Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • Biodiversity offsets: What did the UK pilot scheme achieve?

    Voluntary biodiversity offsetting was piloted in six English areas by local planning authorities and stakeholder organisations who agreed to take part in the government programme. IEEP and Collingwood Environmental Planning, together with David Tyldesley, assessed the UK government programme from 2012 to 2014.

    biodiversity
    birds
    land use
    nature conservation
    offset
    policy instruments
    sustainable development 
    20 Jul 2016
  • The impacts of the UK’s low carbon energy policy on biodiversity: evidence and policy tools

    The study reviews evidence of the impacts of UK's low carbon energy policy on biodiversity in the UK and abroad, and incorporates biodiversity effects of low carbon energy scenarios into the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 2050 pathway calculator tool.

    biodiversity
    biofuels
    birds
    energy
    impact assessment
    renewable energy
    wind turbine 
    20 Jul 2016
  • Gough Island in danger – IEEP assessment of World Heritage Site

    IEEP assessed threats to Gough and Inaccessible Island World Heritage Site on behalf of the RSPB. The report brings together evidence that globally important seabird colonies and endemic species are under threat of extinction from invasive alien species, especially predatory house mice, and that the proposed mouse eradication programme should proceed as quickly as possible.

    biodiversity
    birds
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    invasive alien species
    nature conservation
    protected area 
    19 Jul 2016
  • The PEGASUS project publishes its first Newsletter

    Welcome to the first newsletter of the PEGASUS project! It provides information on the project’s progress to date and details on the 34 case studies currently underway in 10 EU countries examining how to ensure the improved delivery of public goods and ecosystem services in different farming and forestry situations.

    agriculture
    air quality
    biodiversity
    CAP
    carbon capture and storage
    climate change
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    forestry
    natural resources
    soil
    water 
    24 May 2016
  • Improving environmental financing via result-based agri-environment measures

    A new article by IEEP explores the use of result-based agri-environment measures in the region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The study shows that result-based schemes can increase the environmental effectiveness and conditionality of the EU Common Agricultural Policy.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    ecosystem services
    financial instruments
    market based instruments
    nature conservation
    organic farming
    payment for ecosystem services 
    26 Apr 2016
  • Wildlife crime and the EU

    Wildlife crime threatens global biodiversity. The EU is both a destination and a transit region for illegally-traded products. A new study for the European Parliament summarises the situation in Europe and offers policy recommendations in view of the upcoming EU Action Plan. A set of in-depth case studies outline the situation in five EU countries.

    biodiversity
    birds
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    ecosystems
    enforcement
    fisheries
    marine
    marine protected areas
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    trade 
    20 Apr 2016
  • Learning the lessons from CAP greening

    What is the most cost-effective way to encourage basic environmental management across the farmed countryside in the EU-28? Learning from experience to date in greening Pillar 1 of the CAP, this report considers a range of options to increase the environmental added value from greening.

    biodiversity
    CAP
    climate change
    governance
    soil
    water 
    20 Apr 2016
  • Potential policy and environmental consequences of Brexit

    If the UK decides to leave the EU following the referendum in June, there would be significant consequences, not only for policy, law, and trade relations, but for the environment.

    agriculture
    air quality
    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    CAP
    Common Fisheries Policy
    EU institutions
    fisheries
    Habitats Directive
    marine protected areas
    Marine Strategy Framework Directive
    Natura 2000
    policy instruments
    pollution
    renewable energy
    subsidiarity
    Water Framework Directive 
    11 Mar 2016
  • New report launch: Call for a new vision for responsible renewable energy with a clear European dimension

    Claude Turmes MEP hosted an event launching both IEEP’s report and a debate on the future of renewable energy in Europe. In the our report IEEP present how a resource efficient energy system might be delivered in a way that minimises impact on biodiversity and the wider environment.

    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    emissions trading
    Environmental Impact Assessment
    governance
    renewable energy
    Strategic Environmental Assessment 
    27 Jan 2016
  • A New Vision for Responsible Renewable Energy with a Clear European Dimension

    Renewable energy is key to the decarbonisation of Europe’s energy supply, however, the scale of expansion needed will have significant impacts over a considerable area. This new report suggests how a resource efficient energy system might be delivered in a way that minimises and mitigates impacts on biodiversity and the wider environment.

    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    Birds Directive
    carbon
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    emissions trading
    energy
    greenhouse gases
    Habitats Directive
    land use
    renewable energy
    Strategic Environmental Assessment
    wind turbine 
    26 Nov 2015
  • Conference on the Fitness Check of EU Nature Legislation

    As part of the fitness check of the EU Nature Directives, the European Commission is organising a high-level conference in Brussels on 20 November. The purpose of the conference is to present and discuss the emerging findings from the assessment of evidence and information gathered during the process.

    better regulation
    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    Birds Directive
    Habitats Directive
    Natura 2000 
    17 Nov 2015
  • Protected area approaches in the EU

    Protected areas play an important role in achieving biodiversity conservation targets. IEEP has compared the approaches and rationale of designating and managing protected areas in the UK and a selection of eight other EU Member States.

    best practice
    biodiversity
    climate change
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    ecological network
    ecosystem approach
    land use
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    protected area 
    16 Nov 2015
  • CAP greening: what are its environmental prospects?

    A significant injection of money was agreed for ‘green’ farming practices under the recent CAP reform. This report examines the environmental impact these measures are likely to have on the ground and concludes that Member States’ implementation choices appear to have much diminished the chances of the greening measures delivering significant additional environmental benefits.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    carbon
    cross-compliance
    EU funding
    soil
    water 
    13 Nov 2015
  • New PEGASUS website

    Project website for EU research project PEGASUS goes live!

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    ecosystem services
    forestry
    land use
    livestock
    public goods 
    11 Aug 2015
  • Tracking biodiversity expenditure in the EU budget

    biodiversity
    CAP
    cohesion policy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    European Fisheries Fund
    Natura 2000 
    29 Jun 2015
  • Results-based agri-environment schemes: new report and guidance handbook available

    Are you interested in developing and implementing a results-based payment scheme for farmland biodiversity? Together with experts from across Europe, IEEP has produced a range of useful resources to guide the future development of results-based agri-environment schemes in the EU and beyond.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP 
    05 Jun 2015
  • New open access book on marine litter

    A new book, 'Marine Anthropogenic Litter', has been published comprising 16 chapters on various aspects of the complex issue of litter in the world’s oceans. Researchers from IEEP contributed a chapter on the economics of marine litter. The whole book is free to view online.

    biodiversity
    economics
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    fisheries
    green economy
    impact assessment
    landfill
    marine
    Maritime Policy
    market based instruments
    natural resources
    packaging
    policy instruments
    pollution
    producer responsibility
    recycling
    resource use
    sustainable consumption and production
    waste
    water 
    02 Jun 2015
  • Result-based agri-environment measures: market-based instruments, incentives or rewards?

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    ecosystem services
    grassland
    high nature value
    market based instruments
    payment for ecosystem services 
    27 May 2015
  • Biodiversity offsets: design of biodiversity metrics and mechanisms for securing long term conservation benefits

    This study by ICF International, IEEP and national experts reviewed international best practice for designing biodiversity offsetting metrics and establishing mechanisms for ensuring long term conservation benefits from offsetting. It explores options for implementation at the European level and possible challenges. The report follows up on the IEEP report on policy options to achieve no net loss of biodiversity.

    biodiversity
    Environmental Impact Assessment
    habitat banking
    land use
    mitigation
    offset
    policy instruments 
    27 May 2015
  • How is favourable conservation status being defined across the EU?

    The core objective of both nature directives is to achieve a favourable conservation status of European protected habitats and species. An understanding of how these criteria for conservation status have been interpreted and implemented across the Member States is important as greater uniformity in the interpretation could improve the quality of biodiversity reporting at the European level.

    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    Habitats Directive
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation 
    15 May 2015
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