December

The new administration portal of the Italian Registry for Emissions Trading (ARIET) is online

The new website for the administration of the Italian Registry for Emissions Trading, named ARIET, is online. The website allows you to stay updated on issues relating to Emission Trading, consult materials for operating in the Registry, and communicate with the National Administrator through a simple and intuitive ticketing system.

World Soil Day 2023

Dec 05, 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 ).

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

Dec 11, 2023 from 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM — Rome, Villa Altieri,

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

Soil week in Sicily dedicated to Bernardino Romano

Dec 12, 2023 — Catania,

The Soil Week in Sicily (5-12 December) this year is dedicated to Bernardino Romano, Full Professor of Territorial Planning and Urban Planning at the Department of Civil, Construction-Architecture and Environmental Engineering of the University of L'Aquila. In recent years Romano had explored and studied land consumption and urban dispersion.

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.

Ecosystem monitoring: a new generation of indicators for biodiversity

Dec 07, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM — Viggiano (PZ),

Organized by ARPA Basilicata in collaboration with ISPRA and the University of Bologna, the event is an opportunity to talk about biodiversity monitoring, especially in the Val d'Agri area.

The reintroduction of the Italian grey partridge in the Mezzano Valley: progress, results and prospects

Dec 12, 2023 from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM — Ferrara, Palazzo Naselli-Crispi,

Seventh Community Forum On 12 December in Ferrara, the results achieved in the last years of activity of the Life Perdix Project will be presented and the Code of voluntary conduct will be signed by numerous local agricultural companies that intend to commit themselves in the future to the protection of the Italian grey partridge , applying a series of good practices for the protection of its natural habitat.

Po Delta Biodiversity Observatory. Report 2023

Dec 15, 2023 from 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM — Centro congressi Cannevié (Codigoro, FE),

The Po Delta Biodiversity Observatory will be held on 15 December in Cannevié. Two ISPRA researchers will participate in the seminar with speeches on the Life Perdix Project and on the monitoring of colonial birds in Punte Alberete, Valli di Argenta and Valli di Comacchio.

XII National Table of River Contracts

Dec 18, 2023 to Dec 19, 2023 — Naples, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II,

On 18 and 19 December 2023, in collaboration with the Campania Region and with the patronage of WWAP UNESCO, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and ISPRA, with the organizational contribution of Alta Scuola, Coordinamento A21 Locali, INU and ANCI, it will be held in Naples the XII National Table of River Contracts with the aim of analyzing river contracts in Italy and making operational proposals for the future.

EIA Pill No. 02 - Public participation in the EIA

With the "EIA Pill n.02 - Public participation in the EIA", the second informative video on the Environmental Impact Assessment, ISPRA continues the path in which it is committed to making the EIA known to citizens, as an effective tool for participation, transparency and protection of the environment and human health. We talk about direct participation tools and their contribution to evaluation procedures, based on citizens' right of access to environmental information. Let's work together for the EIA, towards the ecological and energy transition!

States General of the National Observatory for the Protection of the Sea

Dec 19, 2023 from 03:30 PM to 06:00 PM — Rome, Chiostro di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva,

The Sea Cluster for a new Mediterranean centrality of Italy. Environment, Economy, Safety and Sustainability The National Observatory for the Protection of the Sea is organizing the States General in Rome on 19 December, an opportunity to enhance the Sea resource as a strategic asset of the economic and social architecture of the country.

Let's Circulate

Circular economy and food waste are the topics of the ISPRA-Ministry of Business and Made in Italy communication campaign "Let's Circulate", launched in 2021 with funding from the Ministry for Economic Development (MISE, today MIMIT), created by ISPRA to create virtuous synergies between all the actors involved in raising awareness on these issues: citizens and businesses, schools and associations. The themes of the campaign are perfectly in line with the objectives of the PNRR (Mission 2) and the Action Plan for the Circular Economy launched by the EU, of which today the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) is the owner .

ISPRA hearing at the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into illicit activities connected to the waste cycle and other environmental and agri-food illegal issues

Dec 12, 2023

The President Stefano Laporta, the Responsible of the National Center for Waste and the Circular Economy and the Resonsible of the Service for risks and environmental sustainability of technologies, chemical substances, production cycles and water services and for inspection activities presented today at the Commission the ISPRA activities relating to the monitoring and reporting of waste recycling and recovery objectives, the collection of data on the production and management of urban and special waste and the support to MASE for the implementation of the legislation, in particular those on the cessation of waste qualification and on packaging.

Presentation of an integrated management plan for the conservation of Emys orbicularis

Dec 20, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 01:30 PM — Rome, Spazio Europa/Online,

The Plan aims to improve the conservation status of Emys orbicularis in Italy and Slovenia - maintaining the genetic diversity of existing populations - and at promoting a cross-border management model for the species. The Plan will be adopted by the Natura 2000 Sites involved in the Project.

Feeding the future: challenges and prospects in sustainable food production

Dec 13, 2023 from 09:00 AM to 06:00 PM — Bari,

35th Plant Medicine Forum: challenges and prospects in sustainable food production How to produce food sustainably? This is the question that the 35th Plant Medicine Forum will focus on, an event dedicated to the protection of plants and the entire world of agricultural and agri-food production.

The message of the new generations arrives at the COP23 of the Barcelona Convention

Dec 05, 2023 to Dec 08, 2023 — Portorož - Slovenia,

Slovenia is currently hosting COP23 , the meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coasts of the Mediterranean and its Protocols. Present were government officials and accredited representatives of the Contracting Parties (21 Mediterranean coastal countries and the European Union) together with observers and intergovernmental organizations.

IMPEL Network's JoNeF project welcomes European members to Italy

Nov 29, 2023 to Dec 01, 2023 — ISPRA, Rome, Via V. Brancati, 48,

On 29, 30 November and 1 December 2023, ISPRA hosted the working group of international members of the IMPEL project called JoNeF (Joint Network for wild Fungi) in hybrid modality, with two meetings and a site visit.

International Mountain Day 2023

Dec 11, 2023

Restoring mountain ecosystems is the topic chosen by FAO to celebrate International Mountain Day 2023, with the aim of fully including mountains in the initiative of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030

The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the area of Parmigiano Reggiano

The European Commission recently reported research conducted by ISPRA as a case study for the use of birds as indicators of biodiversity in intensified agricultural systems.

110th meeting of the Management Board of the European Environment Agency

Dec 14, 2023 — Copenaghen,

The 110th meeting of the Management Board of the European Environment Agency was held today in Copenhagen, attended by the President of ISPRA and SNPA, Stefano Laporta. Among the topics covered and of particular interest, in a moment of political transition at European level, was that of the implementation and involvement of institutional stakeholders and civil society in the Agency's activities. "This strengthening is a fundamental strategic point and must be considered with a horizontal approach with respect to the different issues and challenges where the Agencies are involved." declared ISPRA President Laporta