Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • 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
  • Estimation of the financing needs to implement Target 2 of the Biodiversity Strategy

    IEEP assessed the financing needs to implement Target 2 of the Biodiversity Strategy (target to maintain ecosystem services and restore 15% of degraded ecosystems by 2020) with eftec. The report showed that a large increase in funding will be required if Target 2 is to be attained, but also that there are a range of potential funding sources that could be increasingly used.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystems
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    financial instruments
    forestry
    grassland
    land degradation
    nature conservation
    wetland 
    16 Jul 2013
  • New report: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands

    This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.

    climate change
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    economics
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    fisheries
    flooding
    green economy
    indicators
    marine
    marine protected areas
    market based instruments
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    TEEB
    water
    Water Framework Directive
    water quality
    water scarcity
    wetland 
    04 Feb 2013
  • The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands

    This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.

    climate change
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    economics
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    fisheries
    flooding
    green economy
    indicators
    marine
    marine protected areas
    market based instruments
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    TEEB
    water
    Water Framework Directive
    water quality
    water scarcity
    wetland 
    01 Feb 2013
  • Socio-economic importance of ecosystem services in the Nordic countries

    New TEEB-inspired regional assessment (published on 31 January) shows that nature and its ecosystem services are of high socio-economic significance for the Nordic countries. In order to be truly sustainable, Nordic economic systems need to build on a more comprehensive appreciation and understanding of the value of natural capital.

    agri-environment
    biodiversity
    carbon capture and storage
    ecosystem services
    financial instruments
    fisheries
    green economy
    indicators
    marine
    Maritime Policy
    Natura 2000
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    regional policy
    sustainable development
    TEEB
    water quality
    wetland 
    30 Jan 2013
  • Estimating the Overall Economic Value of the Benefits provided by the Natura 2000 Network

    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

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