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News from June 2013

• Environment undermined in CAP deal

  An attempt by the European Commission to place the environment more centrally within agricultural policy has been comprehensively watered down in the final agreement.

• IEEP’s latest reflections on the European Commission’s proposal to mitigate indirect land use change from biofuels – June 2013

  How can we achieve a more sustainable biofuel policy in the EU? What is needed now and what path should policy take beyond 2020? Read the latest IEEP briefing around the ongoing ILUC debate.

• Biofuels and ILUC – Q&A

  Recurring questions on biofuels and ILUC are addressed in IEEP’s latest report to help build a robust policy to deal with ILUC and other impacts of large scale production of first generation biofuels.

• Natural capital in a Nordic context

  A report for the Nordic Council of Ministers reviewing five different approaches to natural capital accounting and exploring their links with biodiversity and ecosystems.

• Incorporating biodiversity and ecosystem service values into national strategies and action plans

  This guidance document has been prepared to support practitioners of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans to update their plans to incorporate biodiversity and ecosystem service values. Six in depth country case studies provide common lessons of good practice.

• Webinar: Incorporating biodiversity into national strategies and action plans

  IEEP has just produced a roadmap and guidance document to help practitioners to incorporate biodiversity and ecosystem values into their NBSAPs. See case study examples and tune into the webinars on June 5 and 7.