January
Plastic, bioplastic, riplastic or Noplastic
Jan 14, 2021 from 03:00 PM to 05:30 PM
— Webinar,
The webinar aims to share and discuss the different possibilities of sustainable and innovative solutions that involve the use of plastics and towards recovery-oriented production and consumption. Furthermore, the webinar will also represent a moment of exchange of scientific knowledge between the different institutions working in the sector, researchers, entrepreneurs and experts.
National deposit, the SO.G.I.N has published the National Map of the potentially suitable areas (CNAPI) and the preliminary project
The two-month consultation phase is now open. The national seminar will be held within 120 days of publication After the go-ahead from the ministries of economic development and the environment, SO.G.I.N. has published the National Charter of potentially suitable areas (CNAPI) and the preliminary project. An important step forward towards the construction of the national repository, where Italian radioactive waste of low and medium activity will be definitively disposed of. The areas have been identified by SO.G.I.N. after a complex selection process at national level and on the basis of international location criteria,established by the Technical Guide nr. 29 of ISPRA.
Monitoring potentially toxic Ostreopsis cf. ovata along the Italian coasts. Year 2019
The present work provides an overview of the national monitoring activities on potentially toxic benthic microalgae during the year 2019, including sampling and analysis methods, surveillance, management, information and dissemination activities. It aims at highlighting the activities effectiveness for detecting the distribution, abundance and space-temporal dynamics on O. ovata and their blooms.
Exposition of the Italian population to the air pollution and relation with Covid-19
Air pollution is one of the main causes of dead around the World, with negative effects linked with exposition in the short and long term. Recently some studies have searched connections also with the pandemic Covid-19. In order to analyze this potential association at Italian level, it is needed to investigate the whole Country, included urban and not urban areas.
Publication of RETICULA n. 25/2020 - Monographic number
The number 25 of RETICULA technical journal on Forestation for ecological connectivity and territorial resilience to climate change is available online.
The wolf in Italy: current knowledge and future prespectives
Jan 16, 2021 from 02:30 PM to 07:00 PM
— Online event,
The online conference "The wolf in Italy: current knowledge and future perspectives" will be held on Saturday 16 January at 2.30 pm, with the participation of internationally renowned scholars, researchers and representatives of various Italian institutions. ISPRA since last October is coordinating the guidelines for the national monitoring of the wolf , at the meeting an expert of the Istitute will illustrate the targets and results.
Preview SNPA data 2020 on air quality in Italy
Starting from this year the Italian National System for Environmental Protection disseminates in mid-January, "up-to-date", the data concerning to the entire national territory, anticipating the usual in-depth reports on the results of monitoring and continuing operations already made for bathing data and for those relating to a typically summer pollutant such as ozone
ISPRA and CNR for new monitoring methods of the ungulates population
Researchers from the CNR and ISPRA have reviewed the methods for monitoring wild boar populations, demonstrating that through the application of Distance Sampling using night thermal goggles in various Italian protected areas, it is possibile estimate the wild boar populations in a precise and accurate way.
How are the species that live in the Mediterranean?
In the Mediterranean Sea live about 10% of all marine species while accounting for just 0.7% of the global marine surface. In order to protect the ecosystems of the Mediterranean, the EU developed a directive in 2008, the marine strategy, with the aim of achieving, by 2020, a "good state of conservation for the European seas", a target that is still far away, however. as revealed in the report published in June 2020.
Europe and the United States, how climate changes
Jan 21, 2021 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
— Live talk,
The Biden age and the Paris agreement, which scenarios for the climate change? The President of ISPRA Stefano Laporta is participating at the meeting.
Environment and pandemics: the zoonosis
Jan 21, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM
— Online event,
Man is the primary cause of many recent pandemics. Climate change, intensive farming, trade in wild animals, deforestation and air pollution: this is how man has inexorably altered the delicate natural balance and favored the spread of dangerous zoonoses, diseases that pass from animals to the human population.
The protection of the Otter in the New Millennium: towards a new paradigm between man and nature
Jan 29, 2021 from 03:00 PM to 06:00 PM
— On-line event,
Next 29 January will be held an on-line event to focus on the protection of the otter in the new millennium. An ISPRA expert is participating at the meeting with a speech on "Monitoring and conservation of the otter in the national and communitarian policies".
The global commitment to contrast climate change and pandemic
Jan 20, 2021 from 02:30 PM to 05:00 PM
— On-line event,
Organized by the Green Economy Observatory of the Bocconi University, the seminar dedicated to climate change will be held on January 20 at 2.30 pm.
Interview with two ISPRA researchers on the Aquila-a-Life Project
At the beginning of December, in Sardinia, two specimens of Bonelli's eagle, Battore and Sadonna, died due to the power lines. The two specimens had been released as part of the Aquila a-Life project, of which ISPRA is a partner, which aims to bring this raptor back to Sardinia. Two ISPRA researchers spoke about what happened and about the Project in an interview on Radio Popolare.
Prevention systems and models of responsibility in the management of natural risks
Feb 05, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM
— Webinar,
The webinar, organized by the Law Department of Ferrara University and the Forense Chamber aims to analyze the scientific aspects of the natural risks and their regulations.
Implementation of an innovative system for monitoring the sea state in climate change scenarios
Feb 02, 2021 from 09:00 AM to 01:00 PM
— Online event,
In the last decades, as a results of the climate change, extreme weather and marine events have also intensified in the Sicily Channel, increasingly the need to develop actions to reduce the coastal risk. However, the current data provided by the various networks for surveying the sea state in the channel are not exhaustive of the phenomenon.
Online the first number 2021 of "Innovations for the environmental sustainability"
The magazine online " InnovAzioni per la sostenibilità ambientale "aims to spread the good practices collected in the GELSO data base, in order to share them and allow the transferability of the processes that can improve the local policies and life style.
A journey through Mining in Italy
The luxury publication "A journey through Mining in Italy" is online and the the volume summarizes the results of years of work spent into creating new forms of cultural attractions deriving from former mines. Years spent in converting sites previously characterized by extractive activities, landscapes shifts and changing working conditions, all elements which represent today one of the major strengths of the Italian cultural-industrial heritage.
Planning the future
A model for a public debate:reflections Among the issues of public interest, the environment is one of the most conflicting, due the fact that often, the debate is polarized on those who love the environment and those who, on the contrary, do not perceive the urgency of a behavioral change.
The water and the challenge of circular economy
Jan 28, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM
— Webinar,
An Italian strategy for the management of sewage sludge The webinar will present the study on the sustainable management of sewage sludge carried out in cooperation with associations and the main operators in the sector. The report examines the evolution of the water cycle in Italy from the perspective of the circular economy, considering the regulatory and technological framework, economics, key aspects and critical issues in the management of sewage sludge. It therefore formulates specific policy proposals aimed at designing an overall economically and environmentally sustainable sludge management strategy.