III International Conference on Organic Fruit and I International Conference on Organic Vegetables – Catania 14/17 December 2021
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Web Conference: “Wood biomass: opportunity or problem for mitigating the climate crisis?”
Participation is open to all through an obligatory reservation that can be made at the following address no later than 23/02:
Woody biomass currently represents the most important source of renewable energy in the EU and in Italy and represents an indispensable resource today to achieve the European objectives for “energy and climate change” which plan to rise from the current 18% of energy from renewable sources to 32% in 2030.
However, there is strong opposition to the use of this energy source or at least to its inclusion in the renewable sources category.
The main objections concern the opposition to the cutting of the forest for the direct production of biomass (fewer objections are posed to the use of biomass that come from a cascade use of the wood resource) and the worsening of air quality following the combustion of woody biomass with particular reference to the introduction of fine dust into the atmosphere.
SISEF, in its role as a scientific society of reference for forests and wood products, has organized an event to scientifically discuss
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AIAM – International Advanced School of Agricultural Meteorology – 1st announcement
The Italian Association of Agrometeorology (AIAM) is proud to announce the first edition of the International Advanced School of Agricultural Meteorology, dedicated to “AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY FOR A CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE“.
The 2020 edition, co-organized with WMO and FAO, aims to provide young researchers and professionals with high-level innovative knowledge and skills on the most advanced technologies for the agrometeorological analysis and monitoring applied to a sustainable agricultural development under climate change.