Events and News

Online the first number 2021 of "Innovations for the environmental sustainability"

The magazine online "InnovAzioni per la sostenibilità ambientale"aims to spread the good practices collected in the GELSO data base, in order to share them and allow the transferability of the processes that can improve the local policies and life style.

How are the species that live in the Mediterranean?

In the Mediterranean Sea live about 10% of all marine species while accounting for just 0.7% of the global marine surface. In order to protect the ecosystems of the Mediterranean, the EU developed a directive in 2008, the marine strategy, with the aim of achieving, by 2020, a "good state of conservation for the European seas", a target that is still far away, however. as revealed in the report published in June 2020.

Environment and pandemics: the zoonosis

Man is the primary cause of many recent pandemics. Climate change, intensive farming, trade in wild animals, deforestation and air pollution: this is how man has inexorably altered the delicate natural balance and favored the spread of dangerous zoonoses, diseases that pass from animals to the human population.

Captured the wolf in Otranto. High probability that it is an animal raised in captivity; he had a collar

Night operation carried out by Parco Majella technicians in permanent contact with ISPRA

Captured the wolf that had been observed for several weeks in Alimini, near Otranto. The wolf, a 14-month-old male in excellent physical condition, weighs 29.5 kg and shows evident signs of collar, a detail that seems to confirm the suspicion that it is an animal raised in captivity. The operation, conducted  at 22.40 on 14 July, was organized by the technicians of the wildlife group of the Majella National Park with the support of the Forestry Carabinieri and in constant contact with ISPRA.
The intervention, agreed with the Puglia Region, had obtained the favorable technical opinion of ISPRA nd the authorization of the Ministry of the Environment. The capture was carried out by expert personnel with biological and veterinary competencies, and with proven experience in wolf catching, with the collaboration of the Forestry Carabinieri of the Lecce group and the Otranto station.

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Interview with two ISPRA researchers on the Aquila-a-Life Project

ISPRA and CNR for new monitoring methods of the ungulates population

Researchers from the CNR and ISPRA have reviewed the methods for monitoring wild boar populations, demonstrating that through the application of Distance Sampling using night thermal goggles in various Italian protected areas, it is possibile estimate the wild boar populations in a precise and accurate way.

The wolf in Italy: current knowledge and future prespectives

The online conference "The wolf in Italy: current knowledge and future perspectives" will be held on Saturday 16 January at 2.30 pm, with the participation of internationally renowned scholars, researchers and representatives of various Italian institutions.
ISPRA since last October is coordinating the guidelines for the national monitoring of the wolf, at the meeting an expert of the Istitute will illustrate the targets and results.

Published the Technical Guide "Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA)"

This Technical Guide, drafted by ISPRA for the General direction of fisheries and aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture, is a practical tool to facilitate the understanding of the processes for the identification and allocation of marine areas to aquaculture as well as to facilitate the identification and selection of new sites taking into account existing constraints, multiple pressures, maritime uses, the state of the marine environment and the carrying capacity of marine ecosystems. It provides advanced knowledge and tools to Regions and coastal municipalities to support the decision-making process for planning new zones for aquaculture development and to integrate Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZAs) in the Maritime Spatial Plans, according to the principles of the FAO Ecosystem Approach  to Aquaculture (EAA)

Published the Report "The experimental assessment of the effectiveness of the measures provided for by the National Action Plan for the sustainable use of plant protection products (NAP)"

The report highlights the results of an experimental assessment of the effectiveness of the measures provided for by the National Action Plan for the sustainable use of plant protection products (NAP - defined according to EU Directive2009/128/CE) aimed at protecting biodiversity.
The project, funded by the MATTM and coordinated by ISPRA, was carried out between 2015 and 2020 in collaboration with ARPA Piemonte, ARPA Lazio, University of Turin, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. This research was implemented by analyzing differences between conventional and organic crops in rice fields and vineyards (in Piedmont), arable land and hazelnut groves (in Lazio), starting from the assumption that organic method is more compatible with the conservation of biodiversity, as indicated in Measure 13 of the NAP Guidelines (referred to in Ministerial Decree 10/3/2015)

Life SEPOSSO project: educational kit

The project LIFE SEPOSSO has collected all the materials and experiences produced during 2 years of meeting, lessons and games with more than 1.500 young people to make them available for all the public.

Scientific meeting on pollinating insects, food safety, health and art

With the patronage of the Argentine Embassy in Italy and the technical assistance of Casa Argentina, the Biological Sciences and Health Commission of the Network of Argentine Researchers in Italy (RCAI) is organizing a meeting dedicated to pollinators, currently threatened by numerous dangers.

Presentation Report Stop Pesticides 2020

On 17 December Legambiente will presents the Report 2020 on the presence of pesticides in food and provide agricultural good practices.

Testing the effectiveness of the NAP measures for the biodiversity protection

The results of the project funded by the MATTM and carried out in cooperation with ARPA Lazio (year 2015-2016), ARPA Piemonte (year 2015, 2018-2020), University of Rome Tor Vergata will be presented during a conference on 16 and 17 December 2020. (DIBIOS Department), University of Turin (DBIOS and DISAFA Departments).
The project aims to test the measures of the National Action Plan for the sustainable use of plant protection products (PAN) intended for the protection of biodiversity, to be implemented, especially in protected areas, Natura 2000 sites and Ramsar areas.

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Interreg Alpine SpaceEco-AlpsWater Workshop

The workshop on EcoAlpsWater will be held on line the next 9 and 10 December 2020, opened to all colleagues interested in research topics on environmental DNA and metagenomics techniques.

The event  will consist of several seminars in English that will cope with the description and logic of the activities in progress in the project, results and perspectives. Overall, it will be a knowledge transfer event, in line with one of the main objectives of the project itself.

National Geographic Festival of Sciences - Plants and animals travelling with human being

As part of the fifteenth edition of the National Geographic Festival of Sciences, the online event "The sea roads" will be held 25  November.
A history of humanity told by the organisms that man has brought with him: the history of the movements of plants, animals and other organisms, telling how human life has been linked to the organisms that traveled with him, and of as well as our culture has been influenced by it.

ISPRA and the Italian marine protected areas

Marine protected areas are an effective tool to protect marine biodiversity and ensure the sustainable use of resources. ISPRA has made a short video to present the its work of the "Marine Protected Areas" section and the technical-scientific activities to support the Italian Ministry of the Environment. The study activities carried out by ISPRA include investigations of an environmental nature and provide for the involvement of local communities, to acquire the necessary information on environmental values ​​and socio-economic components.

LIFE Sic2Sic “Biodiversity and green economy" - Final Conference

The report on the results of the LIFE SIC2SIC project becomes an opportunity to face some of the fundamental challenges for the future. The new strategy for biodiversity at national and European level will be the reference framework to the issue of sustainable mobility and the economic and employment value of a territorial development with a strong environmental content.

Renewable plastics, biodegradable and compostable

The European project BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE aims to research sustainable strategies and solutions for bio-based products to support the EU Plastics Strategy and a Circular Economy. In this frame will organize an opportunity to share reflections with the stakeholders

General States of Urban Green - VI edition

General states of urban green is an event promoted by the Committee for the development of public green set up at the Italian Minister of Environment, Land and Sea under the law 10/2013. Now in its sixth edition, the General States is an opportunity to analyze with the protagonists of politics, science, economics, arts, law, and other social sciences the role of green in the cities.

The central event will take place on 23 November on a day divided into four sessions organized by the Committee for the development of public green spaces, which will be attended by representatives of public institutions and the private world. The ISPRA President Stefano Laporta is participating in the first sesssion.

Programme

Streaming first session Facebook ISPRA

The overview of biodiversity in Emilia-Romagna

Update of the Habitat Map. Monitoring of flora of community interest

The webinar "The overview of biodiversity in Emilia-Romagna" will be held on November 20 and ISPRA expert is attending with a speech on "Habitats of community interest in Italy: monitoring and conservation status".

National forum: the bioeconomy of the forests

The event aims to analyze to the bioeconomy and forest ecosystems, biodiversity conservation, global challenges and the role that forests can have in the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and to achieve the objectives of the EU Strategy for biodiversity. An important opportunity to debate on good practices, tools and policies to relaunch the country

Harmony Project - "Laboratory of Co-design for proposals and measures for the PAF Nature 200"

The initiative is implemented as part of the "Harmony" project, funded by the P.O. Italy-Malta 2014-2020, whose objective is to define coordinated and shared intervention strategies for the assessment of the integrity of the seabed and the presence of invasive non-indigenous species in the Italian-Maltese area, through the promotion of inclusive decision-making processes participatory.

Eagle day: a day dedicated to the "Bonelli"

“Benénnidu Abilastru” : a comic tells the story of the extinct rapacious in Sardegna
The Bonelli eagle in Sicily it is saved from extinction, in Sardegna it has been reintroduced after its disappearance in the 1990s. The result is that in four years an increasing number of specimens of Bonelli fly in the skies of the two Italian islands: thanks to the European projects Life ConRaSi of WWF Italy and Aquila a-Life (coordinated by the Spanish fauna association Grefa and for the Sardegna da Ispra) today one of the most important rapacious for Italy continues to be present in the habitats.

Towards shared proposals and measures for the PAF - Priority Action Plan for Natura 2000

The initiatives is carried out in the whole of the Harmony project funded by P.O Italy-Malta 2014, which the objectives is he protection of marine biodiversity by assessing seabed integrity and the presence of nonindigenous species (NIS) in the Italo-Maltese cross-border area, promoting the development of coordinated strategies and shared decision making processes.

Scienza Insieme and the NET Project: starts the "Researchers story"

The initiatives includes 10 videos that will tell the life experiences of ten researchers of the NET project, their dreams and hopes since they were childhood. The stories, told directly by the researchers' voices, will try to answer to the many questions that often they received,  by email or in the conferences, to understand what kind of study are necessary to become a scientist. Aimed above all at an audience, the 10 episodes are stories of young people who have decided to undertake a fascinating and challenging profession.

National Plan for the management of the pond slider

Ispra and the Ministry of Environment have published the National Plan for the management of the pond slider.
Given the wide spread of the species on the national territory, the general objective of this Plan is to develop a management strategy of Trachemys scriptache that minimizes the negative impacts of biodiversity itself, on eco-esteem, on public health, on the agro-zootechnical heritage or on the economy (Article 22 of Legislative Decree 230/17), through diversified control measures depending on the environmental context and the degree of diffusion of the species.

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Workshop of updating on the ecological status of the  Pinna nobilis 
From 27 October to 1 November in Trieste there will be an exhibition on the largest mollusk in the Mediterranean, now at risk of extinction also in the Gulf of Trieste. In addition to the exhibition, a scientific workshop on 30 October in which scientists and scholars from the main bodies that are working on Pinna nobilis at local and national level will participate.

Presentation of the IPBES report: links between biodiversity and pandemics

The new report that focus on biodiversity and pandemics of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has been presented in streaming from Bonn. The report is the result of a seminar, organized in July where prestigious scientists convened from every part of the world. The report is a fundamental scientific contribution to help to better understand the new pandemics and to contrast them in the future.

Ispra, for behalf of the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea, with three experts as a National Focal Point of IPBES, have edited the peer-reviewed the report.

A resource not to be wasted: towards a common policy for the integrity of the seabed in the Mediterranean Sea

The objectives of the HARMONY Project are the protection of marine biodiversity by assessing seabed integrity and the presence of nonindigenous species (NIS) in the Italo-Maltese cross-border area, promoting the development of coordinated strategies and shared decision making processes.

PINE AID. Looking into the future of the Planet

The Monumental Pinewood of Fregene is a place of history and nature and its conservation and maintenance is therefore a task of competent specialists.
For this reason, the Pro Loco of Fregene and Maccarese will organize a scientific conference involving leading experts in botany, natural and forestry sciences, conservation of naturalistic heritage, in order to prepare a document to update the guidelines aimed at maintenance and conservation of the Monumental Pinewood of Fregene.