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New tools for the environmental protection

Jun 24, 2021 11:00 AM — Jun 24, 2021 01:00 PM Online event

An introduction to the development of environmental monitoring methods based on Earth Observation
With the development of processing techniques based on big data and artificial intelligence, it is possible to exploit the new observation capacities made available by the European Copernicus program to monitor natural ecosystems and support the environment. A laboratory for the experimentation of environmental surveillance methods with drone / satellite will be presented in the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano.

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Presentation of the SNPA report on indicators of the impact of climate change

Jun 30, 2021 10:00 AM — Jun 30, 2021 11:00 AM Webinar

The presentation of the SNPA Report on the impact indicators of climate change is scheduled for Wednesday 30 June 2021, from 10 am. The day is divided into two parts: the first is a discussion between stakeholders on the problems related to climate change and on the actions to deal with the consequences taking place on our territories, while the second, from 2.30 pm, will propose a technical-scientific study in the course of which the main results of the Report will be presented.

Environmental statistics for cohesion policies 2014-2020

Jul 08, 2021 10:30 AM — Jul 08, 2021 12:30 PM Online event

Since May 2018 ISPRA has been a beneficiary of the project aimed at expanding the set of territorial indicators today released by public statistics on the environment, satisfying on the one hand the new international information requests (for example SDG indicators )and at the same time aligning the availability of data and indicators to the information needs of policy makers.

Floating macrolitter leaked from Europe into the ocean

Jun 18, 2021

New study published, with ISPRA cooperation, in Nature Sustainability reveals that Rivers are the main conduits for human litter transferred from land to the ocean. A new study shows that European
countries release more than 600 million floating macrolitter items (> 2.5 cm) to the ocean in a single year. Plastic is the principal litter material observed in rivers across Europe. Eight out of 10 litter items are made of plastic, including single-use plastics such as bottles, packaging (like food wrappers), and bags. Almost 40% of the floating litter are pieces of plastic (fragments of larger items), meaning many plastic items begin to fragment in the river basins before
reaching the ocean.