A brief statement from David Monacchi who has attended to Resonances IV SciArt Summer School at Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy.

> David Monacchi (Italy - 1970), is an interdisciplinary artist, composer and eco-acoustics researcher. He has been developing the project Fragments of Extinction since 1998, conducting fi eld research in the world’s remaining areas of undisturbed primary equatorial forest in Amazon, Africa and Borneo. The recipient of multiple international awards for his work on intangible heritage of ecosystems, Monacchi is pioneering a crossdisciplinary approach based on unique 3D soundscape recordings, to raise awareness on the biodiversity crisis through science-based sound art. His Eco-acoustic Theatre’s patented invention and mobile SONOSFERA® (a 45-loudspeakers spherical amphitheatre dedicated to sensorial and cognitive deep-listening experiences) has been built in Pesaro UNESCO Creative City of Music, and is now traveling. Monacchi has been portrayed by journals as Nature and PNAS, and is professor at the State Conservatory of Pesaro. Collaborations with IUCN and ICCROM, to promote advocacy in primary fo- rest soundscape conservation, culminated in an invited talk for the plenary session of the UN COP-14 Biodiversity Conference.

> http://www.fragmentsofextinction.org/fragments-of-extinction/
> https://www.pesaromusei.it/sonosfera/