Final conference GRRinPORT project

During the day, action plans and results will be presented that will help ship owners and port facility managers towards an eco-sustainable approach. Launched in April 2018, the project was tested in the four ports of Cagliari, Livorno, Bastia and Ajaccio.

International day for the Mediterranean sea

The International Day of the Mediterranean Sea is celebrated on 8 July, an opportunity to raise awareness of the dangers that threaten the Mediterranean Sea.
According to ISPRA, over 240 alien species have been identified in this, 68% of which are now stable along our coasts. More than 70% of marine litter is deposited on the Italian seabed, of which 77% is plastic. On the beaches, with an average of 400 waste every 100 meters, the situation is no better. In the Mediterranean, more than 63% of sea turtles have ingested plastic. But the actions for sustainability are bearing fruit: fish stocks, while remaining overfished, in 6 years go from 85% to 75%.

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Natural harbor. An immersive show

The multimedia event, organized as part of the activities of the GEREMIA Project (Waste Management for the Improvement of Port Waters), funded by the INTERREG Italy-France Maritime 2014-2020 program, will allow you to discover the activities carried out by the scientific partners and by the Authorities of Port System for the assessment of the quality of port waters.

Port system and environmental protection: tools for assessing water quality

Next 8 june, at the same time with the ocean world day, it will be held the seminar "Port system and environmental protection: tools for assessing water quality

World Oceans Day

ISPRA celebrated World Oceans Day with two events: on Monday 7 June the webinar "Strategy for the marine environment" was held, on Tuesday 8 on  RaiPlay  the special "And how is the sea?" led by Piero Angela attended by Minister Cingolani and an ISPRA researcher.

The strategy for the marine environment

Waiting for the World Oceans Day

The first of June will be inaugurated by the United Nations and UNESCO, with the International Oceanographic Commission, the Decade of Marine Sciences for the Sustainable Development of Oceans and Seas, with the aim of promoting global solutions to protect the oceans and their resources. On June 8, it will be World Oceans Day.
ISPRA, engaged in updating the Marine Strategy Measures Program, in support of the MiTE, organizes a webinar on the "sea", addressing all those technical, scientific and information aspects on activities for the safeguarding of vital human heritage.
The meeting, moderated by Fabio Gallo, host of RAI Linea Blu, addresses the problems of the sea deriving from climate change, pollution, marine litter, overfishing, alien species, seen from the perspective of ISPRA researchers and experts of the MiTE

Programme

Watch the streaming live on the canale Youtube ISPRA 

New video of the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project

The involvement of the stakeholders in the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project

Plastic Busters MPAs: Regional training on harmonized marine litter monitoring

The project Interreg Med Plastic Busters MPAs has elaborated and applied at the Protected marine pelagic and coastal areas of the Mediterranean a harmonized monitoring approach to detect the presence of macro and microplastics to assess the impact of waste on marine ecosystems

GRRINPORT - Port sludge and sediment and management: critical issues and possible solutions

The project  GRRinPORT starts at the conclusion and in preparation for the final conference in July, launches a cycle of three talk shows. The events, called #PORTIPULITI and organized by the Mediterranean Sea and Coast Foundation (MEDSEA), aim to disseminate the solutions developed within the GRRinPORT project to counteract the environmental impacts on the sea of ​​port activities.

Blue flags: 416 Italian beaches awarded this year

The main target of the Blue flags program is to promote in the Municipalities close to the sea a sustainable management of the land by means of a series of indications inside the policies that take care about the environmental protection.

Climate change in the coastal and transition areas: scenarios and impacts on the Po Delta

The Veneto region is organizing a meeting in the frame of the CHANGE WE CARE european project, in order to assess the climate change in the coastal areas. The project's target is to provide guidelines of integrated planning to answer at the climate modification on the long period, specially in the Po Delta

Mediterranean Intercultural Dialogues 2020-2021

On November 30, 2020, the official opening videoconference of the Mediterranean Colloquia took place with the interventions of the 18 Italian and foreign Coordinators, introduced by the President of the international COMEN Association.

Closure event of the West MOPoCo (Marine Pollution Cooperation in the Western Mediterranean)

The videoconference will take place on Wednesday 14 April 2021, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
The project aims to strengthen cooperation in the western Mediterranean in the fight against accidental pollution in the seacoordinated by Secrétariat Général de la Mer  (SGMer).

Sea National Day

A live video on the social networks of the Ministry of Ecological Transition to celebrate the National Day of the Sea, Sunday 11 April, with the aim to raise awareness on its protection and talk about this important natural resource with prestigious guests.
Ideally Minister Roberto Cingolani will cut the ribbon at 3 pm. This event will be followed by a brief interview with the director general for the sea and coasts Carlo Zaghi, who will illustrate the actions implemented by the Mite and the system of marine protected areas.
Numerous videos made by Italian marine protected areas will be screened, interspersed with interventions by representatives of the Coast Guard, Marevivo, Legambiente and Greenpeace. An ISPRA researcher will talk about the Marine Strategy and the role of the research.

Agreement signed between ISPRA and Association Mediterranean Project

After one year of meeting, it was finally signed the agreement between ISPRA and ASM boat with the aim to collect information on the marine and coastal environment, under the direction of ISPRA researchers

ISPRA launches the new video of the Ecological Beach for the MED Dé.Co.U.Plages Project

A sustainable management of posidonia beach casts is contributing to the  coastal environments protection. The activities of the MED Dé.Co.U.Plages project are addressed for the application of the Ecological Beach model at the Marine Protected Area Egadi in Favignana.

Workshop for the updating Marine Strategy Programme

The workshop, organized by DG for the Sea and Coasts of the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition in the whole of the CReIAMO Project PA, is aimed to launch the updating programme of the Marine Strategy measures.

Costa Concordia after 9 years: pollution sources in sea and ports

Chamber of Deputies - Senate of the Republic
Parliamentary commission of inquiry concerning the illegal activities connected to the waste cycle and related environmental illegal activities 
On 13 January 2012, in the Giglio Island, the cruise ship Costa Concordia sank in one of the most beautiful areas of the Park of the Tuscan Islands. The tragic event, which 32 people died, also involved a considerable damage to the coastal environment, especially to the seabed.

Docu-movie of the Project Interreg V-A Italy-Malta "HARMONY"

The Docu-movie on the participate activities, carried out in the frame of the Project Interreg V-A Italy-Malta "HARMONY"  related to the sea floor integrity and the non invasive species, was concluded last days.

Tsumani in Japan: ten years later

Next 11 March will be held: “11.03.11| 11.03.21 Tsunami in Japan: Ten years later” on the channel YouTube INGVEventi.
Scientists from INGV, and in particular from the Tsunami Warning Center (CAT), will analyze what happened in the tragic event of 11 March 2011, one of the five strongest earthquakes in the last 100 years.

Nauticinblu

Nauticinblu is an educational path, organized by Marevivo, which involves about 1500 students every year, coming from nautical institutes of Italy, in order to provide new skills to complete their training, including environmental protection and the sustainability of marine resources.

The centrality of the Marine Strategy in the sea conservation and sustainable development policy at EU level: the new tool to understand and protect the Mediterranean

Soon an event dedicated to the monitoring of European marine programs connected to the Sea Eu Directive.

World Seagrass Day

Underwater seagrass  are important ecosystems for oceans. They produce huge quantities of oxygen and capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, provide food and protection for many species and nourish beaches. Unfortunately they are severely threatened by anthropogenic impacts and it is essential to improve the conservation and monitoring of these ecosystems around the world.

Improvements in European bathing water quality but there are still opened challenges

Last EEA data show that the number of bathing sites monitored under the Bathing Water Directive has increased from about 7,500 in 1990 to more than 22,000 in 2019. From 1991 to 2019, the share of bathing sites with sufficient water quality has increased from 74 % to more than 95 % .

4th Conference of the Italian Marine Geologists

The 4th Conference of Italian Marine Geologists will take place on 25 and 26 February under the aegis of the Italian Geological Society, CNR, INGV, OGS, ConISMa and ISPRA. The aim is to bring together all researchers active in the field of marine geosciences in a discussion informal and open to all.

Quantification of carbon deposits and rate of change in relation to the degradation drivers identified for habitat 1120 *: the case study of the Life SeaForest Project

On Tuesday 16 February, CNR IGAG will organize the webinar "Quantification of carbon deposits and rate of change in relation to the degradation drivers identified for habitat 1120*: the case study of the Life SeaForest Project".

Implementation of an innovative system for monitoring the sea state in climate change scenarios

In the last decades, as a results of the climate change, extreme weather and marine events have also intensified in the Sicily Channel, increasingly the need to develop actions to reduce the coastal risk. However, the current data provided by the various networks for surveying the sea  state in the channel are not exhaustive of the phenomenon.

ISPRA and the LIFE project Lagoon Refresh for the World Wetlands day

Every year on the 2 February is celebrated the World Wetlands day to increase the awareness on the important role that these areas have for the people and our Planet. The wetlands, such as the lagoon, are considered among the most productive environment for their high biological diversity. ISPRA, since 2017, together with the partner of the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project, is taking care on an area of the Venice lagoon, with specific actions to restore the saline gradient, lost following the diversion of rivers, in order to increase the conservation status of lagoon habitats and the biodiversity of fish, birds, moving bottom animals and plants.

Video presentation of the project   

LIFE Lagoon Refresh project- Video of the Hydraulic and Morphological works

How are the species that live in the Mediterranean?

In the Mediterranean Sea live about 10% of all marine species while accounting for just 0.7% of the global marine surface. In order to protect the ecosystems of the Mediterranean, the EU developed a directive in 2008, the marine strategy, with the aim of achieving, by 2020, a "good state of conservation for the European seas", a target that is still far away, however. as revealed in the report published in June 2020.

Plastic, bioplastic, riplastic or Noplastic

The webinar aims to share and discuss the different possibilities of sustainable and innovative solutions that involve the use of plastics and towards recovery-oriented production and consumption. Furthermore, the webinar will also represent a moment of exchange of scientific knowledge between the different institutions working in the sector, researchers, entrepreneurs and experts.