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Bismuth, a metal regarded by industry as a potential green alternative to lead, can accumulate in certain aquatic organisms, with the risk of being transferred up the food chain. This is one of the main findings of a study published in the international journal Science of The Total Environment and carried out by ENEA, CNR-IRET (coordinated by researcher Massimo Zacchini), Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Tuscia, as part of the PNRR National Biodiversity Future

“In the future, we will need forests that are as intact as possible, but we will also need to meet a growing demand for timber and other ecosystem services. The solution lies in balancing conservation and production, through management practices that are increasingly in harmony with nature.” This is the main theme explored by Luigi Torreggiani, a journalist and forestry expert, in an interesting article published in “Il Tascabile”, an online magazine linked to the Treccani universe. In the in-depth analysis of

In November 2025, a scientific collaboration agreement was signed between CNR-IRET and the Castelli Romani Regional Park to launch the research project “Monitoring of chiropterofauna in the Castelli Romani Regional Park”. ‘Ultrasound recorders capable of detecting the presence and activity of bat species will be installed in various areas of the Park, including all Sites of Community Importance (SCI). These devices record the ultrasounds emitted by bats during orientation and hunting,” explain Paolo Colangelo and Giorgia Castiello, researchers at CNR-IRET and