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A policy for Italian forests: from strategy to coordinated action

In implementation of the Consolidated Law on Forests and Forestry Supply Chains, (Decree 34/2018), the National Forest Strategy was approved, after an ...

A relay race for the environment

50th World Environment Day With the aim to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stockholm Conference, the first world conference on the environment, the UNEP ...

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) ...

A Review of the Available Tools for Identifying Key Areas for Cetaceans and Marine Turtles: A New Study by ISPRA and the University of Rome La Sapienza

Cetaceans and turtles travel great distances in the ocean and, since they often remain below the surface, gathering data about them is challenging. To address ...

About 2,000 nautical miles in seven days to monitor cetaceans and sea turtles along fixed transepts in the southern Tyrrhenian and in the canals of Sardinia and Sicily

Multidisciplinary monitoring will start this week, within the LIFE   Conceptu maris  project, coordinated by ISPRA, which sees the joint presence of entities ...

Adopted the National Strategy for Biodiversity to 2030

The Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto, has signed the decree adopting the National Strategy for Biodiversity to 2030. The ...

Advancing the research for the conservation of Sea Turles in the Mediterranean Sea: study on the seasonal niche of the loggerhead (Caretta caretta) in the Adriatic and Ionian seas

Although Caretta caretta is the most common marine turtle in the Mediterranean Sea, its distribution is relatively difficult to assess due to a lack of data ...

After 30 years on the national law for protected areas

After 30 years on the national law for protected areas, the Ministry of Ecological Transition organizes a day on the role of parks, in the light of the ...

Agreement signed between ISPRA and the Italian Botanical Society for the structuring of a national database on Italian fungal species

Fungi are important components of the ecosystem because they participate in the decomposition processes of organic material present in the soil and regulate ...