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IEEP and partners compare innovative biodiversity financing mechanisms in the EU and Mexico and suggest recommendations for mutual learning.
biodiversity
Birds Directive
Convention on Biological Diversity
environmental fiscal reform
Environmental Policy Integration
environmental taxation
EU 2020 strategy
EU budget
EU funding
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
governance
habitat banking
Habitats Directive
Natura 2000
nature conservation
offset
payment for ecosystem services
policy instruments
structural funds
sustainable development
02 Jun 2017
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biodiversity
Birds Directive
Environmental Policy Integration
EU budget
EU funding
financial instruments
Habitats Directive
Natura 2000
nature conservation
policy instruments
structural funds
05 Apr 2017
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The Nature Directives (i.e. Birds Directive and Habitats Directive) are the key instruments of EU environmental policy; the Fitness Check support study, carried out by Milieu, IEEP and ICF for the European Commission DG-ENV, examined their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, EU-added value and their coherence with the wider acquis.
agriculture
better regulation
biodiversity
bioenergy
birds
Birds Directive
CAP
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
European Court of Justice
fisheries
forestry
grassland
Habitats Directive
land use
marine protected areas
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Natura 2000
nature conservation
policy instruments
protected area
regional policy
renewable energy
Strategic Environmental Assessment
sustainable development
wetland
14 Dec 2016
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The UK’s referendum result has implications for environmental outcomes in the UK and across Europe: IEEP will be working to ensure the risks are understood and managed.
Birds Directive
enforcement
Environmental Policy Integration
EU institutions
Habitats Directive
17 Aug 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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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The ‘Fitness Check’ on EU Nature legislation has moved to a new phase with the launch of an online public consultation. The consultation allows all interested parties throughout the European Union to share their views on the legislation.
biodiversity
Birds Directive
Habitats Directive
nature conservation
public participation
12 May 2015
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The award-winning Manual of European Environmental Policy is now available on IEEP’s website. This archive provides free access to the definitive guide to the development of European environmental policy.
air quality
biodiversity
Birds Directive
carbon capture and storage
chemicals
climate change
energy
genetically modified organism
Habitats Directive
industrial pollution
marine
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
policy instruments
pollution
REACH
resource use
transport
waste
Waste Framework Directive
Water Framework Directive
09 Dec 2014
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This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. In this chapter the development of the EU biodiversity policy framework is explored, including the Birds and Habitats Directive and other legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms, for example.
benefits of legislation
better regulation
biodiversity
Biodiversity Action Plan
Birds Directive
environmental action programme
Environmental Impact Assessment
genetically modified organism
governance
Habitats Directive
impact assessment
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Strategic Environmental Assessment
27 Nov 2014
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As part of its Smart Regulation policy the European Commission is to undertake a Fitness Check of EU Nature legislation, which will comprise a comprehensive assessment of whether the regulatory framework is “fit for purpose”. IEEP is part of a consortium, led by Milieu, that has been awarded the study contract to support the Commission in collecting and assessing evidence for the fitness check.
better regulation
biodiversity
Birds Directive
enforcement
European Court of Justice
Habitats Directive
nature conservation
public participation
04 Nov 2014
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An updated ‘Financing Natura 2000 Guidance Handbook’ aims to inform national stakeholders about opportunities for financing the management of Natura 2000 sites through various EU funds during the 2014-2020 period.
agri-environment
agriculture
biodiversity
Birds Directive
CAP
cohesion policy
Common Fisheries Policy
ecological network
ecosystem services
EU funding
European Fisheries Fund
financial instruments
green economy
Habitats Directive
high nature value
marine protected areas
market based instruments
Natura 2000
nature conservation
payment for ecosystem services
protected area
structural funds
11 Sep 2014
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New guidance for farmland management in Natura 2000 gives agricultural and conservation authorities a step-by-step guide to management and funding measures and practical advice on habitat and species management.
agri-environment
agriculture
biodiversity
Birds Directive
grassland
Habitats Directive
high nature value
Natura 2000
nature conservation
29 Aug 2014
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This study reviews Member States’ estimates of the extent of HNV farmland and use of RDP measures and the CMEF indicators, then identifies future priorities for CAP support for HNV farming and discusses the support opportunities under the reformed CAP. It offers detailed new evidence about the combined effect of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 CAP payments on the economic and environmental viability of a typical HNV farming system in three Member States.
agriculture
biodiversity
Biodiversity Action Plan
Birds Directive
CAP
climate change
cross-compliance
ecosystems
Environmental Policy Integration
EU funding
financial instruments
grassland
Habitats Directive
high nature value
indicators
land use
livestock
Natura 2000
natural resources
nature conservation
organic farming
payment for ecosystem services
public goods
soil
subsidiarity
16 May 2014
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Member States need to make the most of the opportunities under the new Common Agricultural Policy if the declines in HNV farming, critical for meeting our 2020 biodiversity targets, are to be halted.
agri-environment
agriculture
biodiversity
Birds Directive
CAP
climate change
cross-compliance
ecosystems
EU funding
grassland
Habitats Directive
high nature value
land use
livestock
Natura 2000
organic farming
payment for ecosystem services
soil
16 May 2014
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A new IEEP led study concludes that mandatory biodiversity offsetting is required to achieve no net loss of biodiversity in the EU, but its introduction could be counter-productive if it is not introduced cautiously and regulated strictly. The first priority should be to better implement existing nature conservation measures.
agriculture
biodiversity
Biodiversity Action Plan
Birds Directive
ecosystem services
enforcement
Environmental Impact Assessment
environmental liability
forestry
habitat banking
Habitats Directive
market based instruments
mitigation
nature conservation
offset
protected area
Strategic Environmental Assessment
08 Apr 2014
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The UK Government’s Balance of Competences review has now taken evidence on 25 subject areas, including the 6 with the most relevance for the Environment. We take stock of the IEEP’s contributions, and consider what a possible UK renegotiation might mean for the environment.
agriculture
air quality
benefits of legislation
best practice
better regulation
biodiversity
Birds Directive
climate change
cohesion policy
energy
Environmental Impact Assessment
EU budget
EU institutions
EU treaties
fisheries
governance
Habitats Directive
industrial pollution
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Natura 2000
natural resources
nature conservation
REACH
renewable energy
waste
Waste Framework Directive
Water Framework Directive
19 Mar 2014
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This report considers how environmental policy in the EU effects the UK and looks at some alternatives. Overall the impact within the environmental domain can be judged to be strongly positive to the UK. The action taken has been well balanced, with benefits for human health and welfare and the sustainability of the economy as well as the environment itself.
air quality
Birds Directive
chemicals
climate change
economics
Environmental Impact Assessment
EU institutions
EU treaties
fisheries
Habitats Directive
industrial pollution
landfill
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Natura 2000
natural resources
nature conservation
public participation
REACH
recycling
waste
Waste Framework Directive
Water Framework Directive
12 Aug 2013
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Estimated benefits provided to EU citizens from the EU’s Natura 2000 Network could be in the range of €200 to €300 billion a year.
biodiversity
Biodiversity Action Plan
Birds Directive
climate change
ecological network
economics
ecosystem approach
ecosystem services
ecosystems
forestry
Habitats Directive
high nature value
Natura 2000
nature conservation
payment for ecosystem services
protected area
public goods
TEEB
water
water quality
wetland
22 Jun 2012