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The Ecological Beach: sustainable management of the Posidonia banquette along the Lazio shorelines

Every year seagrass wrack (from Posidonia oceanica) is deposited along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. The use of beaches for tourism purposes currently ...

Models of flow and transport of contaminants in groundwater

The implementation of numerical models of flow and transport of contaminants in groundwater is becoming increasingly important, either in the context of ...

Guidelines for Monitoring the environmental effects of the produced water discharge deriving from offshore hydrocarbons extraction"

Companies involved in offshore oil and gas production activities operating on the Italian continental shelf are required to carry out environmental monitoring ...

Environmental damage prevention and environmental emergencies management in case of fires at waste facilities

This Manual, which was developed within the context of the Agreement signed by ISPRA and Consorzio CINEAS on 25/09/2020, addresses the issue of fires at waste ...

Application of the NISECI index: guideline for the proposal of reference fish communities related to a detailed river zonation.

This Manual explains the criteria and methods for carrying out the detailed zonation process in river water bodies, and provides indications for the correct ...

EMAS and climate change

This guideline takes the reader through the topic of climate change and its close interconnection with emission sources. Starting with the “Environmental ...

Guidelines on sectoral reference documents for EMAS

This Guideline represents the completion of the previous ISPRA Report “The Sectoral Reference Document for EMAS” to which the sheets relating to the other ...

Black rat (Rattus rattus) eradication from Mediterranean islands: guidelines, best practice, case studies

The Black rat (Rattus rattus) is one of the most globally widespread invasive species, having successfully colonized all continents thanks to human ...