The initiative is promoted and coordinated by REMI, ISPRA, in cooperation with AIPAI, ANIM, ASSORISORSE, G&T, MASE and under the patronage of prestigious institutions such as European Route of Industrial Heritage ERIH, Consiglio Nazionale dei Geologi CNG, EuroGeoSurveys EGS, e AMODO Alleanza per la Mobilità dolce.
The Blue Gold of Our Country
In Italy, we drink groundwater: more than 84% of the country’s civil water demand is supplied by spring water or water extracted from underground aquifers through wells.
A true “Blue Gold” resource that is renewed every year and must be understood, protected, and enhanced.
These needs are addressed by the new Hydrogeological Map of Italy at a scale of 1:500,000 (CII500K), which, after being presented to the scientific community, will be officially presented to the public on June 9 during an event at the Auditorium of the Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security.
The event will provide an opportunity to illustrate how the map was developed and to showcase the wealth of information it contains. The project was coordinated by ISPRA and the “Ardito Desio” Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Milan, in collaboration with ISTAT, CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change), and the seven District Basin Authorities, as well as with the participation of the wider groundwater expert community: Regions and Autonomous Provinces, ARPA/APPA environmental agencies, universities, research institutions, and professional associations. This initiative represents the first example of “participatory cartography” in Italy.
The new Underground Cavities Map
The city of Rome preserves beneath its surface an extraordinarily complex heritage, the result of natural and human-made stratification developed over thousands of years. Ancient quarries, catacombs, hypogea, hydraulic tunnels, and numerous other underground structures form a structural component of the capital’s urban history, while also representing an element of major importance for territorial knowledge and the prevention of ground instability phenomena.
Poets, philosophers, theologians, artists: they will be the lecturers of the EcoSofia summer school dedicated to environmental humanities, organized by the School of Specialization in Environmental Disciplines (SSDA) of ISPRA and also supported by the MIMIT as part of the “Facciamo Circolare/2” campaign.
EcoSofia was created with a clear goal: to unite scientific and humanistic disciplines, which must necessarily engage in dialogue and work together for the “ecological and spiritual” evolution of human beings—without which genuine respect for the environment cannot exist.
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Roma, sede ISPRA, via Vitaliano Brancati 48 e online
Guidelines for the Preparation of Environmental Monitoring Plans for Projects Subject to Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures
ISPRA and cetacean monitoring: the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative 2026 gets underway
Four Years of Monitoring Wild Pollinators in the Vesuvius National Park
Roma, Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Viale Castro Pretorio 105
National Conference on the Circular Economy 2026
