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ISPRA participation in Sealogy 2021

PNRR - Restoration and protection of the seabed and marine habitats for a sustainable blue economy
The 2021 edition of Sealogy, the European Blue Economy Exhibition, will be held in Ferrara from 18 to 20 November.
ISPRA will be present at the event and is organizing on November 19, together with the MiTE, the conference "PNRR - Restoration and protection of the seabed and marine habitats for a sustainable blue economy".

Public consultation on the updating of the Marine Strategy Measures Programs

On November 5, 2021, in implementation of art. 16 of Legislative Decree. 190/2010, it is opened the public consultation on the updating of the Marine Strategy Measures Programs pursuant to art. 12 of Legislative Decree 190/2010, prepared by the Ministry of Ecological Transition with the technical-scientific support of ISPRA.

ISPRA survey campaign on the marine environment in the offshore sector

An investigation campaign is in the phase of develop in the central Adriatic, between the Pescara, Ancona and Cesenatico seafarers, aimed at completing and deepening the knowledge framework on the marine environment affected by the presence of offshore platforms for the extraction of hydrocarbons from the bottom of the sea.

Fixed Line Transect Mediterranean monitoring Network - FLT Med Net. The long-term international agreement for the monitoring of marine macrofauna and the main threats deriving from maritime traffic and marine litter has been renewed

ISPRA and fourteen Research Institutions of the Mediterranean Area just signed the new triennial Agreement for continuous standard monitoring of cetaceans, sea turtle, other macro fauna and main threats (FLT Med Net, 2021 – 2024). The Agreement renew a long-term free of charge collaboration which started in 2007, when ISPRA (ex APAT) set off a sustainable approach for gathering long term data on marine macro fauna and two of their main threats (influence of maritime traffic, exposure risk by Floating marine macro litter) using ferries as platform of research. Since then, the approach was developed and shared within a growing international network of Universities and Research Institutions from five Mediterranean countries.

European Maritime Forum

The event aims to present the Blue Economy and in particular its target sectors such as: fishing and aquaculture, tourism, logistics and transport, renewable energy will therefore be the main assets, always with the aim of tending towards processes of approach to sustainability and circularity.

Barcolana Sea Summit

Barcolana Sea Summit, scheduled in Trieste from 6 to 9 October 2021, is a multilateral event on the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems, for greater environmental awareness and a regenerative socio-economic model.
The aim of the event is to create awareness of the need to establish a new relationship between man and sea, involving scientists, policy makers, businesses and civil society.

NET SCIENCE TOGETHER: Scientists for a day!

Around the ISPRA laboratories alongside researchers who study and protect the sea
ISPRA with the National Research Council - Institute for BioEconomy, thanks to a partnership that "unites and unites" most of the scientific research of Livorno, organizes the European Night of Researchers and Researchers, in collaboration with: Interuniversity Center of Marine Biology and Applied Ecology - CIBM, Aplysia, Harbor Master's Office, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and LaMMA Consortium and with the involvement of institutions and stakeholders of the city.

NET SCIENZAINSIEME brings you aboard the Astrea ship

Also this year NET Scienza Insieme virtually brings the public into their research facilities. After the Castel Romano Laboratories, board the Astrea, the research vessel of ISPRA.
In this virtual visit  will be possible to learn about the main research activities of the Institute on the marine environment and its ecosystems, carried out during the campaigns at sea, thanks to professionalism and cutting-edge technological tools, described by short videos that will accompany the virtual visit.

Welcome on board of the Astrea ship

ISPRA at the Ocean Literacy Festival in the Mediterranean Sea

Supported by the European Commission's Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the EU4Ocean Coalition has organized the Ocean Literacy Festival in the Mediterranean Sea, which will showcase ocean literacy initiatives and activities from all Mediterranean countries.
The Mediterranean Literacy Festival takes place on Med Coast Day, September 25, 2021, and is part of the larger EU4Ocean event in the Mediterranean Sea Basin (September 24-27), which aims to bring ocean literacy in the minds and actions of everyone in the Mediterranean Sea

ISPRA is launching the new comics of the INDICT project on the "Carrie" sea turtle at the European Researchers' Night

The protection of the marine environment and its biodiversity, the threats of pollution and waste at sea are the central theme of the new comic developed by ISPRA within the exhibition for the INDICIT project.
The sea turtle Carrie is the protagonist of a new story, the adventure of a courageous creature and the dangers it encounters among abandoned plastic and microplastic nets.
The comic will be exhibited for the first time at the European Researchers' Night on 24 and 25 September at the Città dell'Altra Economia in Rome as part of the NET ScienzaInsieme project.

NET SCIENZAINSIEME: Sustainability of fishing between past and future

Guided tour of the "Fishing in the Lagoon" exhibition
Experts in fishing and traditional ecological knowledge will guide visitors through the exhibition "Fishing in the lagoon" illustrating the techniques, equipment, boats and traditions related to this important aspect of the economy and culture of the Venetian area. The present material, including the precious nineteenth-century models of boats exhibited for the first time to the public, will allow ISPRA researchers to tell about the sustainability of fishing, poised between the legacy of the past and the challenges of the future.

The ecological beach of Favignana for environmental protection and conscious tourism

The entire initiative is organized in collaboration with the Aegadian Islands Protected Marine Area and is part of the MED Dé.Co.U. Plages project co-financed under the IEV CT Italy-Tunisia 2014-2020 European program which aims to create the conditions for greater protection of the environment in coastal territories.
A full calendar of events and activities that will take place mainly on the beach of Praia and at the bathhouse plant of the Tonnare di Favignana and Formica.
These include circular economy initiatives and Citizen Science which will involve tourists, fishermen and local businesses / artisans as well as the inevitable environmental education activities to raise awareness of young and old on environmental issues.

Marine alien species: which of these have you ever observed or fished?

The booklet, produced by ISPRA, provides support to sea operators and users for the recognition of alien species observable and fishable in our seas, including some dangerous for human health as toxic to consumption or poisonous to contact.

II Summer school of Geomorphology, Ecology and Biology in the marine and insular environment

ISPRA, together with the Department of Engineering and Geology of the University "G. d'Annunzio "of Chieti-Pescara and the Marine Geology Section of the Italian Geological Society is organizing, with the patronage of the Italian Geological Society and the Gargano National Park, the" II summer school of Geomorphology, Ecology and Biology in the marine and insular environment "

Mediterranean Journalists Festival 2021

From 1 to 4 September 2021 Otranto will host the XIII edition of the Journalists of the Mediterranean Festival. Four days of international debates on the major issues of the Mediterranean, a place of commercial, cultural and social exchanges between East and West.
The DG of ISPRA, Alessandro Bratti, will participate on 3 September in the debate "Telling the truth between justice and legality". On 1 September ISPRA researchers will participate in the meeting "Mediterranean and Europe, the sea and plastic: what is the Marine Strategy".

Alien species of the Mediterranean sea: be aware of them

ISPRA and the Ventotene and S. Stefano Islands Marine Protected Area have launched a pilot activity for the monitoring of marine alien species.
In order to provide support to operators and users of the sea for the recognition of the main alien species potentially observable and fishable in our seas, including some dangerous for human health, an informative brochure has been created to recognize and report them.

The virtual photo exhibition of INDICIT I and II is now online!

In the frame of INDICIT II project was realized exhibition photo virtual developed by ISPRA to allow also during the pandemic to be able to disseminate the activities and results of the two projects financed by DG Environment. The photo exhibition highlights the impact of plastic pollution in marine animals and the activities of researchers

Bathing 2021 in Italy

From April to September, the 8,300 km of Italian coasts are sampled over 32,000 times. And in most cases these are operators of the regional environmental protection agencies, the public bodies which, together with ISPRA, composed the National environmental protection System.

Marine strategy: the pre-survey activity for the development of a "Metabarcoding eDNA" analysis protocol was completed in Trieste

This week, the pre-survey activity for the development of a "Metabarcoding eDNA" analysis protocol was included in the port of Trieste as part of a pilot monitoring activity for the Marine Strategy - Descriptor 2_Non-indigenous species, which sees the collaboration between ISPRA, the Polytechnic University of Marche and the regional agencies. The activity will make it possible to identify the taxonomic composition of animal and plant species in port areas, also identifying the presence of non-indigenous species and may constitute an important investigation tool for the early warning system.

Final conference GRRinPORT project

During the day, action plans and results will be presented that will help ship owners and port facility managers towards an eco-sustainable approach. Launched in April 2018, the project was tested in the four ports of Cagliari, Livorno, Bastia and Ajaccio.

International day for the Mediterranean sea

The International Day of the Mediterranean Sea is celebrated on 8 July, an opportunity to raise awareness of the dangers that threaten the Mediterranean Sea.
According to ISPRA, over 240 alien species have been identified in this, 68% of which are now stable along our coasts. More than 70% of marine litter is deposited on the Italian seabed, of which 77% is plastic. On the beaches, with an average of 400 waste every 100 meters, the situation is no better. In the Mediterranean, more than 63% of sea turtles have ingested plastic. But the actions for sustainability are bearing fruit: fish stocks, while remaining overfished, in 6 years go from 85% to 75%.

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Natural harbor. An immersive show

The multimedia event, organized as part of the activities of the GEREMIA Project (Waste Management for the Improvement of Port Waters), funded by the INTERREG Italy-France Maritime 2014-2020 program, will allow you to discover the activities carried out by the scientific partners and by the Authorities of Port System for the assessment of the quality of port waters.

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 

New video of the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project

The involvement of the stakeholders in the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project

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

GRRINPORT - Port sludge and sediment and management: critical issues and possible solutions

The project  GRRinPORT starts at the conclusion and in preparation for the final conference in July, launches a cycle of three talk shows. The events, called #PORTIPULITI and organized by the Mediterranean Sea and Coast Foundation (MEDSEA), aim to disseminate the solutions developed within the GRRinPORT project to counteract the environmental impacts on the sea of ​​port activities.

Blue flags: 416 Italian beaches awarded this year

The main target of the Blue flags program is to promote in the Municipalities close to the sea a sustainable management of the land by means of a series of indications inside the policies that take care about the environmental protection.

Climate change in the coastal and transition areas: scenarios and impacts on the Po Delta

The Veneto region is organizing a meeting in the frame of the CHANGE WE CARE european project, in order to assess the climate change in the coastal areas. The project's target is to provide guidelines of integrated planning to answer at the climate modification on the long period, specially in the Po Delta