Istituto di Ecologia Applicata (IEA)

The Institute of Applied Ecology (Istituto di Ecologia Applicata, IEA) is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1987 with the aim to support public and private organisations, in Italy and abroad, in their activities related to the management of natural assets, particularly terrestrial and marine wildlife and habitats.

IEA also promotes the implementation of research and ecology projects that significantly support the incrementation of progress in the field of development and participatory conservation of natural resources.

IEA has a long-established collaboration with the Sapienza University of Rome, where most of the collaborators of the association had their University degrees. Such collaboration grants the application of most updated scientific research strategies and results obtained through rigorous methods and approaches.

Initially focused on the implementation of ecological field researches and with a strong orientation towards the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for spatial planning and wildlife management, IEA has broadened its expertise in management of human-wildlife conflicts, particularly related to mammals, and it is able to deal with several aspects related to environment study and management, through a wide range of skills.