How Puglia was and how it became after the devastation of the olive trees due to Xylella is the theme of a docu-film made by Paola Ghislieri who lives in Geneva but with roots and heart in her region...
There are 598 Waste Free Municipalities, those where each citizen produces a maximum of 75 kilos of dry residue per year: 51 more than last year. And this is really good news, especially when you consider that the greatest...
A fire of vast proportions is devouring the forests and steppe environments of Kilimanjaro, at 3,700 meters, in one of the most precious areas for the planet's biodiversity. In all likelihood, the fires were spread by the fire lit...
Italy has slowed down the pace of decarbonisation. After a decade of good performance on the emission side (-27% of greenhouse gases from 2005 to 2014), the national climate fight has pulled the brakes. And in the years from...
Artisanal salinas across the Mediterranean today face critical times. Confronted with salt-production industrialisation, urbanisation-imposed pressure, and stressful competition from cheaper in-land producers, shoreline salinas are struggling to remain economically viable.
These sites are landscapes of amazingly high value and relevance,...
Researchers and fishermen allied in a project to monitor, collect and assess the impact of waste at sea and its effects on fish species. The AdriCleanFish research project is funded by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies...
New environmental disaster in Russia, this time in the Pacific, particularly in the Gulf of Avacha, in the south-east of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is particularly feared for Khalaktyrskij beach, a 30-kilometer strip of black volcanic sand located not...
After Europe has decided to ban, by 2021, the use of various single-use plastic products, such as plates, cutlery and straws, Italy could be the first country to implement the European directive on the prohibition of "throwaway” and to...
A little over seven years. That's the time we have left to stop climate change and limit carbon dioxide emissions before it reaches a point of no return.
The count down was initiated in New York by the Climate Clock,...
The massive use of insecticides and pesticides have negative impacts on the reproductive, cognitive and memorization capabilities of bees, which also struggle to find nourishment due to the impoverishment of natural habitats due to intensive farming practices and climate...
