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Franco Palla
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage
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P    REFACE




   Franco Palla
   Coordinator of the Scientific and Organizing Committee




    The University of Palermo (Laboratory of Biology and Biotechnology for Cultural
Heritage, Dep. STEBICEF – Botany and Plant Ecology section) and the Italian Asso-
ciation of Archaeometry (Associazione Italiana di Archaeometria – AIAr) with the tan-
gible support of Bionat-Italia srl, organized the Second Conference on Biology and Ar-
chaeobiology – from Knowledge to Preventive Conservation. This Conference should
be regarded as a continuation of the previous First Conference on Biological Systems
and Cultural Heritage (6-7 October 2009). Both meetings were held in the splendid
setting of Palermo Botanical Gardens, with the participation of researchers, scholars,
restorers, experts and those working in the field of conservation and restoration of
cultural and natural heritage from all over Italy.
    The aim was to activate and strengthen scientific and technological relations be-
tween different professionals, in order to define innovative interdisciplinary procedures
in full compliance with modern standards of maintenance and restoration.
    Considering that research in Biology and Biotechnology has provided valuable




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support for integrated interventions in the field of conservation of cultural heritage,
landscape and archaeological remains, the conference included thematic sessions
concerning: archaeobiology (human, animal, vegetal remains); monitoring for the char-
acterization of biological systems able to induce biodeterioration of several (organic,
inorganic) constitutive materials; interactions between works of art and the environ-
ments in which they are preserved; innovative technologies to control microbial biode-
terioration and for sustainable restoration procedures.
    The contributions (oral, poster) presented, emphasized the need for an interdisci-
plinary scientific approach and integrated scientific skills focused on addressing the
different aspects of conservation interventions and the fruition of Cultural Heritage,
keeping in mind the potential to develop “green strategies”.
    The opportunity to publish, in a special issue of the international Journal of Conser-
vation Science in Cultural Heritage, a number of contributions selected by a scientific
committee, represents an excellent way to promote and spread the activities of Italian
research groups in the field of sustainable conservation, restoration and use of cultural
and natural heritage.




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