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Day of study and celebration on the figure of Quintino Sella, mining engineer

The Order of Engineers of Biella, after 140 years after his death,  intends to celebrate his relevance in its vision of the precursor of one of the 4 industrial revolutions, the second where the search for raw materials was one of the engines for development. The relevance of the figure of Quintino Sella today is linked to his desire to have wanted the drafting of a geological map useful for the exploration of the main mineral resources useful in the period of the nineteenth-century industrial revolution.

Taking care of our common home

The Pontifical Lateran University, as part of the cycle of studies in Ecology and Environment, organizes the series of seminars "Taking care of our common home". The meetings will be held on March 21st "Why the need for a change of direction?", on April 16th "How to accompany and accelerate the transition towards an ethical-socio-economic paradigm based on integral sustainability?" and on May 14 "What proposals for action?".

From balconies to urban green: good practices for the management of invasive alien species

The aim of the conference is to illustrate the delicate topic of invasive alien species and suggest the most correct gardening and green design practices to limit their spread in the environment, encouraging the use of native species for the creation of more sustainable gardens.

The PNRR for National Parks and Marine Protected Areas

Activities to strengthen technological instrumentation to improve knowledge on biodiversity are underway

National Parks and Marine Protected Areas have consistently carried out important monitoring work for years which today allows the entire scientific community to have a significant knowledge base on biodiversity. However, monitoring activities, in particular those on species and habitats, present heterogeneous characteristics and do not allow the availability of uniform and integrated information in the medium-long term for the entire system of protected areas.

Motorship Rubymar: ISPRA expert supporting the Yemeni authorities to deal with the environmental emergency

Luigi Alcaro of ISPRA has been selected by the Emergency Response Coordination Center of the European Commission, among the various candidates at an international level, to support the Yemeni authorities in dealing with the environmental emergency arising from the sinking of the motor ship Rubymar and consequently of its cargo polluting following the Houthi terrorist attack on 18 February. The ISPRA expert is called to evaluate the risk of damage to marine ecosystems deriving from the potential release into the sea of ​​the on-board fuel and fertilizer load (approximately 28,000 tonnes) and to formulate hypotheses for interventions on the wreck to mitigate the consequences of the polluting release .

Refining tools for cetacean conservation

Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) is a powerful tool employed by researchers to pinpoint critical areas essential for species survival. This tool holds particular significance when studying and conserving species like cetaceans, whose large-scale movements in the vaste marine environment pose challenges for continuous monitoring across its entire extention.

Scientific-technological research and advanced training applied to marine sciences

On 7 and 8 March at the Zhejiang Ocean University (ZJOU), in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to China Dr. Massimo Ambrosetti, the II Italy-China bilateral workshop on "Scientific-technological research and higher education" will take place. applied to marine sciences", organized by the Italian Embassy in China and the ZJOU.

Representatives of ISPRA, the University of Pisa and the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station will also be present at the workshop.

Alternative Sources and Climate Change

Renewables, Hydrogen, Nuclear: New Energy

Decarbonisation, investment plan on alternative sources. The importance of renewables and the analysis of alternative plans to fossil fuels, with a view to reducing emissions. How the European directives move and what positions Italy takes in the global panorama.

Protected areas: virtuous experiences to combat the decline of pollinators

The Life 4 Pollinators project is organizing a meeting that brings together the world of conservation, research and institutions, united to protect the decline of pollinators.

"Virtuous experiences to combat the decline of pollinators" is an event organized in collaboration with Federparchi, LIFE PollinAction, Life BEEadapt which aims to give those who manage protected areas the opportunity to discuss and find shared strategies for the conservation of pollinating insects .

Adapt the city to heat waves and rising temperatures

On March 13th there will be the third appointment of the public consultation of the Climate Adaptation Strategy of Rome Capital.

There are four priority critical issues to address: the greater intensity of rainfall and floods; the security of water supplies in scenarios where there are greater periods of drought; the growth of heat waves in a city with neighborhoods at risk due to the so-called 'island effect' of urban heat and the intensification of impacts on the coasts in a scenario of rising sea levels.