Events and News

Greencity in Palermo

In Palermo, the second stage of Verdecittà's "journey" through Italy, the innovative project that promotes urban greenery to improve the quality of life and the excellence of Made in Italy horticulture: the initiative is funded by the Ministry for Policies food and forestry (MiPAAF), coordinated by CREA and organized by Padova Hall, with the technical-scientific support of CONAF.
In the Sicilian capital, from 25 to 27 June, an impressive installation curated by CONAF's expert technicians in Piazza Castelnuovo will show how urban greenery can lend itself to multiple solutions, keeping together the quality and beauty of spaces, agriculture, aromatic plants.

When biodiversity meets public health: controlling diseases vectors

An event of the European Development Days on biodiversity and health will be held on Wednesday 16 June at 3.10 pm: "When biodiversity meets public health: controlling diseases vectors".
The issue is particularly sensitive, because the possible use of the gene drive to fight mosquitoes that transmit malaria in Africa will be discussed with representatives of local communities, research and gene drive experts.
The event is organized by Imperial College London, Malaria No More, Target Malaria, Ifakara Health Institute and Speak Up Africa.

27th plenary meeting of the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies

From 16 to 17 June it will be held the 27th plenary meeting of the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies
Plenary sessions are held twice a year and are hosted by agencies of ENCA member countries. At plenary meetings, agencies are normally represented by their director, although representatives with delegated powers can also participate to express positions and make decisions.

The animals assembly

Saturday 12 June, live online on the Youtube channel of the Antivivisection League, there will be a day of discussion on the cause and effect relationship - which emerged in the eyes of all with the disastrous spread of the Coronavirus - between food, animals and the future of the Planet.

Third Community Forum - Ecotourism in the Mezzano Valley, a possible scenario?

The Valle del Mezzano, in the Po Delta of Emilia-Romagna, is the area chosen for the main objective of the Life Perdix project, that is the reintroduction of the Italian Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix italica), a species considered extinct until recently.

Port system and environmental protection: tools for assessing water quality

Next 8 june, at the same time with the ocean world day, it will be held the seminar "Port system and environmental protection: tools for assessing water quality

World Oceans Day

ISPRA celebrated World Oceans Day with two events: on Monday 7 June the webinar "Strategy for the marine environment" was held, on Tuesday 8 on  RaiPlay  the special "And how is the sea?" led by Piero Angela attended by Minister Cingolani and an ISPRA researcher.

The strategy for the marine environment

Waiting for the World Oceans Day

The first of June will be inaugurated by the United Nations and UNESCO, with the International Oceanographic Commission, the Decade of Marine Sciences for the Sustainable Development of Oceans and Seas, with the aim of promoting global solutions to protect the oceans and their resources. On June 8, it will be World Oceans Day.
ISPRA, engaged in updating the Marine Strategy Measures Program, in support of the MiTE, organizes a webinar on the "sea", addressing all those technical, scientific and information aspects on activities for the safeguarding of vital human heritage.
The meeting, moderated by Fabio Gallo, host of RAI Linea Blu, addresses the problems of the sea deriving from climate change, pollution, marine litter, overfishing, alien species, seen from the perspective of ISPRA researchers and experts of the MiTE

Programme

Watch the streaming live on the canale Youtube ISPRA 

World Environment Day 2021

Saturday 5 June it is celebrated the World Environment day

This year the topic is the "Restoration of the ecosystem", with the aim to contrast and stop the damages against the Planet. During the day it will also be launched the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration introduced with the global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmland, from mountain tops to the depths of the sea.

New video of the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project

The involvement of the stakeholders in the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project

Wetland biodiversity and crayfish

Threats and concrete conservation actions
On the occasion of the European Day of Parks, the Life Claw Project organizes a webinar to discuss, together with numerous experts, wetlands: areas rich in biodiversity, which perform fundamental functions for human well-being. In particular, it will be one of the most endangered species of these environments: the native crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes, and the concrete initiatives that have been carried out to contain the spread of invasive alien species, which threaten its survival.

Biodiversity: a value. Protection of biodiversity and good practices of Sustainable Development in line with the "Man and Biosphere - MAB UNESCO" Program

On the occasion of the European Day of Parks, the Pantelleria Island National Park is organizing the conference "Biodiversity: a value. Protection of biodiversity and good practices of Sustainable Development in line with the "Man and Biosphere - MAB UNESCO" program, in which  an ISPRA researcher will participate with a speech on the implementation of the Habitat Directive in Italy.

Plastic Busters MPAs: Regional training on harmonized marine litter monitoring

The project Interreg Med Plastic Busters MPAs has elaborated and applied at the Protected marine pelagic and coastal areas of the Mediterranean a harmonized monitoring approach to detect the presence of macro and microplastics to assess the impact of waste on marine ecosystems

On the bees road

World Bee Day was proclaimed by the United Nations on May 20, a day to remind  the importance that bees have for the entire planet given their fundamental role in maintaining biodiversity.

20 May World Bee Day: live streaming inside a beehive

An ISPRA and AAIS project for the bees protection and their ecosystem.
ISPRA with the Social Integration Assistance Association (AAIS) has carried out an experimental and educational apiary within the program "APIABILI SAVE THE PLANET YOUR FUTURE IN OUR WINGS" (Project funded by the Department of Social Policies, Welfare and Local Authorities of the Lazio region).
The first meeting is held today on the occasion of World Bee Day. Established in 2017 with a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, the day aims to bring to the attention of citizens, the media and political decision-makers the importance of bees and in general of all pollinators: bees, wasps, butterflies , ladybugs, spiders, reptiles, birds, even mammals. Bees and pollinators are essential for food security, the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, and for the functioning of ecosystems and habitat conservation.

Dialogues on Biodiversity

Three events with scientists and intellectuals

On the occasion of World Biodiversty Day 2021 and within the week nature organized by the Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITE), ISPRA is organizing two events (20 and 22 May) where exponents of politics and science will meet and culture.
The topic of debate, called "We are part of the Solution", aims to provide contributions relating to the loss of biodiversity, to promote the sustainable use of biodiversity itself and a fair and just sharing of the benefits deriving from it. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has chosen the slogan "We are part of the Solution". This slogan was decided to give continuity to that of the 2020 Day, "Our solutions are in nature", to emphasize that nature resides the answer to the challenges to proceed towards sustainable development.

Publication RETICULA n. 26/2021

It is available online the number 26 of the technical-scientific magazine RETICULA

Agreement signed between ISPRA and the Italian Botanical Society for the structuring of a national database on Italian fungal species

Fungi are important components of the ecosystem because they participate in the decomposition processes of organic material present in the soil and regulate the balance and exchange of nutrients between plant species. These characteristics make them perfect indicators of biodiversity and the quality of an ecosystem.

Target 30% by 2030: healthy ecosystem for the Planet

How can we commit ourselves to obtain more protected areas and more protection of biodiversity?
Starting from the state of arts of the nature in the World, EU and  Italy, Legambiente will organize a meeting to debate the contribution that Italy can produce to the achievement of the global objectives of the decade 2020/2030 which aims to place at least  under protection 30% of the surface areas and oceans of the world.

Biodiversity: future perspectives

"Words for the future" is a series of on-line events organized by the Treccani Cultura Foundation in which will be faced through a selection of words taken from the X Appendix of the Italian Encyclopedia: Environment, Freedom, Biodiversity, Scientific Communication, Family, Body , New Humanism, Europe, Work, Contagion, Culture, School, Education, Silence.

Endemics and rare species in Tuscany: birds

With its enormous geographical and environmental diversity (from the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago to the coastal wetlands, from the hilly woods to the agroecosystems and waterways of the interior, up to the beech forests of the Amiata and the Apennines), Tuscany is a heritage of biodiversity.

Word Migratory Bird Day

The World Migratory Bird Day a global campaign which aims to raise awareness of migratory birds and the need for international cooperation to conserve them.
This year’s theme “Sing, Fly, Soar – Like A Bird!” focuses on the phenomena of “bird song” and “bird flight” as a way to inspire and connect people of all ages around the globe in their shared desire to protect and celebrate migratory birds. The day also serves as a reminder that migratory birds are in serious decline, and need international action to ensure their survival.

Started the 24th session of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological (SBSTTA) of the UN Convention for the biological diversity

One year late, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, last 3 May was  opened in virtual mode the 24th session Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological (SBSTTA) of the UN Convention for the biological diversity

City Nature Challenge

The City Nature Challenge (CNC), started in 2016, is a is an annual four-day global bioblitz at the end of April, where cities are in a collaboration-meets-friendly-competition to see observations of nature, find the most species. All the cities included in the challenge can register on an application,  Natusfera o Inaturalist, the most number of naturalistic observation observed in their cities

Wolf returns in the Circeo National Park

The wolf is returning to occupy many of the areas from which it had disappeared due to direct persecution by man. For about a year, sightings of some specimens have also been recorded within the territory of the Circeo National Park, where already in the summer of 2020 the Institute of Applied Ecology, on behalf of the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Biodiversity and Parks , and with the support of the Carabinieri Biodiversity Department of Fogliano, had detected the presence of a couple in the forest and a female. Genetic analysis found the individuals to be wolves.

How to contribute with the tourism and the green action at the Planet sustainability?

The event will be held the 22 april, day in which is celebrated the Earth World Day. 
After more than a year from the pandemic and the world crisis of important sector of like tourism and culture, the online event aims to contribute to the enhancement and sustainability of territories, biodiversity and cultural diversity as a heritage of our planet.

Coexisting with the bears in Trentino

The conference will be an opportunity to explore the theme of peaceful coexistence with bears, and discuss how to develop it in the province of Trento. The meeting will be attended by Italian experts and scientists, together with Canadian researchers who have been working for decades to prevent accidents between bears and humans.

Second scientific conference of LIFE Perdix

3 webinar events
The webinar cycle of the LIFE Perdix project will start the 23 April, with the first meeting on the monitoring methods of the wildlife. The second meeting, on genetics for species conservation and health monitoring, will be held on 30 April. Finally, the third webinar on ecosystem functions in favor of species conservation will take place on 7 May.

For a biological transition

The Italian biologic sector has a leading position in Europe and in the world. Italy has a percentage of agricultural area destined for organic farming that is double the European average and over 80,000 companies that operate exclusively or partially in the sector. European policies, starting with the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, have set a target of 25% of organic land by 2030, thus tripling the European average.

Sea National Day

A live video on the social networks of the Ministry of Ecological Transition to celebrate the National Day of the Sea, Sunday 11 April, with the aim to raise awareness on its protection and talk about this important natural resource with prestigious guests.
Ideally Minister Roberto Cingolani will cut the ribbon at 3 pm. This event will be followed by a brief interview with the director general for the sea and coasts Carlo Zaghi, who will illustrate the actions implemented by the Mite and the system of marine protected areas.
Numerous videos made by Italian marine protected areas will be screened, interspersed with interventions by representatives of the Coast Guard, Marevivo, Legambiente and Greenpeace. An ISPRA researcher will talk about the Marine Strategy and the role of the research.