The course aims to (i) provide a basic knowledge of the main environmental issues and problems within the historical dynamism linked to the social, cultural and economic context, and (ii) propose interdisciplinary approaches linked to other disciplines and research fields. The course aims also to provide suitable tools to propose correct assessment and environmental management criteria for complex problems with relevant implications for human society and activities. The program focuses on: i) developing expertise and operational skills in a professional context, in which the ability to formulate correct hypotheses is required and, consequently, collect and exploit data to identify and analyze problems, elaborating possible solutions; ii) realizing sustainable planning and management strategies of sites of environmental, economic and socio-cultural interest; iii) designing protocols for the analysis and mitigation of threats and disturbs to ecosystem services. As for the expected learning outcomes, students are prepared to deal with the analysis and solution of environmental problems, through the understanding and implementation of actions allowing to plan a rationale use of natural resources. At the end of the course, students will acquire skills to critically analyze the environmental implications of transversal problems; they will be also able to distinguish between natural and humane-mediated processes, identify the main drivers causing environmental alterations, and indicate the detrimental critical elements. Students will mainly acquire the ability to propose possible solutions in collaboration with experts of different disciplines through the application of interdisciplinary approaches.