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The Effective Use of Green and Blue Spaces to Promote Health and Well-Being: The Role of Stakeholders

Oct 07, 2026 09:30 AM — Oct 07, 2026 02:00 PM

A project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health’s National Complementary Plan: “Well-Designed and Well-Managed Green and Blue Spaces to Improve Health and Well-Being: Scientific Evidence and Green Prescriptions”

The PNC research project “The Effective Use of Green and Blue Spaces to Promote Health and Well-Being”, funded by the Italian Ministry of Health, was launched in 2023 and will run through 2026.

On 7 October 2026 in Rome, at the ISPRA Conference Room, as part of the project’s events for disseminating its results, some of the outputs produced as part of the project will be presented.

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Nature, climate and Global Stability

Oct 07, 2026 — Oct 08, 2026

Integrated Strategies for Ecosystem Resilience, Climate Mitigation and Health Security

The Forestry, Environmental and Agri-Food Units Command (CUFAA) of the Carabinieri, in collaboration with the FAO, is organising the International Conference “Nature, Climate and Global Stability – Integrated Strategies for Ecosystem Resilience, Climate Mitigation and Health Security” in Rome on 7 and 8 October. The summit serves as a preparatory meeting for COP31 in Antalya. The initiative seeks to address a gap in global governance and overcome the longstanding separation between climate policies and biodiversity protection, promoting the latter as an essential “resilience technology” for preventing the creation of fragile “green deserts".

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Circular Justice

Oct 13, 2026 03:00 PM — Oct 13, 2026 05:00 PM

Training seminar on circular justice: ethics and governance of the transition

The online workshop will take place on 13 October, offering participants the opportunity to hear from and engage in discussion with lecturers, researchers and experts from the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), and the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa.

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Following Seabird Routes for the Future of High Seas Protected Areas

Oct 07, 2026

A study of 13,000 seabirds in the Atlantic and Mediterranean provides scientific guidance for expanding protection to at least 30% of the planet’s marine surface by 2030

The expansion of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is one of the cornerstones of international efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity caused by human activities. The global Kunming-Montreal Agreement aims to protect at least 30% of the world’s marine surface by 2030, an objective incorporated at the European level into the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and into the National Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.

However, around 60% of the oceans consists of the High Seas: international waters extending beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast, which for a long time remained without effective shared protection. This gap was finally addressed with the entry into force, in early 2026, of the landmark UN High Seas Treaty (BBNJ Agreement), which finally provides a binding legal framework for establishing marine reserves in waters beyond national jurisdiction.

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