Publications

Environment in Italy: An Overview, 2024 Environmental Data Yearbook is a statistically significant and scientifically relevant report produced by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), in collaboration with regional and autonomous provincial Environmental Protection Agencies, as part of the National System for Environmental Protection (SNPA).

These guidelines constitute a technical and methodological reference framework for all wildlife rescue centers and provide updated and uniform guidance on the proper procedures for managing bats during the recovery and rehabilitation of individuals found in distress

The Environmental Education and Training Notebook n.4/2025 entitled “Training Internships in ISPRA: experiences” collects the reports of the curricular internships carried out, during 2022, by students enrolled in a university or school course of study who, at ISPRA, have explored, with real and concrete experiences, environmental issues addressed during the course of study, supported, supervised and coordinated by ISPRA tutors, experts in the various environmental disciplines.

The Environmental Education and Training Notebook n.5/2025 entitled “Training Internships in ISPRA: experiences” collects the reports of the curricular internships carried out, during 2023, by students enrolled in a university or school course of study who, at ISPRA, have explored, with real and concrete experiences, environmental issues addressed during the course of study, supported, supervised and coordinated by ISPRA tutors, experts in the various environmental disciplines.

Based on a comparative review of eleven Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) participating in the CIMA (Contrasto agli Inquinamento Marini Accidentali) (Countering Accidental Marine Pollutions) Project, the report provides an in-depth and contemporary analysis on the areas of improvement of MPAs' capacity to support the competent authorities in the national response system to accidental pollution, also in the light of the current legislation on Marine Protected Areas.

The Report on Waste from Economic Activities, now in its twenty-fourth edition, is the result of a complex activity of collection, analysis and processing of data by the National Centre for Waste and Circular Economy of ISPRA, with the contribution of regional and provincial Environmental Protection Agencies. The Report implements a specific task required by article 189, of legislative decree. n. 152 of 3th April 2006.

The Report on Waste from Economic Activities, now in its twenty-fourth edition, is the result of a complex activity of collection, analysis and processing of data by the National Centre for Waste and Circular Economy of ISPRA, with the contribution of regional and provincial Environmental Protection Agencies. The Report implements a specific task required by article 189, of legislative decree. n. 152 of 3th April 2006.

The fourth report on the contaminated sites management at regional level, presents data on administrative and technical procedures updated to 01/01/2024. This update is based on data provided by Regional and Autonomous Provincial authorities, as well as Environmental Protection Agencies, as part of the 2024 population of MOSAICO, the national database on remediation procedures.

This report presents the results of an interlaboratory comparison aimed at evaluating the performance of the participating laboratories in the taxonomic identification of benthic diatoms in surface water bodies.

The construction sector plays a strategic role in the country’s economic development but also exhibits significant potential for improvement in terms of mitigating its environmental impacts, particularly in construction site management.

The report The State of the Environment in Italy 2025: Indicators and Analysis, produced by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), provides an updated and integrated overview of the main environmental dynamics in the country. The analysis is based on a selection of indicators drawn from the ISPRA Environmental Indicators Database ( https://indicatoriambientali.isprambiente.it/it ).

The third report on the contaminated sites management at regional level, presents data on administrative and technical procedures updated to 31/12/2021 based on data provided by the Regions/Autonomous Provinces/Environmental Protection Agencies as part of the 2022 population of MOSAICO, the national database on remediation procedures.

The report describes the reporting of emissions of transboundary substances that Italy officially communicates in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CRLTAP/UNECE) and relevant Protocols.

The report describes the reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases that Italy officially communicates in accordance with the requirements of the United Nation Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement and the European Union’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.

Working Programme ISPRA/ARPA: Ostreopsis cf. ovata blooms along the italian coasts. The presence of the potentially toxic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis ovata (Fukuyo) has been observed along the Italian coast since the ‘90s. From then, intense and recurrent blooms of this seaweed alga occurred in several locations of the Tyrrhenian Sea and Adriatic Sea. The presence of the microalgae O. ovata was detected in all the Italian coastal regions but Emilia-Romagna and Molise.