Over 200 researchers from 38 different Universities and 12 Research Institutions participated in the congress, held in Ferrara between 10-12 September 2019. Participants discussed about "Natural Capital: Conservation Management" through two round tables and six working sessions introduced by expert reports. Within this congress, FLA presented lessons learnt from the INVALIS project, with the presentation title being "Ecosystem vulnerability: the environmental factors that favour the invasion of alien species".