research interests are the effects of multiobjective silvicultural treatment in Appenine forests (deciduous oak forests, beech high forests, black pine plantations, coastal stands of Mediterranean pines), and innovative approaches to forest planning. He conducts research both at stand level (Forest Management Unit Plan) and at landscape level (Forest Landscape Management Plan).