Tag: biodiversity
-
The LIFE NatConnect2030 project
The kick off meeting, which took place on 14 March 2024 in Milan (Italy), officially started the European Project Natural connections for Natura2000 in Northern Italy to 2030, whose acronym […]
-
Assessment of the sustainable use of wild species
“There are about 50,000 wild species used through different practices, including more than 10,000 wild species harvested directly for human food.” This is what is stated in the recent report […]
-
The European Commission proposes a new regulation to restore Europe’s nature by 2050
In June 2022 the European Commission adopted a pioneering proposal to restore damaged ecosystems and bring nature back across Europe, from agricultural land and seas, to forests and urban environments. […]
-
Resource nexus and the European Green Deal
Europe’s drive towards sustainability would benefit from a wider and joint approach to the use of the vital resources that underpin the functioning of core production and consumption systems according […]
-
What role can Europe’s land and marine habitats play in carbon storage and sequestration?
What is the carbon storage and sequestration potential of Europe’s many land and marine habitats? A first scoping analysis, published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), found that forests and […]
-
European Environment Agency’s Signals report 2021 on nature is now available online
Published last September, the European Environment Agency (EEA)’s report “Signals 2021 – Europe’s nature” shows the environmental damages caused by human activities, which are leading to a dramatic disappearance in […]
-
EU Nature Directives Reporting (2013-2018) now available on line
The Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale) has made available online the EU Nature Directives Reporting (2013-2018). The situation […]
-
Making Peace with Nature
Given the interconnected nature of climate change, loss of biodiversity, land degradation, and air and water pollution, it is essential that these problems are tackled together now. This is one […]
-
New financial resources for UNESCO’s site of naturalistic interest
Seventy-five million euros for the three-year period 2021-2023 for adaptation to climate change in UNESCO sites of naturalistic interest,of which many are located in the Lombardy region, and in national […]