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What can the UK do to reduce environmental risks from pesticides?

The UK’s action plan on sustainable use of pesticides aims to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticide use on the environment and encourage alternative approaches and techniques. How is the UK doing?

agriculture
biodiversity
birds
pesticides
policy instruments
water quality

10 Feb 2017
Will Brexit affect the UK’s actions to reduce the environmental impacts of pesticides?

The UK’s action plan on sustainable use of pesticides aims to reduce the impacts of pesticide use on the environment and encourage alternative approaches. How is the UK doing and how could Brexit change the government’s approach to pesticides?

agriculture
biodiversity
birds
pesticides
policy instruments
water quality

10 Feb 2017
Are Ecological Focus Areas delivering for biodiversity?

Ecological Focus Areas are intended to safeguard and improve biodiversity on arable farms in the EU. What evidence is there that they are actually delivering biodiversity on farmland?

agriculture
biodiversity
birds
CAP
cross-compliance
land use
pesticides
policy instruments

01 Dec 2016
Ecological Focus Areas – what are their impacts on biodiversity?

Ecological Focus Areas are intended to safeguard and improve biodiversity on arable farms in the EU. This IEEP study for EEB and BirdLife examined the evidence for potential biodiversity impacts on farmland, taking into account how the areas are being managed.

agriculture
biodiversity
birds
CAP
cross-compliance
land use
pesticides
policy instruments

01 Dec 2016
The Manual: Chapter 1 - Policy framework

This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. In this chapter, the reader is introduced to European environmental policy, EU institutions and agencies, and the development of EU treaties.

environmental action programme
Environmental Policy Integration
EU 2020 strategy
EU institutions
EU treaties
Lisbon Treaty
marine
natural resources
pesticides
policy instruments
pollution
thematic strategies
urban

27 Nov 2014
The Manual: Chapter 8 - Chemicals

This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter on chemicals focuses on the two main strands of EU chemicals policy: REACH – (Registration, evaluation, authorisation of restricted chemicals) and CLP – (classification, labelling and packaging).

benefits of legislation
better regulation
chemicals
food
governance
pesticides
REACH
transport

27 Nov 2014
Environmental Tax Reform in Europe: Opportunities for the future

A new study by IEEP assesses the current state of play with environmental taxes in Europe, explores where further greening taxation could be appropriate and how to drive this agenda forward through ‘coalitions of like-minded countries’.

agriculture
air
biodiversity
climate change
economics
energy
environmental fiscal reform
environmental taxation
environmentally harmful subsidies
fisheries
governance
marine
market based instruments
natural resources
pesticides
policy instruments
waste
water

05 Jun 2014
Compromise Reached on Pesticides Proposal

IEEP Analysis Briefing: Environment and Health

agriculture
pesticides

09 Jan 2009