Study site description: Rendina, Italy

Table of Contents

1. Responsible IP partner
2. General information
3. Bio-physical description
4. Land use management and degradation processes
5. Socio-economic description
   1. Population density and structure
   2. Level of education
   3. Level and sources of income
   4. Impacts of land degradation on the livelihood of people
   5. Major challenges of existing land resource management
   6. Major drivers of main land degradation processes
6. Institutional and political setting
7. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups (at all levels)
8. Past and on-going projects
9. References
10. Annex: Soil characteristics of the Rendina Basin

Level of education

For the whole Basilicata Region, 97% has a secondary school degree, and the overall participation at high schools is 90% (people aged 14-15 at the end of secondary school). In 2007 14% of people with age between 18-24 had a secondary school degree only. 34% of the population above 19 years has a High school degree. Emigration has been an important socio-economic phenomenon and problem during the XX century. Now there is a diffuse emigration mainly towards Northern and Central Italy and mostly among the 25-35 year old part of the population, with high education level and university degrees. That indicates the absence of local employment opportunities. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the Basilicata Region depends only for 4.4% on agriculture, 15% on industry and further on the tertiary sector (commerce, construction, services, tourism). It is to be noticed that tourism is low compared to other regions of Italy. The average annual income per person was €17.781, which is about 2/3 of the average Italian income.