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DigitAP’s work concluded on 15 October at the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security in Rome. ISPRA reports millions of records collected and a shared digital infrastructure for monitoring biodiversity in 24 Italian national parks and 31 marine protected areas. [1]
The Ministry led and implemented the project with ISPRA’s scientific and technical coordination and European NextGenerationEU funding. It aims to make observations of habitats, wildlife, fish and water quality comparable. ISPRA also describes cloud infrastructure and tools for consulting the information. The achievement concerns data collection and organisation: it does not by itself show that species have increased or ecosystems improved. [1]
The bright side
Comparable observations across different areas provide a common basis for conservation decisions and for checking changes over time. [1]
One idea, in simple words
Protecting an environment also means understanding how it changes. DigitAP collected millions of records and prepared digital tools to observe 24 Italian national parks and 31 marine protected areas. The project’s work concluded on 15 October. Monitoring means observing and recording information, for example about animals, their habitats and water. The Environment Ministry led the project with scientific support from ISPRA and European funding. Imagine two teams describing the same kind of habitat using different rules: comparing their observations becomes difficult. Information organised in compatible ways helps solve that problem. The announced achievement concerns the records collected and the tools provided. It does not automatically prove that animal numbers have already increased or water quality has improved. [1]
A little discovery to keep
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Straight from the source.
- I risultati del progetto DigitAP fotografano la biodiversità delle Aree Protette italiane ISPRA · 15 Oct 2026
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