The Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), the Institute for the Protection and  Research in Environment, is a public research institute devoted to support the Italian Ministry of the environment in governing, among others, the issues related with preparedness and response to accidental marine pollution. ISPRA’s Area per le emergenze ambientali in mare is in charge of inter alia of elaborating, mostly on the basis of scientific researches, education material, technical advices, guidelines and publications concerning prevention, containment and mitigation of accidental marine pollution and providing requested information and advices on operational and technical aspects of pollution response within the Mediterranean Assistance Unit of REMPEC.

Useful links

Website: http://www.isprambiente.gov.it/en/ISPRA  

Twitter:  @ISPRA_Press

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ispra_2  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISPRAmbiente/