Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • Innovative financing mechanisms for biodiversity: what can Mexico and Europe learn from each other?

    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
  • Innovative mechanisms for financing biodiversity conservation: A comparative summary of experiences from Mexico and Europe

    IEEP and partners compared innovative biodiversity conservation funding mechanisms in the EU and Mexico.

    agri-environment
    biodiversity
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    Environmental Policy Integration
    environmental taxation
    EU budget
    EU funding
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    governance
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    offset
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    sustainable development 
    02 Jun 2017
  • Innovative instruments for conservation funding

    IEEP and partners evaluated EU biodiversity conservation funding, including the potential of novel financial instruments

    biodiversity
    environmental taxation
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    18 Apr 2017
  • Plugging the conservation finance gap: a new EU fund?

    IEEP and partners evaluate the EU funding landscape for biodiversity conservation. Could a new, dedicated EU fund for biodiversity address the existing financing gap?

    biodiversity
    environmental taxation
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    05 Apr 2017
  • Integration approach to EU biodiversity financing

    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
  • IEEP at the European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON) final conference

    Improving the use of biodiversity data to inform EU Member States’ Rural Development Programmes, and its use in environmental impact assessments and spatial planning

    biodiversity
    monitoring
    nature conservation 
    30 Mar 2017
  • Access to Nature Reduces Health Inequalities: An IEEP Briefing

    Improving access to nature can help address health and social challenges across Europe and reduce health inequalities.

    air quality
    biodiversity
    briefings
    ecosystem services
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU funding
    governance
    Health
    marine
    Natura 2000
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    protected area
    sustainable development
    urban 
    24 Mar 2017
  • Fitness Check of the Birds and Habitats Directives

    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
  • Greening taxes and subsidies in the Pacific

    IEEP will share its expertise on environmental taxation and the reform of environmentally harmful subsidies at a forum event on greening taxation and subsidies in the Pacific region during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.

    agriculture
    best practice
    biodiversity
    climate change
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    economics
    energy
    environmental fiscal reform
    environmental taxation
    environmentally harmful subsidies
    financial instruments
    fisheries
    multilateral environmental agreements
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    sustainable development
    transport
    urban
    waste
    water 
    31 Aug 2016
  • 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
  • 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
  • Socio-economic benefits of EU Marine Protected Areas

    They are more than just a nature conservation tool – a study by IEEP shows how EU Marine Protected Areas help to maintain and improve the provision of a wide range of ecosystem services and related socio-economic benefits.

    ecosystem services
    fisheries
    marine
    marine protected areas
    Marine Strategy Framework Directive
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    protected area 
    27 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
  • 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
  • New report: assessing the benefits of marine protected areas

    Marine Protected Areas provide a range of benefits to human wellbeing, including providing food, mitigating climate change and creating opportunities for recreation and tourism. Further steps are needed to assess and communicate these benefits, this way supporting marine conservation both globally and in the EU.

    ecosystem services
    fisheries
    marine
    marine protected areas
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    protected area 
    26 Aug 2015
  • Benefits of marine protected areas in the context of EU’s Natura 2000 network

    A scoping study by IEEP outlines a step-wise methodology to assess the overall benefits provided by the EU’s marine Natura 2000 network.

    ecosystem services
    fisheries
    marine
    marine protected areas
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    protected area 
    24 Aug 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
  • Public consultation on EU Nature legislation ‘Fitness Check‘ launched

    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
  • IEEP supporting the cross-Atlantic dialogue on Northern sustainable development

    An International Symposium on Northern development took place in Québec City from the 25 - 27 February 2015. IEEP’s Marianne Kettunen was one of the Nordic experts invited to present at the event and take part in the high-level discussions.

    ecosystem services
    green economy
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    sustainable development 
    09 Mar 2015
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