Events and News

Geological, economic and social considerations in the management and prevention of seismic risk

The volume “Geological, economic and social considerations in the management and prevention of seismic risk” will be presented on 8 April. The experience of the AVUS Award 6 APRIL 2009. The publication collects the contributions of university professors, researchers and managers of the technical structures of the State, who have analyzed: the historical issues that are at the basis of the seismic emergencies of our territory, the current situation of the seismic hazard map in Italy, the study of faults and the training of students towards these topics.

Discover and photograph the geosites of the Italian Regions

Photo contest
The Italian Society of Environmental Geology (SIGEA) - APS and ISPRA, in order to promote the knowledge and enhancement of geosites, places of geological interest, and geological landscapes of the Italian regions, announce the 2021/2022 edition of the photo contest aimed at upper secondary school students.

The Art of Science: the scientific legacy of Torquato Taramelli

After 100 years of the death of Torquato Taramelli, the Italian scientific community celebrates the figure of the scientist at the conference "The art of science: the scientific legacy of Torquato Taramelli", highlighting the many facets of a brilliant geologist and refined watercolorist.

GeoAlp Wintercup

The 25th edition (Jubileum) of the GeoAlp Wintercup conference, organized by the autonomous province of Bolzano, will be held from 31 March to 2 April. The conference includes the participation of geologists, engineers, technicians and companies operating in the hydrogeological sector. ISPRA will present a report on the consolidation works recently carried out in the UNESCO site of Petra (Jordan).

Land consumption during in the era of Ecological Transition

Tuesday 29 March 2022 from 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm, in the Sala del Cenacolo of the Chamber of Deputies, it will be held the round table: "Land consumption in the era of Ecological Transition", in which the impacts of wild urbanization will be discussed and the environmental, landscape and economic consequences of the unregulated exploitation of the territory.

The soil: a resource to be protected. Final conference of the Soil4Life project

The European Soil4Life  project comes to an end and to draw up a final balance sheet organizes a conference in which the representatives of all the partners will participate: Legambiente Onlus, Italian Farmers Confederation (CIA), Council for Research in Agriculture and the analysis of Agricultural Economy , Regional Agency for Agriculture and Forests (Lombardy), ISPRA, Politecnico di Milano, Roma Capitale, International Volunteer Coordination Committee (France), Udruga Zelena Istria-Green Istria (Croatia) and many other guests.

Remediation in the PNRR and the Ecological Transition: consensus and scientific information for growth

It will be held in Rome the  event  "The reclamation of the PNRR and the Ecological Transition: consensus and scientific information for growth" promoted by Unesco, MiTE, Invitalia, ISPRA- SNPA, Sole Commissioner for Interventions on illegal landfills, CNG, CNR, Sigea, RemTech Expo and Hutte.

Discover and photograph the geosites of the Italian regions

On 28 March, at 12.30, the presentation of the photographic competition for students organized by ISPRA and SIGEA (Italian Society of Environmental Geology) will be held in the Sala Caduti di Nassirya of the Senate of the Republic.

The collaboration between ISPRA and the Chinese Geological Service has been renewed to face the new global challenges in the geological and environmental fields

The collaboration, which began in 2013, specifically concerns 2 bilateral cooperation projects lasting 3 years in the field of active tectonics and hydrogeology.

AQUAE! World Water Day 2022

The event celebrates the 2022 UN Report dedicated to invisible and underground waters. Institutions, researchers and companies in the presence of secondary school children will illustrate the state of water in Italy and around the world, with the aim of raising  awareness towards public opinion and teenagers.

International Day of Forests

"Sustainable Forests, Production and Consumption" is the theme of the International Day of Forests 2022. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012 to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. 

Forests cover a third of the earth's mass, performing vital functions around the world. About 1.6 billion people, including more than 2,000 indigenous cultures, depend on forests for their livelihoods, medicine, fuel, food and shelter.

Forests are the most biologically diverse ecosystems on earth, home to over 80% of terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects. Yet despite all these immense ecological, economic, social and health benefits, global deforestation continues at an alarming rate.

Soil Festival

The Soil Festival will be held on 9-10-11 March. Three days dedicated to soil, a precious, primary and exhaustible asset, organized by Cia, in cooperation with Crea, Ersaf, ISPRA and Legambiente, as part of the Soil4Life project.
The Festival will be hosted by a virtual square accessible at www.ciaperilsuolo.it where theatrical performances, concerts, videos and documentaries will be available and it will be possible to participate in presentations and live events.

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Some important events that involves ISPRA are: 

• ISPRA documentary "How is the soil" which will be available from 9 March at the link www.ciaperilsuolo.it
• Soil is life, how can be protected? 10 march, 11:30
• Final seminar  11 march, 9:30

Presentation of the Report Landslides and floods in Italy. Edition 2021

Next 7th March ISPRA is presenting the third edtion of the Report hydrogeological instability in Italy: Danger and risk indicators - edition 2021.

The report provides updated data on the danger from landslides and floods throughout the country, coastal erosion and risk indicators relating to population, families, buildings, businesses and cultural heritage.

The event will be broadcast on the Youtube channel ISPRAVIDEO Streaming.

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Landslides and floods in Italy: hazard and risk indicators – 2021 Edition

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IdroGEO platform

National maps of landslide and flood hazard - Open data

Presentation "Le frane". A. Trigila, C. Iadanza - ISPRA

Presentation "Erosione costiera in Italia" - A. Barbano - ISPRA

Presentation "Le alluvioni" - B. Lastoria - ISPRA

Elba: Earth's flowers

The presentation of the volume "Elba: Earth's flowers - the extraordinary geo-mineralogical diversity of the land of the Etruscans" will be held on Saturday 5 March, starting at 9.30 am, at the headquarters of the Elba Island Mining Park.

Inauguration of the exhibition: “Terra nascosta. Rocks, volcanoes and earthquakes from Taramelli's discoveries to modern geology "

One hundred years after the death of Torquato Taramelli, professor of Geology at the University of Pavia, author of the first Italian seismic map and the Geological Map of Italy, Kosmos - Natural History Museum and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the The University of Pavia, in cooperation with the Oltrepò Pavese Museum System, presents an exhibition to understand how the Planet is made, to discover the geological phenomena that impact on society, from earthquakes to volcanic eruptions, up to hydrogeological instability.

Presentation of the EcoAtl@nte

Finally a unique single point of access to Italian environmental data, also accompanied by stories, photos and interactive maps: ISPRA presents the EcoAtlante, the journey into the Italian environment that allows you to discover and share the highly topical issues that affect our country today .

An absolute news: the possibility of creating customized national and local maps with data, trends and SNPA percentages from the various themes.

During the presentation, the operation and the different ways of sharing maps and data will be illustrated.

Come and compose your map!

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EcoAtl@nte

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Interview with Michele Munafò

XXXVI National Congress FAI - Landscape 206

What will the Italian landscape look like in 2026, when the National Recovery and Resilience Plan will be completed?
The 26th FAI National Convention focuses attention on the landscape, which will be transformed by the transition. Faced with the opposition between the urgency of infrastructure for sustainable development and the duty of protecting the environment, FAI reaffirms its commitment to the landscape. precious testimony of Italian history and culture.

ISPRA's IdroGEO platform is in the public catalog of the Department for Digital Transformation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers

The national  IdroGEO platform on landslides and Floods in Italy is a multilingual, multi-device, opensource and open data application for the management, consultation, sharing and download of data from the Inventory of Landslide Phenomena in Italy (IFFI). 

Contaminated sites: characterization, monitoring and remediation technologies

The need for environmental remediation of an ever increasing number of contaminated sites pushes towards the development of innovative technologies for characterization, monitoring and intervention that allow a rapid and efficient recovery of the areas to be remediated.

Geomorphological survey

The inaugural and training event of the Winter School, promoted by the University and dedicated to Geomorphological Survey, will be held on 21 January at the Geology Pole of the University of Camerino.

Presentation of Earth Technology Expo 2022

On Tuesday 11 January the 2022 edition of Earth Technology Expo will be presented in Rome, which will be held in Florence from 5 to 8 October.
Catastrophic Pandemic, the technological breakthrough of PNRR for cities and smart services, the control of the Earth from Space, resilience, adaptation, prevention, management of meteorological and natural risks will be the main issues addressed during the new edition of Earth Technology Expo.

First Day of Geology and History: Ghost cities: ghost towns between history and geology

ISPRA, the Italian Geographic Society and SIGEA offer six days of educational and scientific seminars, which will constitute a training course on natural hazards, historical research and the evolution of the landscape. The goal is to focus attention on the importance of the analysis of historical and cartographic sources for the study of natural phenomena.The study days will also be an opportunity to share with the national scientific world and analyze the importance of the multidisciplinarity of studies and the short border that separates geology from historical-archaeological research for a careful reading of the territory. The theme of the first day will concern the Ghost Cities or the abandoned villages of Italy

30th International Cartographic Conference - ICC2021

The International Cartographic Exhibition (ICE) will be held in Fllorence from 14 to 18 december 2021. The opening session will take place in Palazzo Vecchio while the scientific sessions at Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literature and Psychology of the University of Florence and at the headquarters of the Military Geographical Institute

Open ecological transition. Where is the Italian environment going?

A country covered almost 40% by forests, more than Germany and Switzerland, and which has seen protected areas of land and sea grow up to 20% of the national territory. Greenhouse gas emissions, which have decreased by 19% in the last 30 years, are reduced, as are the main sources of air pollution. However, ozone, the situation of large urban centers and the Po Valley are worrying. Progress also for the circular economy: the economy uses less and less natural resources, separate waste collection continues to increase and landfill is increasingly reduced. On the other hand, the situation for land consumption is worsening: 60 square kilometers still lost every year or 15 hectares a day.
ISPRA presented the Open Ecological Transition report on 13 December which allows us to interpret the changes that have occurred in recent years in the aspects of the Italian environment.
It is a clear synthesis of the many dynamics that determine the Italian ecological transition, which immediately brings the most important aspects of each problem or phenomenon to the attention of society, highlighting the critical issues but also the results already achieved or achievable.The document is divided into three parts: The Italian environment at a glance, Natural systems, Human systems, for a total of 12 chapters and 66 items.

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Open ecological transition

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World Soil Day

World Soil Day is celebrated on 5 December, an anniversary established since 2014 by the UN food agency, the FAO. The theme of this edition is "Stops soil salinization, increases soil productivity". The 2021 campaign aims to focus on the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing growing challenges in soil management, fighting soil salinization, increasing soil awareness and encouraging societies to improve soil health.

The contribution of research on environment and health in contaminated sites

On December 3, the conference "The contribution of research on the environment and health in contaminated sites" is held in Rome, organized by the Ministry of University and Research, CISAS - International Center for Advanced Studies on Environment, Ecosystem and Human Health and by the Department Earth System Sciences and Technologies of the CNR.
The general director of ISPRA, Alessandro Bratti, is participating in the conference with a speech on "The activities and proposals of ISPRA / SNPA on the subject of the environment and health".

Tourists of mine

Disused mining sites: "For their future and that of the territories on which they insist, today we are focusing on the development of new tourism, which knows how to combine the safety of abandoned and often contaminated places, with the protection of an important historical and cultural heritage The Remi Network - National Network of Museums and Italian Mining Parks, promoted by ISPRA, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Lombardy Region and AIPAI Patrimonio Industriale was founded in 2015 with the participation of 40 disused mining sites. Today it counts 67 ".

Flowpath 2021

On 1-3 December, the 5th National Flowpath Hydrogeology Conference 2021 will take place in Naples, organized by the Italian Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeologists IAH. The Conference is now a reference for the state of the art of research and applications of hydrogeology in the public and private sector.

The geological walks of ISPRA

As part of the Rome Science Festival, ISPRA is organizing two geological walks on 27 and 28 November: "The river and the city: traces of the historic floods of the Tiber" and "Rome between two fires: how natural events have changed the morphology of the city".

ReMi guidelines: the first training course for mining operators has been concluded

The first training course for mining operators was held in Sessa, Switzerland, and in Saint Marcel, Val d'Aosta. The course has been organized according to the guidelines of the ReMi Network, the national network of mining parks and museums, coordinated by ISPRA, with the aim of promoting conservation, enhancement and protection of national mining heritage.