Events and News

Hydrogeological and Forestry Constraint 1923-2023: application, management, prevention: state of the art and future prospects

The Hydrogeological Constraint, established with the R.D.L. 30 December 1923 n. 3267 (also known as the Serpieri Law) and the subsequent implementing regulation R.D. 1126/1926, have as their main purpose that of preserving the woods and mountainous and hilly territories to prevent forms of land use that could lead to erosive phenomena and loss of stability

Environmental statistics for Cohesion policies 2014-2020

In the context of Cohesion policies, since May 2018 ISPRA has been the beneficiary of the "Environmental statistics for Cohesion policies 2014-2020" project aimed at expanding the set of territorial indicators on environmental matters, satisfying on the one hand the new international information requests and at the same time align the availability of data and indicators with the needs of implementer of national and local public policies.

From land to Earth

The soil between climate changes and new lifestyles
On the occasion of World Soil Day, the Italian Composting Consortium in collaboration with Re Soil Foundation is organizing the meeting "From land to Earth".

World Soil Day 2023

Soil and Water, source of life, is the theme chosen for the 2023 edition of World Soil Day
The Day aims to raise public awareness of the importance and relationship between soil and water in the creation of sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.

The survival of our planet depends on the precious bond between soil and water. Over 95% of our food comes from these two fundamental resources. Soil water, vital for plant uptake of nutrients, holds our ecosystems together. This symbiotic relationship is the foundation of our agricultural systems.

Land consumption, mainly linked to settlement and infrastructure dynamics, leads to the often irreversible loss of this fundamental, limited and non-renewable environmental resource. The latest ISPRA-SNPA data highlight a continuous growth in artificial surfaces in Italy which, in recent years, is intensifying. In fact, we are witnessing an important and worrying acceleration, with a 10% increase in land consumption in the last year (2022) compared to the previous twelve months. (Report "Consumo di suolo, dinamiche territoriali e servizi ecosistemici - Edition 2023).

The new chair of Impel is an ISPRA researcher

The General Assembly of the European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (Impel), a European network that brings together 59 environmental authorities from 38 European countries, elected its new Chair, Marco Falconi, with a very large majority on 30 November. geologist from ISPRA, who already held the role of coordinator of the Expert Team on the topic of Water and Land in the association. Falconi takes over the Portuguese presidency from Ana Isabel Garcìa (Igamaot, General Inspectorate for the Sea, Agriculture, Environment and Territorial Planning) who the Italian delegation thanked for the balance and effectiveness highlighted in her mandate.

The italian soil and the climate crisis

The report "The Health of Italian soil in the time of the climate crisis" is the first attempt to bring together, in a single publication, the photograph of the impact of the main forms of degradation on Italian soils and highlight which are the most exposed territories, presenting at the same time the proposals developed by the experts

The soil monitoring network in Italy: estimating soil biodiversity and the potential increase in organic carbon

As part of the SOIL-HUB Project, CREA Agriculture and Environment and the Institute for Wood Plants and the Environment (IPLA) are organizing the conference "The soil monitoring network in Italy: estimating soil biodiversity and the potential increase in organic carbon".
The fundamental theme on which all the activities of the SOIL-HUB project focus concerns the sustainability of the production environment and the quality of the agri-food supply chains through the protection and conservation of the soil.

Land consumption and urban regeneration: a first assessment of the Regional Law 24/2017

The day will give the opportunity to deeper into various topics linked to the entry into force in 2018 of Regional Law 24/2017 "Regional regulations on the protection and use of the territory", including: an initial assessment of the transitional period, the state of the art of planning and of the urban planning tools being defined, as well as of the first results of the implementation of the selections for urban regeneration.

Irpinia earthquake: 43 years later

On November 23, 1980, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit a vast area of ​​Campania, Basilicata and marginally Puglia, causing 2,734 victims.
During the earthquake, the fault emerged on the surface for a length of approximately 40 km and dislocations of up to approximately one metre.
During the INQUA Summer School and as part of the GeoSciences IR project, ISPRA researchers and the Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II visited the areas affected by the earthquake to carry out field studies.

Green Renewable

How to incentivize the development of new renewable energy plants on unused and contaminated areas
The conference promotes an investment best practice to encourage the development of new renewable energy plants on unused and contaminated areas.

Rustscapes. Consumed soils, abandoned places

In the vast "atlas" of abandoned places, RUSTSCAPES - or "rust landscapes" - are characterized as architectures and environments closely linked to water which, over time, due to various events, policies and practices, have generated a double deprivation. Built along river banks or coastal fringes, over the last few decades, on the one hand they have been abandoned - and therefore removed from access and use - and on the other they have led to an alteration and loss of environmental, landscape, cultural and collective.

Third and final edition of the first Copernicus Summer School for Cultural Heritage

The third and final edition of the first Copernicus Summer School for Cultural Heritage was held at the beginning of November,
organized by ISPRA, DLR (German Aerospace Center) and CUT (CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY) within the Copernicus FPCUP programme.
ISPRA organized the Italian edition held in Rome from 13 to 16 June with 50 teachers and over 200 participants, and then collaborated in the organization of the Munich and Cyprus editions as teachers.

GeoSciences IR @ 6° World Landslide Forum

The side event of "GeoSciences IR @ 6° World Landslide Forum" it will held next 17 November 14.30 pm.
The Project is financed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan - PNRR Mission 4, "Education and Research" - Component 2, "From research to business" - Investment Line 3.1, "Fund for the creation of an integrated system of research and innovation".
The project will create a research infrastructure for the Italian Network of Geological Services to make available to regional geological services and beyond, the data, services and tools necessary for carrying out monitoring and control functions of the territory in the various fields of Earth sciences. Coordinated by ISPRA and in which 16 partners participate (13 Universities and 3 Research Institutions).

The Geosciences IR Research Infrastructure - Shared geology at the service of all

The side event "The Geosciences IR Research Infrastructure - Shared geology at the service of all" will be held on 17 November 2023, as part of the Earth Technology Expo event.
The PNRR GeoSciences IR project aims to create a research infrastructure designed to meet the needs of the Regional Geological Services, i.e. the technical structures responsible for geology at a regional level. >Exactly 16 partners coordinated by ISPRA will participate in the project

Innovation and sustainability in the CARG Geological Cartography Project

The event "Innovation and sustainability in the CARG Geological Cartography Project" will be held on 16 November 2023.
The event aims to present the new technologies and innovative aspects of the Geological Mapping Project at 1:50,000 scale - CARG Project and its implications in terms of environmental sustainability. The CARG Project, through collaboration between public institutions and the world of research, applies digital systems and modern techniques for the acquisition, analysis and management of geological and geothematic data, generating new knowledge useful for the management, protection and enhancement of the environment. Collaboration with the business world also guarantees access to strategic information, processed and integrated thanks to the use of 3D modeling techniques, fundamental for the study of the subsoil, resources and geological hazards.

Agrivoltaics, an opportunity for development of the rural world

The ambitious European energy and environmental objectives and the new CAP, which entrusts the agricultural system with the role of combating climate change and protecting the environment and the landscape in a structured system of 9 goals including that of increasing competitiveness, invites us to reflect on the opportunities of new agrivoltaic solutions.
The evolution of high-efficiency photovoltaic technologies, automated solar tracking systems and recent regulatory developments make it possible to integrate crops and livestock with photovoltaic systems to create new "dual systems".

ISPRA at Earth Technology Expo 2023

Promoted by EWA - Earth and Water Agenda Foundation, Civil Protection, ISPRA/SNPA, National Fire Brigade and ANBI, Earth Technology Expo will see 200 scientists, representatives of institutions, specialized technicians, researchers, experts, engaged in 100 for four days meetings on problems and strategies to mitigate climate risks by increasing knowledge and awareness of looming dangers, and to activate defenses and self-defenses against increasingly extreme weather and climate events

Technology for All

Technology for All is the innovation forum, now in its eighth edition, dedicated to multidisciplinary paths of technologies for the environment, cultural heritage and the Smart City, scheduled in Rome from 14 to 16 November 2023.

6th World Landslide Forum

The 6th World Forum on Landslides will be held in Florence from 14 to 17 November 2023. The event is jointly organized by the UNESCO Chair on the Prevention and Sustainable Management of Hydrogeological Risks of the University of Florence, by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) within the Global Promotion Committee of International Program on Landslides (IPL-GPC ), with the support of 5 United Nations organizations (UNESCO, FAO, WMO, UNDRR, UNU) and 4 federations of global scientific associations (ISC, WFEO, IUGS, IUGG).
The Landslide Science for Sustainable Development Forum constitutes a common platform to foster cooperation between scientists, professionals and policy makers dealing with landslides, with the aim of defining priority actions for risk reduction on a global scale.
The main aspects related to the study of landslides will be covered: monitoring and early warning, modeling, risk and hazard assessment, mitigation techniques, relationships with climate change.

Climate change and coastal erosion: in Italy 54 coastal municipalities have high erosion rates

ISPRA publishes the current state of the national coastline at municipal level with updated data

https://sinacloud.isprambiente.it/portal/apps/sites/#/coste

Among the 644 Italian coastal municipalities, those with high erosion rates have been identified by ISPRA; there are 54 who to date have seen their stretch of coast retreat by more than 50% of the entire stretch of competence; there are 22 municipalities with an overshoot of between 50% and 60% of the coast; there are 16 between 60% and 70%, 8 between 70% and 80% and 7 between 80% and 90%. Rotondella in Basilicata appears to be the only municipality characterized by widespread erosion over the entire coastal stretch. If the number of municipalities appears limited, compared to a total number of 644 coastal municipalities, it should be considered that the percentages reported concern the entire coast of each municipality, also occupied by stretches that are not beaches and which therefore cannot undergo erosion , such as the stretches of rocky coast, the river mouths and all the anthropic works. Furthermore, the percentages do not show a "natural" trend of coastal dynamics, but downstream of all the coastal defense works and nourishment carried out.

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Twenty-first session of the Committee to Review the Implementation of the Convention

CRIC 21, the twenty-first session of the Committee for Review of the Implementation of the Convention, subsidiary body of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), will take place from 13 to 17 November in Samarkand (Uzbekistan). The event will be attended by delegations from 197 countries that have signed the Convention, including Italy which has been a signatory to the UNCCD since 1994, as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society.

Land consumption and protection from risks: the role of territorial and urban planning

The sixth meeting of the cycle "Climate changes and extreme events: global aspects and local phenomena. Scientific knowledge and prevailing studies. mitigation and adaptation for better sustainability" will be held on November 8th. The event, which can be followed on Youtube, will address the topic of land consumption and the role of territorial and urban planning.

Second edition of the Global Land Outlook (GLO2), Land Restoration for Recovery and Resilience

The second edition Global Land Outlook (GLO2), Land Restoration for Recovery and Resilience it is one of the main reports on the state of soil and territory. GLO2 illustrates the motivations, enabling factors and paths through which countries and communities can prevent, reduce and reverse the process of land degradation, designing a program for the restoration of soil and territory and ecosystem functions, capable of changing the way we manage resources, creating development opportunities for people, increasing technical knowledge, generating new jobs and increasing the resilience of local realities.

Territorial governance and sustainability

Land consumption is a complex phenomenon, which is necessary to know in order to implement effective counteractions. It is not only important to know how much land is consumed, but also "where" (in an urban or rural setting) and for what use (residential, commercial, industrial; for a road, a school, a reservoir...).
These and other topics will be explored in depth during the first two sections dedicated to municipal planning tools and the photointerpretation of remote sensing products. In the third section the theme of urban regeneration as an alternative to land consumption will be addressed.

ISPRA partecipation at ECOMONDO 2023

Ecomondo is the meeting and dialogue point between industries, stakeholders, policy makers, opinion leaders, local authorities and brings together the key elements that define the development strategies of the European Union's environmental policy.

It is the international reference event in Europe and the Mediterranean basin for technologies, services and industrial solutions in the green and circular economy sectors.

ISPRA program for today:

• How to preserve natural capital by recognizing its economic value
• Biowaste: XXV Conference on Composting and Anaerobic Digestion. Plenary Session
• Il PNRR e l'economia circolare
• Raccogliere la sfida dell’economia circolare. Europa ed Italia di fronte agli obiettivi del 2035
• Approvvigionamento sostenibile e sicuro di materie prime critiche – Iniziative europee e nazionali
• The States General for Soil Health – 2nd edition. Sustainable carbon cycles – Healthy soils for a climateneutral economy. National session

The movement and reuse of sediments in inland waters, coastal marine waters and lagoons: towards circular management

The event aims to explore the topic of sediment management in different environmental contexts, from a technical-scientific and regulatory perspective, bringing together subjects involved in different capacities and in the interest of municipal administrators. Despite the heterogeneity of data and the intrinsic complexity of sediments and other materials (e.g. plant residues), their management can be made simpler through versatile and easily accessible processing tools.

The Workshop is designed as an open working table, with spaces for the presentation of problems by various experts and for the identification of operational paths.

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Presentations

Avvio Lavori
Fulvio Onorati, ISPRA

I principi del Masterplan della Costa Toscana e la gestione dei sedimenti per la valorizzazione delle coste
Marco Masi, Regione Toscana

Regolamento sabbie da opere di scavo – utilizzo per ripascimenti costieri
Marta Novello, ARPA Veneto

Ruolo e gestione delle fanerogame marine spiaggiate
Luisa Nicoletti, ISPRA

Sedimenti o suolo?
Maurizio Guerra, ISPRA

Dragaggi dei porti e opere infrastrutturali
Annunziata Attolico, AdSP Mar Adriatico Meridionale

Circolarità matrici solide
Luigi Righini, Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini dei Chimici e dei Fisici

Verso un nuovo Allegato tecnico al DM173 – focus sul ripascimento delle spiagge
David Pellegrini, ISPRA

Decreto 12 ottobre 2022, n. 205 “Regolamento recante criteri per la redazione del progetto di gestione degli INVASI di cui all’articolo 114, commi 2, 3 e 4 del D. Lgs 152/06”
Nicoletta Calace, ISPRA

L’approccio WoE applicato alla gestione dei sediment in ambiente lagunare: Il caso della Laguna di Venezia
Maurizio Ferla, ISPRA

The resilience of cities in relation to their subsoil and climate extremes

ISPRA's geological-urban activities and the Urban Geo-climate Footprint project

In what geological and climatic context are our cities founded?
What problems arise from the characteristics of the place where the city was built?
What tools does ISPRA offer to learn and be more aware of these issues?

Contaminated sites and remediation in Italian municipalities

The conference "Contaminated sites and remediation in Italian municipalities" will be held on 25 October at 2.00 pm at the ISPRA stand.
During the event, the MOSAICO platform, the national information system on reclamation process sites, will be illustrated and there will be a moment of discussion between Administrators/Technicians on the experiences relating to the management of reclamation procedures in their territory

Presentation of the Report “Land consumption, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services”

On 25 October the 2023 edition of the Report "Land consumption, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services" by the National System for Environmental Protection (SNPA) will be presented. The Report, together with the cartography and databases of indicators available for each Italian municipality, provides an updated picture of the land cover transformation processes and allows us to evaluate land degradation and the impact of land consumption, urbanization and infrastructure on the landscape and ecosystem services.

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Main data at regional, provincial and municipal level

Regional data

ISPRA participates in the 40th Anci annual assembly

From 24 to 26 October, in the Blue Pavilion of the Genoa Fair, the annual Assembly of the ANCI returns, now in its fortieth edition. The title chosen this year is “Three colors on the heart. Mayors unite Italy." The inaugural day on Tuesday 24th will take place in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
Mayors, institutions and the business world will meet to discuss current and future challenges.