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Fight against Accidental Marine Pollution by hydrocarbons

The closing event of the technical-scientific collaboration agreement pursuant to art. 15 L. n. 241/9, for the implementation of activities aimed at the ...

Fire Update for 2025 in Italy: Smoking areas and impacts on forests have increased compared to 2024. Sixteen regions have been affected by fires.

Updated ISPRA data available online: link:  https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files2025/attivita/relazione-incendi-boschivi-2025.pdf/ From January 1 to ...

Fires in Italy: in 2021 triple the hectares of 2020 burned. The most burned region was Sicily, in Sardegna the largest fire

From the analysis of the last twenty years, it appears that in Italy 40-50% of the territory affected by fire is made up of forests. Considering that about 1/3 ...

First Coordination Meeting on the Mediterranean Strategy for the Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Marine Pollution from Ships (2022-2031)

ISPRA participated in the meeting held in Malta from 29 November to 1 December 2022 at the Regional Emergency Response Center for Mediterranean Marine ...

First ISPRA Report on environmental criticalities. The Institute's activities in application of the precautionary principle and the prevention of environmental effects

On 15 December ISPRA will present the first report on the activities carried out by the Institute in the two-year period 2018-2019 in the frame of the support ...

Forest ecosystems and fires: update 27 July 2023

The extension of the areas covered by large forest fires in Italy in 2023 is increasing, exceeding 44,000 hectares, of which over 7,400 ha of forest ...

Forest ecosystems and fires: update 7 August 2023

The extension of the areas covered by large forest fires in Italy is increasing, as of 7 August 2023, almost exceeding 59,000 hectares (hec), of which over ...

Forest fires in 2023: areas affected by fires decreasing in the north and centre, increasing in the southern regions and islands

Burned more than 36% surfaces compared to last year During 2023, Italy was hit by forest fires covering a total area of ​​1073 Km 2 The fires that ...

Forest fires: from January to July 2024 in line with the average since 2006. More serious episodes in Sicilia and Sardegna, forest cover is saved in Vieste

From 1 January 2024 to the last update available from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) on 30 July, 615 fires were detected on a national ...