habitat
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European Environment Agency’s Signals report 2021 on nature is now available online
Published last September, the European Environment Agency (EEA)’s report “Signals 2021 – Europe’s nature” shows the environmental damages caused by human activities, which are leading to a dramatic disappearance in the number of plants, animal species, and habitats in the European Union’s territories, despite the increase of protected areas. The new report contains eight short…
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EU Nature Directives Reporting (2013-2018) now available on line
The Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale) has made available online the EU Nature Directives Reporting (2013-2018). The situation is critical for the species and habitats that populate Italy: although protected for decades, 54% of the flora and 53% of the terrestrial fauna, 22%…
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A European city air quality viewer allows you to check long term air pollution levels where you live
In the EEA’s new city air quality viewer, cities are ranked from the cleanest city to the most polluted, on the basis of average levels of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, over the past two calendar years. Of the 323 cities included in the viewer, air quality in 127 cities is categorised as good, meaning…
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Presentation of the Italian 2021 Report on “Land consumption, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services”
The report by the National System for the Protection of the Environment (SNPA) “Land consumption, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services. 2021 Edition” was presented on July 14, 2021. According to the report, a total cost of between 81 and 99 billion euros, in practice half of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, is what Italy…
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United Nations World Water Development Report 2021
The United Nations has recently published the United Nations World Water Development Report 2021. The approaches and methodologies currently used in the assessment of water have been grouped on the basis of five interrelated perspectives: assessment of sources of resources water and ecosystems in situ assessment of hydraulic infrastructures for the storage, use, reuse or…
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Conference on the future of Europe
The European institutions, parliament, presidency of the council and commission, have announced the conference on the future of Europe, inviting all citizens to share ideas to help shape the Europe of tomorrow: a more resilient Europe, which places at the center the environment and the well-being and health of all Europeans. The Conference will consists…
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The state of European water bodies
About 88 % of Europe’s freshwater use comes from rivers and groundwater, according to an article published on the website of the European Environment Agency in March 2021 Ensuring clean waters for people and nature. The rest comes from reservoirs (about 10 %) and lakes (less than 2 %). Like any other vital resource or…
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Making Peace with Nature
Given the interconnected nature of climate change, loss of biodiversity, land degradation, and air and water pollution, it is essential that these problems are tackled together now. This is one of the main messages included in the new UNEP report “Making Peace with Nature”. Halting and reversing biodiversity loss means addressing the direct drivers such…
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New financial resources for UNESCO’s site of naturalistic interest
Seventy-five million euros for the three-year period 2021-2023 for adaptation to climate change in UNESCO sites of naturalistic interest,of which many are located in the Lombardy region, and in national parks, provided by a new program of interventions by the Ministry of the Environment. The recipients of the fund are the Municipalities, in consultation with…