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Soils: where food begins
Soils: where food begins
Dec 05, 2022 04:00 PM Messina - Live facebook on www.ceamessina.it

World Soil Day 2022 (#WorldSoilDay) and its campaign “Soils: where food begins” aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing growing challenges in soil management, increasing soil awareness and encouraging societies to improve soil health.

The Ministry of the Environment and Energetic Safety (MASE) for the sustainable use of the soil
The Ministry of the Environment and Energetic Safety (MASE) for the sustainable use of the soil
Dec 05, 2022 11:00 AM — Dec 05, 2022 01:30 PM Webinar

Healthy soil for healthy nutrition
World soil day
The protection of the ecological balance of the soil is the prerequisite for food sovereignty, for safeguarding the quality of life and for the right to healthy food and all the goods it supplies, from wood to textile fibres, without forgetting the integrated actions for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Soil: where nutrition begins
Soil: where nutrition begins
Dec 05, 2022 11:00 AM — Dec 05, 2022 02:00 PM

Worl Soil day
The Department of Finance, Innovation, Public Works and Territory of the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources are organizing a meeting on Monday 5 December 2022, at 10 am, in Aosta by the Regional observatory on land take, focused on the message launched this year by FAO "Soil: where food begins".

Digital Humanities, cultural heritage and geohistorical applications
Digital Humanities, cultural heritage and geohistorical applications
Dec 05, 2022 — Dec 07, 2022 Rome, University RomaTre

XIV Seminar of historical-cartographic studies from the map to the GIS
The seminar aims to present case studies and proposals to support epistemological and theoretical reflection on the use of geographic survey tools in the analysis of the relationship between man and his territory.
This edition will focus in particular on how digital tools and Digital Humanities studies can dialogue with geo-historical, historical-geographical and cartographic sources for the monitoring, planning, use, enhancement and protection of cultural heritage.

World Soil Day 2022
World Soil Day 2022
Dec 05, 2022 — Dec 05, 2022

Loss of soil fertility is one of the main degradation processes that threatens nutrition and is recognized as one of the most important global problems for food security worldwide. The #WorldSoilDay and Soil: Where Nutrition Begins campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of keeping ecosystems healthy and raising awareness of soil.

Landslides and floods in Italy: hazard and risk indicators – 2021 Edition

Italian platform on landslides

Soil consumption, territorial dynamic - Report  2022

EcoAtl@ante 

Only fertile soil will give us food security
Only fertile soil will give us food security
Dec 03, 2022 01:10 PM — Dec 03, 2022 02:10 PM Bologna

On 3 December as part of the Festa del Bio, the meeting "Only fertile soil will give us food security" will be held.
The soil is the origin of the food we eat, but already a third of the world's land is in a state of degradation. Even in Italy, 30% of the land is desertified or in the process of desertification. In many areas of the Po Valley the fields have very low fertility percentages, below 1%: this is a problem that affects the entire agricultural world and consequently all citizens.

General States for the regeneration of the territories
General States for the regeneration of the territories
Dec 01, 2022 — Dec 03, 2022 Gela

During the conference, the topics of "Reclamation of contaminated sites: nodes and perspectives" of the "Circular economy and new job opportunities" of "Virtuous and fair choices for regeneration" and finally "The participation of territories" will be addressed.

Effects of climate change on the Italian economy
Effects of climate change on the Italian economy
Nov 30, 2022 11:00 AM — Nov 30, 2022 02:30 PM L'Aquila/Online

The presentation of the report "The effects of climate change on the Italian economy", a research project by the Bank of Italy, takes place today. The study project, included in the series 'Economics and finance' of the Bank of Italy, includes work on the impact on the Italian production system, on society and on the effectiveness of environmental policies.

Landslide Ischia: In the last 15 years, 15 hectares of soil have been consumed on the island of Ischia: on average, 10,000 m2 of new buildings per year
Landslide Ischia: In the last 15 years, 15 hectares of soil have been consumed on the island of Ischia: on average, 10,000 m2 of new buildings per year
Nov 29, 2022

Nearly a third of this new land take is located in landslide-prone areas. In the image, the map of Casamicciola with data relating to soil consumption (on the left) and those relating to landslide hazard (on the right). All maps are available on the ISPRA EcoAtlante:  

ecoatlante.isprambiente.it 

Exploration of the underground world. The scientific challenge with darkness
Exploration of the underground world. The scientific challenge with darkness
Nov 26, 2022 12:30 PM — Nov 26, 2022 01:30 PM Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica

In the era in which every corner of the planet's surface is observed by satellites, the underground environments are still a frontier of human exploration on the land. Although these ecosystems are isolated from the outside world, they have always attracted human curiosity, and only recently have they been the subject of studies that address the challenges and risks of these remote places to contribute to scientific progress.

ISPRA participates in the XXXIX Annual Anci Assembly
ISPRA participates in the XXXIX Annual Anci Assembly
Nov 22, 2022 — Nov 24, 2022 Bergamo

The XXXIX National Assembly, entitled “The voice of the country. The word to our communities”, will be held in Bergamo from 22 to 24 November 2022. It is an important appointment that involves Mayors, administrators and representatives of the institutional and business world in a focus of dialogue on the main issues of interest to the Municipalities .

The three days of work are accompanied by the ANCI EXPO review, an opportunity for the world of business and public administration to meet, for the growth and development of ambitious projects and solutions that increase the efficiency of municipalities and the well-being of citizens.

EcoAtl@nte, maps and data with a click
EcoAtl@nte, maps and data with a click
Nov 21, 2022 — Nov 25, 2022 Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica

A new way to learn to "read" maps and data, to discover our territory. The project "At school for the environment with EcoAtl@nte, organized by ISPRA, offers a series of workshops aimed at high school students. The lessons, both theoretical and practical, will see the involvement of the participants through the use of a series of thematic maps contained in the new interactive platform created by ISPRA. A training course that helps to know and read territorial data, to understand the environmental challenges of our time.

ISPRA participates at the Science Festival of Rome
ISPRA participates at the Science Festival of Rome
Nov 21, 2022 — Nov 27, 2022

Pandemics, climate change and environmental crises demonstrate how much we need new outlooks on the present and new visions for the future. And, therefore, how much we need to explore, starting from what we know and opening up to what we don't know.

The Rome Science Festival is the ideal context to analyze the various themes, meet different people and disciplines, because it offers a rich variety of events.

In the seventeenth edition of the Festival we will talk about exploration in all areas of science, including new frontiers of art, photography, literature, with a curious look on all aspects of contemporaneity.

Regeneration and bioeconomy to protect the landscape and safeguard the agricultural soil of Rome
Regeneration and bioeconomy to protect the landscape and safeguard the agricultural soil of Rome
Nov 18, 2022 04:00 PM — Nov 18, 2022 06:00 PM Roma - Aula del Chiostro, Facoltà di Ingegneria dell’Università La Sapienza

Starting from an in-depth study of current trends, the intention is to open a discussion on the path to quickly stop soil consumption in Rome. The goal is to propose regeneration alternatives, first of all preserving the Agro Romano, its extraordinary landscape and ecosystem services.
The participation of an ISPRA expert is expected with the intervention "The state of the soil in Italy and in Rome".

Intervention priority criteria in the Regional Reclamation Plans: start of the experimentation phase
Intervention priority criteria in the Regional Reclamation Plans: start of the experimentation phase
Nov 17, 2022 — Nov 17, 2022

On November 17 there will be a meeting of the Technical Roundtable, that include  15 Regions, 1 Autonomous Province and 13 ARPA. Thus begins the second phase of the activities to define the risk assessment criteria aimed at identifying the order of priority of the interventions in the Regional Plans for the Reclamation of Polluted Areas (PRB). In fact, the art. 199, paragraph 6, letter a) of Legislative Decree 152/06 assigns this task to ISPRA which has decided to share the work with the bodies involved in the matter: Regions/Autonomous Provinces and Agencies for the environmental protection.

The Table aims to test the flexibility of the methodology already identified in the first phase of the activities, presented in the workshop last May and illustrated in the Report Risk assessment criteria for priority setting of the remediation interventions (365/2022)

Copernicus: transforming data into value. The benefits for the public and private sectors
Copernicus: transforming data into value. The benefits for the public and private sectors
Nov 16, 2022 12:30 PM — Nov 16, 2022 01:30 PM Webinar

The webinar will be held on November 16 as part of the Maker Learn Festival 2022 event. The meeting will be an opportunity to talk about the Copernicus program and the enormous potential it offers in terms of job creation, innovation and growth, that is economic, social and environmental benefits.
Through a myriad of its applications, it is possible to have significant increases on the activities and operations, ordinary and extraordinary, of companies and organizations.

National Soil Hub. Comparing experiences for a national soil monitoring network
National Soil Hub. Comparing experiences for a national soil monitoring network
Nov 15, 2022 10:30 AM — Nov 15, 2022 06:00 PM Rome

As part of the activities included by the European Joint Program on Soil (EJP Soil) and the national Soil HUB project, the meeting "National Soil Hub, Comparing experiences for a national soil monitoring network" will take place. The event, which will be dedicated exclusively to Stakeholders, is proposed as a moment of discussion and coordination for the construction of a national monitoring network to strengthen regional soil services.

Kick-off Meeting of the PNRR project "Monitoring Earth's Evolution and Tectonics - MEET
Kick-off Meeting of the PNRR project "Monitoring Earth's Evolution and Tectonics - MEET
Nov 15, 2022 — Nov 16, 2022

The Kick-off Meeting of the PNRR project "Monitoring Earth's Evolution and Tectonics - MEET" will start on November 15th.
ISPRA is Co-Proponent and partner of the project. Through the Work Package "Strengthening the national networks data production" ISPRA will consolidate and develop the Hydrogeochemical Platform of a continuous national hydrogeochemical network, while through the Work Package "Italian Platform for Solid Earth Science" ISPRA will develop this platform providing 3D geology data , of tectonics and faults capable of correlating with seismogenic sources.

The memory of the Territory as a guarantee of the future: The CARG Project
The memory of the Territory as a guarantee of the future: The CARG Project
Nov 14, 2022 10:00 AM — Nov 14, 2022 06:00 PM Rome, Palazzo Wedekind, p.zza Colonna n.366, Salone Angiolillo

On Monday 14 November 2022 at 09:00 in Rome at the Wedekind Palace, the conference entitled 'The memory of the territory as a guarantee of the future: the CARG Project' dedicated to the need to complete and update the Geological Map of Italy will take place , fundamental and essential tool of knowledge of the territory, produced within the CARG Project.

ISPRA participates in Ecomondo 2022
ISPRA participates in Ecomondo 2022
Nov 08, 2022 — Nov 11, 2022 Rimini

Ecomondo is the reference event in Europe and the Mediterranean for technological and industrial innovation in the green and circular economy sector within the framework of the NGEU.
An international fair with an innovative format that unites in a single platform all sectors supporting the ecological transition: services and integrated solutions for the enhancement of waste into resources, integrated water cycle, land reclamation and regeneration, renewable energy, energy efficiency , mobility and green infrastructures, circular economy models and the safeguarding of natural resources for sustainable development.
The traditional performance in the presence of the event is enhanced by the innovative digital platform tool, already tested in the last edition, to multiply business and meeting opportunities.

Ispra is participating at the following conference

2022 Straits Earthquake Exercise
2022 Straits Earthquake Exercise
Nov 04, 2022 — Nov 06, 2022

The exercise on seismic and tsunami risks takes place in Calabria and Sicily
From 4 to 6 November, the Calabria and Sicily regions are the protagonists of the exercise "Sisma dello Stretto 2022" which aims to test the operational response of the National Civil Protection Service to a seismic event, in a highly dangerous area. The coordination of the exercise is by the Department of Civil Protection, in agreement with the Regions involved and the Prefectures - UTG of Reggio Calabria and Messina. There are numerous components and operational structures that participate in the test, among these the Department's competence centers play a fundamental role for their activity of technical and scientific support to the activities.

The geology and human activities
The geology and human activities
Nov 03, 2022 11:00 AM — Nov 03, 2022 01:00 PM Online event

In many areas of the earth's surface, seismic and volcanic events and geo-hydrological instability affect human activities and require a great effort from the community in activating risk prevention and mitigation actions. Applied geology provides scientific technical support to address and solve the problems connected to human-territory interaction both in relation to geological risks and to the effects induced by climatic variations.

Second National Conference on Backfill: technical and legal aspects of environmental relevance
Second National Conference on Backfill: technical and legal aspects of environmental relevance
Oct 24, 2022 11:00 AM — Oct 24, 2022 08:00 PM Roma, p.le Aldo Moro CNR - Sala Convegni

Backfill material, understood as terrigenous material of non-natural origin that is present in the subsoil of vast Italian urban and industrial areas, has over time acquired a mainly legal profile that removes it from the waste regime and unites it to that of the soil. The legal framework was recently renewed in an attempt to clarify the legal situations and technical solutions to be adopted in terms of environmental protection and protection.

Second edition on City Conference on Agriculture
Second edition on City Conference on Agriculture
Oct 24, 2022 — Oct 24, 2022

The Conference will bring together all the actors involved in the project to revive the agricultural vocation of the municipality of Rome, one of the largest in Europe. The rural heritage, in the years of ecological transition, must be valued to contribute to the economic growth of the city and provide a response to the ongoing climate crisis.
Faced with the challenges of our time for the circular economy, environmental protection and a more equitable society, agriculture plays a leading role in the evolution of the city.

Urban Geology Expert Group
Urban Geology Expert Group
Oct 24, 2022 — Oct 26, 2022 Rome, ISPRA headquarter, Via V. Brancati, 48

From 24 to 26 October ISPRA - Department for the Geological Survey of Italy, will host the second half-yearly meeting of the Urban Geology Expert Group of Euro Geo Surveys, the European federation of geological services.

Urban geology is an emerging branch of earth sciences that studies urbanized contexts and their interactions with the subsoil on which they arise. Several projects are being carried out in this area by the various European geological services, ranging from three-dimensional modeling of the urban subsoil to communication activities aimed at increasing citizens' awareness of: both the problems that may arise from the subsoil and the resources that it can make available to cities, also with a view to mitigating and adapting to climate change.

In this context, ISPRA coordinates and manages the Urban Geo-Climate Footprint project, the peculiarities of which will be presented in a public event on the last day of the meeting, or 26 October.

80th Anniversary of the Urban Planning Law n.1150: From the city to the territory for the Ecological Transition
80th Anniversary of the Urban Planning Law n.1150: From the city to the territory for the Ecological Transition
Oct 19, 2022 01:00 PM — Oct 19, 2022 02:00 PM Online event

III Edition "The Mediterranean and Sustainable Development. Territory and Climate, Energy, Water, Food: from Emergencies to Integrated Ecological Development

The III Edition of the Mediterranean Events for the 2022 Sustainable Development Festival, whose purpose is to spread the culture of sustainability and bring about a cultural and political change that allows Italy to implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda and achieve the 17 Goals of sustainable development (SDGs), is dedicated to the emergencies that the post-pandemic and war events have made evident, namely Energy, Water, Food, Climate and Territory. Elements that from Emergencies can and must be the engines of the Ecological Transition, necessarily Integrated, of anthropization and strongly linked to the two cornerstones of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan - PNRR, i.e. digitization and greenery, key points of the scientific and institutional reference or the EU Green Deal.

Relationship between remediation and containment of land consumption in the context of urban regeneration
Relationship between remediation and containment of land consumption in the context of urban regeneration
Oct 18, 2022 11:00 AM — Oct 18, 2022 03:00 PM Brescia/Online

In line with its aims and in continuity with the study of reclamation as a function of the remediation and recovery of degraded areas and contaminated sites, the Research Center for Environmental Remediation and Recovery of degraded areas and contaminated sites pays particular attention to the analysis how the reclamations themselves relate, in regulatory and technical terms, with the issues of containing land consumption and urban regeneration.

International day for disaster risk reduction
International day for disaster risk reduction
Oct 13, 2022 — Oct 13, 2022

The International day for natural disaster risk reduction will be celebrate the 13th October. The day was created for the will of the General Assembly of UN in 1989. The target of that day is to send a  signal to the Governments of all the World, to the international organization and the global population, to make aware about the major frequency and consistency in which natural disasters happens.

ISPRA: "Italy is a country with hydrogeological risk, reducing it means acting on four fronts: knowledge, awareness, preparation, interventions".

Watch the video produced by ISPRA

International day for disaster risk reduction 2022. Starts in Rome the project PNRR GeoSciences IR
International day for disaster risk reduction 2022. Starts in Rome the project PNRR GeoSciences IR
Oct 13, 2022 — Oct 14, 2022

Officially today started in Rome the project GeologiciSciences IR, funded by MUR with the mission 4 of the PNRR which will realize an infrastructure for the Italian Network of Geological Service. This tool will provide data and services needed to carry out the monitoring and control functions of the territories in the different sector of Earth Sciences.
Coordinated by ISPRA and which 16 partner participate (13 Universities and 3 Body Research) GeoSciences IR will focus on 12 priority topics: mining activities, soil protection, land use and consumption, sinkholes, landslides, active tectonics, geological heritage, marine geology, Copernicus and operational geology services, 3D geological modeling, geological and geothematic cartography, databases, metadata and services.
The work, started the 1st October 2022, should last 30 months and at the end the infrastructure will must be operative for at least 10 years.

New geographies: cities, territories and public policies in the ecological transition
New geographies: cities, territories and public policies in the ecological transition
Oct 12, 2022 11:30 AM — Oct 12, 2022 03:30 PM Torino

The initiative interrogates the scientific communities and technical structures that produce descriptions and information on a territorial scale with the aim of building the capacity to work on the network, sharing data and information and cooperating in the definition of production and interoperability standards and in the construction of centers for sharing elaborations and interpretations.