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Presentation of the Air Quality Report - 2023 Edition
Presentation of the Air Quality Report - 2023 Edition
Mar 15, 2024 09:00 AM — Mar 15, 2024 04:00 PM Torino, ARPA Piemonte, Sala Polifunzionale, Via Pio VII, 9

The Air Quality Report - 2023 Edition, which describes the state and trend of air pollution in Italy, was presented on 15 March in Turin.

In 2023, the annual limit values ​​for atmospheric particulate matter PM10 were respected at all measurement points, as were those for PM2.5 (311 out of 312), with an average reduction for the latter of approximately 13% compared to the average of decade 2013-2022. The daily limit value for PM10 was also respected in 89% of the monitoring stations, with exceptions concentrated above all in the north-east area of ​​the Po basin (47 out of 63 exceedances), in the Vesuvius area and in the province of Frosinone.
The annual value of nitrogen dioxide is within the limits in almost all monitoring stations (98%), which in 2023 marks a reduction of 19% compared to the decade 2013-2022.
The exceedances occur in stations influenced by high road traffic flows: Turin, Milan, Brescia, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Catania and Palermo.

"SNPA contributes to the pursuit of homogeneous levels of environmental protection throughout Italy. With 650 air quality monitoring stations it has one of the largest facilities in Europe and produces 25 million data per year” declared the President of ISPRA and SNPA, Stefano Laporta.

"The 2023 data outline an improvement compared to the recent past. But situations of non-compliance with the limit values ​​persist and we have fallen far behind the deadlines set by the EU directives" declared the ISPRA General Director, Maria Siclari.

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The use of dog units in the conservation of biodiversity
The use of dog units in the conservation of biodiversity
Apr 04, 2024 09:30 AM — Apr 04, 2024 01:30 PM Milano, Sede ENCI - Sala Conferenze, via Corsica, 20

The use of dogs for wildlife conservation and management is taking on an increasingly important role, thanks to the abilities of these animals, for example the ability to recognize odors even very diluted in the environment and to investigate large surfaces in a short time. For these reasons, the LIFE Perdix project used dogs to ascertain the reproduction and distribution of Italian partridges released into the Mezzano Valley. The workshop intends to provide an overview of the different topics in which dogs can be efficiently used for the conservation of biodiversity and to propose specific guidelines for their use.

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World recycling day
World recycling day
Mar 18, 2024 — Mar 18, 2024

March 18th is World Recycling Day, an initiative aimed at raising citizens' awareness of the importance of recycling and the conscious use of resources, promoting practices that reduce the use of energy, improve the quality of water and air which we breathe and combat climate change.

ISPRA has recently published the new environmental indicators database, in the "Circular Economy" section the indicators useful for monitoring the transition towards a circular economic model in which materials are used, recycled and reused as much as possible are collected.
Among the indicators present in the section, we highlight the rate of circular use of materials which in Italy, in the period 2004-2022, went from 5.8% to 18.7%, reaching above the European average of 11.5% (2022 ).

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National Pollen Day 2024
National Pollen Day 2024
Mar 21, 2024 10:00 AM — Mar 21, 2024 12:30 PM On line event

Aerobiological monitoring: an indispensable tool for health protection in the “One Health” model

On March 21st, on the occasion of the XVII edition of National Pollen Day, ISPRA and the Italian Society of Aerobiology, Medicine and Environment (SIAMA) present the seminar "Aerobiological monitoring: an indispensable tool for health protection in the One Health model". The day, organized in collaboration with the Palynology Group of the Italian Botanical Society and the POLLnet-SNPA thematic network, aims to promote aerobiology as a fundamental discipline in the study of environmental problems related to the interpretation of allergic disease and to contribute to spread the culture of a multidisciplinary approach to human and environmental health issues.

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