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Screening of the documentary “The Phantom Catch – The Great Problem of Ghost Nets”

Apr 22, 2026 05:00 PM — Apr 22, 2026 07:00 PM

The story of the Strong Sea LIFE project

On Wednesday, April 22, at the Roma Eventi Piazza di Spagna Conference Center, the documentary “The Phantom Catch – The Great Problem of Ghost Nets,” directed by Igor D’India, will be premiered, and the results of the Strong Sea LIFE project, coordinated by ISPRA, will be presented.

The documentary tells the story of a five-year journey involving researchers and divers working to free the Mediterranean from more than 22 tons of lost fishing gear.

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Ecological beach for a balanced coexistence between natural elements and those introduced by humans

Apr 20, 2026

The videos document a four-year collaboration between ISPRA and the Posidonia Beach Club: a project dedicated to the sustainable management of coastlines. The research focused on how to combine tourism use with environmental protection (the “ecological beach” model), addressing crucial issues such as coastal erosion—driven by climate change and human activities—and the development of new forms of environmental communication aimed at schools and professionals.

Attention was also given to the problem of marine litter (plastics and microplastics) and the connection between human and environmental health, in line with the One Health perspective. Through the questions of a young protagonist, the narrative clearly conveys four years of information, education, and events aimed at promoting a more respectful relationship with the environment.

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Italian port infrastructure and its monitoring: ISPRA’s two new geodatabases – Maritime Works Layout and Port Transformation Areas

Apr 29, 2026 09:00 AM — Apr 29, 2026 01:45 PM Rome, ISPRA headquarter, via Vitaliano Brancati 48

On April 29, 2026, at 9:00 AM, the Conference Hall of ISPRA will host the conference:
“Italian Port Infrastructure and Its Monitoring: ISPRA’s Two New GeoDBs – Maritime Works Layout and Port Transformation Areas.”

Based on high-resolution data layers covering the entire national coastal system, ISPRA presents and releases two new databases:

Maritime Works Layout (AOM), including the digitization and characterization of all structures classified as port infrastructure, with details on their type, function, and usage conditions, their evolution over time, ISTAT references, affiliation with relevant territorial authorities or administrations, and declared or estimated berthing capacity;

Port Transformation Areas (ATP), including the digitization and characterization of polygons related to obstruction (seabed occupation), excavation (coastal land occupation), and alteration (modification of natural conditions within basins) for all coastal port infrastructures, compared to pre-development conditions (ante operam).

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Workshop “Photographic Monitoring of Landslides”

Apr 22, 2026 09:45 AM — Apr 22, 2026 01:00 PM Rome, sede ISPRA, via Vitaliano Brancati 48 and online

The workshop will present new technologies for landslide monitoring, with a focus on photomonitoring and on the results of experimental activities carried out by Sapienza University of Rome across 13 landslide sites throughout the country, within the framework of the GeoSciences IR project, funded by the PNRR MUR and coordinated by ISPRA.

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