Mariella Marzano, BA, MA, PhD

Research Scientist, Centre for Human and Ecological Sciences

Mariella contributes to a variety of interdisciplinary research programmes including adaptive forest management, human dimensions of species management, green network planning for people and biodiversity and risk management and communication.

She has Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, which explored rural development and natural resource management issues in Sri Lanka. Prior to joining Forest Research in 2007 she carried out research into volunteer biodiversity monitoring networks and co-managed a pan-European COST Action – INTERCAFE - aimed at developing interdisciplinary networks for the management of human-wildlife (specifically cormorant-fisheries) conflicts.

Current role

Research Scientist, Social and Economic Research Group, Centre for Human and Ecological Sciences

Responsibilities include the design, execution and management of social research in support of sustainable land use in UK and Europe.

Research projects

• MOTIVE - Human dimensions of species management
• PERMIT - Pathway evaluation and pest risk management in transport
• Green networks and people

Research areas

• Sustainable forestry
• Recreational value of forests
• Perceptions and understanding of risk
• Development and social change
• Human-wildlife conflicts
• Environmental volunteering

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Recent selected publications

Bouriaud, L. and Marzano, M. (In review). Conservation, extraction and corruption: Will sustainable forest management be possible in Romania? In E. Gilberthorpe and G. Hilson (eds.) Natural Resource Extraction and Indigenous Livelihoods: Development Challenges in an Era of Globalisation, Ashgate Press.

Marzano, M., Moseley, D.M, Quine, C.P. & Barnett, J. (In review). Organisational intentions and responses: Presenting the risk of Lyme disease to countryside users. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

Quine, C.P., Barnett, J. Dobson, A.D.M., Marcu. A., Marzano, M., Moseley, D., O’Brien, L., Randolph, S., Taylor, J.L. & Uzzell, D. (2011). The Place of Risk Communication within the Management of Animal Disease Risks for Countryside Users. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B.

Eycott, A., Marzano, M. & Watts, K. (2011). Filling Evidence Gaps with Expert Opinion: An example of a Delphi analysis in Functional Connectivity Modelling. Landscape and Urban Planning.

Dandy, N., Marzano, M., Moseley, D., Stewart, A., and Lawrence, A. (2011). Exploring the role of street trees in the improvement and expansion of green networks. Proceedings of the ICF Annual Conference, Trees, People and the Built Environment, 13th-14th April 2011.  

Edwards, D., Jensen, F.S., Marzano, M., Mason, B., Pizzirani, S. & Schelhaas, M-J. (2011). A Theoretical Framework to Assess the Impacts of Forest Management on the Recreational Value of European Forests. Ecological Indicators 11: 81-89.

Young, J. Marzano, M., Watt, A.D.W., Carss, D.N., Redpath, S.M., McCracken, D.I., White, R.M. & Quine, C.P. (2010). Managing Conflicts Affecting Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Livelihoods in a changing Environment. Biodiversity and Conservation 19:3973-3990.

Young, J. & Marzano, M. (2010). Embodied interdisciplinarity: What is the Role of Polymaths in Environmental Research? Environmental Conservation 37(4):373-375.

Bell, S., Marzano, M. & Podjed, D. (2010). Inside Monitoring: A Comparison of Bird Monitoring Groups in Slovenia and the United Kingdom”. In A. Lawrence (ed.) Taking Stock of Nature, Cambridge University Press.

Carss, D.N., S. Bell & Marzano, M.  (2009). Competing and Coexisting with Cormorants:  Ambiguity and Change in European Wetlands”. In. S. Heckler (ed) Landscape, Process and Power: A New Environmental Knowledge Synthesis. New York: Berghahn.

Sillitoe, P. & Marzano, M. (2009).The Future of Indigenous Knowledge Research in Development. Futures, 41:13-23.

Bell,S., Marzano, M., Cent,J., Kobierska, H., Podjed, D., Vandzinskaite, D., Reinert, H. Armaitiene, A., Grodzinska-Jurczak, M. & Muršic, R. (2008). What Counts? Volunteers and their Organisations in the Recording and Monitoring of Biodiversity” Biodiversity and Conservation 17(14):3443-3454.

Marzano, M.  (2006). Intercropping Science and Local Knowledge in Sri Lanka: Extension, Rubber and Farming. In P. Sillitoe (ed.) Local Science Versus Global Science. Oxford: Berghahn. pp155-174.

Marzano, M.  (2006). Changes in the Weather: A Sri Lanka Case Study. Anthropology in Action. 13(3):63-76.

Marzano, M., Carss, D.N. & Bell, S. (2006). Working to Make Interdisciplinarity Work: Investing in Communication and Interpersonal Relationships”, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57(2)185-198.

Selected reports and popular articles

Marzano, M and Dandy, N. (2011). Disturbance of wildlife and the recreational use of forests: A literature review. Forest Research, UK.

Gardiner, B. Blennow,K., Carnus, J-M., Fleischer, P., Ingemarson, F., Landmann, G., Lindner, M., Marzano, M., Nicoll, B., Orazio, C., Peyron, J-L., Reviron, M-P., Schelhaas, M-J., Schuck, A., Spielmann, M. & Usbeck, T. (2010). Destructive Storms in European Forests: past and Forthcoming impacts. Report to DG Environment.

Marzano, M. (ed.) (2010). Stakeholder and Decision-Maker Interactions. Report for the MOTIVE project 226544.

O'Brien, L. & Marzano, M. (2010). Volunteering in Scotland's Forests. Preliminary report to Forestry Commision Scotland.

Edwards, D., Jay, M., Jensen F.S., Lucas, B., Marzano, M., Montagne, C., Peace, A. & Weiss, G., (2010). Public preferences for silvicultural attributes of European forests. EFORWOOD Deliverable D2.3.3. Forest Research, UK.

Edwards, D., Jay, M., Jensen, F.S., Lucas, B., Marzano, M., Montagne, C., Peace, A. & Weiss, G. (2010). Assessment of the recreational value of European forest management alternatives. EFORWOOD Deliverable D2.3.6, Forest Research, UK.

Schelhaas, Edwards, D., M-J., Didion, M., Hengeveld, G., Nabuurs, G-J., Mason, B., Lindner, M., Moiseyev, A., Jay, M., Jensen F.S., Lucas, B., Marzano, M., Montagne, C., Peace, A. & Weiss, G. (2010). Modelling the impacts of Forest Management Alternatives on recreational values in Europe. EFORWOOD Deliverable D2.3.7. Forest Research, UK.

Moseley, D. & Marzano, M. (2010).  Green Networks and People. Ecotype No 48. Forest Research.

Marzano, M. & Dandy, N. (2010). Human Dimensions of Species Management: A Scoping Study Report. Forest Research.

Marzano, M., Lawrence, A. & Ambrose-Oji, B. (2009). Social Research and the Forestry Commission: Perceptions and Applications. Forest Research. 

Marzano, M., Eycott, A. & Taylor, P. (2009). Defra Connectivity Indicator Phase 2. Work Package 3 – Delphi Analysis. Report to DEFRA.

Moseley, D & Marzano, M.  (2009). A Review of Research and Practice in the Analysis and Planning of Multi-Functional Green Networks. Forest Research.

Marzano, M. & Carss, D.N (eds.) (2008). Management Practices in a Complex Habitat Mosaic and at Local, Regional and National levels. INTERCAFE meeting report, South Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Bell, S., Marzano, M., Muršic, R., Armaitiene, A., Grodzinska-Jurczak, M., Cent, J., Kobierska, H., Podjed, D. & Vandzinskaite, D. (2007). Cross Cultural Recommendations for Operational Approaches in Participatory Monitoring Networks to Assess the 2010 Target. Report for EuMON 006463.

Marzano, M. & Carss, D.N. (eds.) (2007). "What To Do When the Cormorant Comes". INTERCAFE meeting report, Hanko, Finland.

Carss, D.N. & Marzano, M. (eds.) (2007). Extensive Aquaculture Systems and Relationships between Stakeholder Perspectives and Different Spatial and Institutional Levels. INTERCAFE meeting report, Po Delta, Italy.

Carss, D.N. & Marzano, M. (2006). REDCAFE-Reducing the Conflict between Cormorants and Fisheries on a pan-European Scale”. NAFAC Newsletter, Winter (4).

Carss, D.N. & Marzano, M. (2006). Case Study at the European level: INTERCAFE” In. Gilbert et al. Sobio (Social Science and Biodiversity) Why is it important? A guide for policy makers