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LIFE Platform Meeting: Challenges of Nature Restoration in the Marine Environment – Valencia 9–11 June 2026
Italian version Dune habitats are highly fragile environments that are at risk of disappearing due to climate change, increasing coastal erosion, and tourism and recreational beach activities. One of the objectives of the LIFE NatConnect2030 project is the restoration of these habitats through the reduction of human pressures. These activities are carried out by the…
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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 is LIFE NatConnect2030. The project was approved under the Call LIFE-2022-STRAT-two-stage – Strategic Nature and Integrated Projects (SNAP) and is one of the 12 projects…
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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 by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) on the contributions offered daily by the use of wild species for food, energy,…
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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. According to the EC the proposal for a Nature Restoration Law is a key step in avoiding ecosystem collapse and preventing the worst impacts of…
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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 to the EEA briefing Resource nexus and the European Green Deal. The EEA briefing puts forward the concept of the ‘resource nexus’ which specifically looks…
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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 wetlands can play an important role in storing carbon but doing so should take account of potential impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. In theory,…
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EEA’s new report on the role of cities in European sustainability transition
On 10 December, the EEA published the report “Urban Sustainability in Europe – Ways to Environmental Change“, which collects the Agency’s recent work on urban sustainability and an assessment of the urban nexus. The new EEA assessments highlight that cities should begin a process of integration in the social, economic, and environmental spheres in order…
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The new EEA’s indicator to track pesticides in European waters now available online
The European Environment Agency recently released a new indicator that detects traces of pesticides in rivers, lakes and groundwater in Europe. The data was collected from EEA member countries and is limited to pesticides whose threshold levels have been exceeded in Europe. The new indicator shows that the levels of pesticides that exceed the European…
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) calls for further knowledge for action and specific targets in Europe’s sustainable goals achievements
In its article of October 14th, called “Europe’s sustainability agenda needs knowledge for action and more concrete targets to achieve its ambitions” the EEA explains that Europe should pursue some knowledge innovation to achieve the realize European Green Deal’s objectives. Several methods through which Europe is trying to fight the roots of unsustainability, or to…