International Institute
of Ecoacoustics

To encourage and facilitate the debate among scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders on the role of sounds in ecological processes by promoting workshops, meetings, roundtables, and public debates. It promotes, organizes, and facilitates in collaboration with other scientific organizations (e.g., the International Society of Ecoacoustics, the Code Biology Society, the US_IALE, and the EEF) and international scientific research projects in theoretical and applied ecoacoustics in order to reduce, mitigate, or compensate for human intrusion in the environment to better preserve its biodiversity and all the processes that support life on Earth.

Future

• GERMANY | Murnau | 2015 September 11-17. A symposium dealing with ecoacoustics will be organized by the vice-president of the ISE, Jérôme Sueur at the next International Bioacoustics Council (IBAC) conference.
• ITALY | Rome | 2015 September 21-25. A symposium entitled The soundscape ecology: a new frontier of the ecological investigation will be organized by the president of the ISE Prof. Almo Farina at the conference Ecology at the Interface organized the European Ecological Federation and the Italian Society of Ecology.Website
• USA | East Lansing | 2016 June 05-07. The next ISE meeting will be organized by the secretary of the ISE Prof. Stuart Gage (Michigan State University).

Past

• USA | Portland | 2015 July 05-10. A symposium entitled Connecting the landscape to the soundscape - State of the art and perspectives will be organized by the secretary and the president of the ISE, Prof. Stuart Gage and Prof. Almo Farina at the 9th world congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE). Website
• FRANCE | Paris | 2014 June 16-18.  The first ISE meeting entitled Ecology and acoustics: emergent properties from community to landscape. Abstract book. Website.

To promote and organize the technological research devoted to design, implement, and realize low cost acoustic sensors (the Soundscape Explorer project) for long-term monitoring of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems. It designs software to process onboard the Acoustic Complexity Index (ACI). It designs specific software for PC and Web for automated processing of the acoustic data of populations, communities, and landscapes. This mission is pursued in collaboration with universities, private and public research groups, and industries.

To recognize the importance of sounds for the maintenance of the identity of local people and the role of high fidelity sounds in order to assure a healthy environment. It strives to conserve natural sounds to protect the communication context, which is indispensable to several animals, to perform and complete vital cycles and as indicators of habitats, biodiversity, and cultural heritage. It works as a consultant for planners, stakeholders, and policymakers to assure the ethical and sustainable use of natural resources and to contribute to the conservation of species and habitats. Awareness of the effect of climate change at all ecological scales promotes research and monitoring schemes to prevent and/or reduce the impact.

To divulge through books, journals, tutorials, manuals, and blogs the importance and role of sounds in natural- and human-modified ecosystems. It provides educational opportunities (courses, workshops, masters) to students and practitioners concerning the use of sound as a non invasive tool to investigate the complexity of the environment and the changes that, at the present time, pose serious threats to the survivorship of several species due to the growing human intrusion on the environment. The creation of the Lunigiana Long-term Ecoacoustic Monitoring project (LEM) aims to demonstrate the importance of sounds for the comprehension of complex processes that envelop biodiversity.