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IEEP Participates in Commission expert panel on integrated product policy
IEEP Senior Fellow Marc Pallemaerts has been invited by DG Environment to participate in an Expert Panel. The panel has been established by the Commission to advise it on the preparation of a report on ...
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IEEP's summer newsletter is now available
The Institute sees biodiversity as a major priority. In our latest newsletter you will find out more on this and other issues covered by our most recent projects...
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Marc Pallemaerts addresses conference on the implementation of Directive 2003/35/EC
IEEP Senior Fellow Marc Pallemaerts addressed a high-level conference on the controversial issue of access to justice for environmental NGOs in Fulda on 23 June. Marc's presentation concentrated on Belgium ...
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EU's 'Renewed' Sustainable Development Strategy Debated at IEEP Forum in European Parliament
A few days after its adoption by heads of state and government at their mid-June Brussels summit, the 'Renewed' EU Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) was the focus of a well-attended public event ...
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Sustainable Case for Rail Position Paper Launched
IEEP were commissioned by the RMT Union to produce a position paper on the sustainable case for rail. Initially presented at a RMT Parliamentary Group Seminar held in the Houses of Parliament in June, ...
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Policy Forum on the EU Sustainable Development Strategy
To mark the arrival of the ‘renewed' EU Sustainable Development Strategy, scheduled for approval by the European Council of the 15-16 June 2006, the Institute for European Environmental Policy ...
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Commission finalises Natura 2000 Guidance Handbook
The European Commission has finalised the text of a Guidance Handbook to assist Member State authorities in identifying funding opportunities for Natura 2000. IEEP's nature and biodiversity researchers ...
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Value of Biodiversity study now available
The study on the Value of Biodiversity provides evidence that the loss of biodiversity and related ecosystem services has resulted in several socio-economic costs, including financial losses. The insights ...
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Aldersgate Group calls for sustainable economic growth based on ‘green foundations’
Future economic prosperity and high environmental and social standards must go hand in hand, according to a new report launched in the House of Commons (UK) on 6 June 2006. Commissioned by the Aldersgate ...
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Measuring progress in halting biodiversity loss
The EEA launched its latest report on biodiversity on 30 May. The report shows that Europe still has a long way to go in safegarding its plant and animal species, as well as habitats, especially if we ...
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Addendum to MEACAP report now available
Addendum to the report The Kyoto Protocol: Current State and Implication for EU-25 Member States. A Focus on Agriculture and Forestry. This addendum provides a brief update on new developments in international ...
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The role of forestry in UK rural development programmes
A range of forestry measures feature in the new European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), and IEEP was asked by the Land Use Policy Group (LUPG) to explore the potential for using these ...
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The environmental contribution of the Leader + initiative in the UK
IEEP and CCRU have recently completed one of the first studies in the EU to evaluate the environmental impacts of the Leader+ initiative. The study also looked at the role Leader can play in the new European ...
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Applying OMC to Environment Policy – What are the Options?
This report investigates the potential options for applying the open method of coordination (OMC) to EU environment policy, given the growing feeling that traditional approaches to policy are not always ...
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Using Market Based Instruments for European Environment Policy
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has recently released two reports on the development of market based instruments across Europe. Both reports are mainly based on work from a team led by IEEP, which ...
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Paper on the Proposed Marine Strategy Directive Published
Volume 12 of the Journal of International Maritime Law contains a paper by IEEP's Andrew Farmer on the proposed EU marine strategy Directive, including details of its contents and development and how it ...
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Press Release: Leader or Laggard? Report on UK Climate Change Policy released
The UK Government's recently launched Climate Change Programme is scrutinised in a new report. Internationally the UK has been a leader but on domestic policy it has been a laggard, falling short in the ...
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Promoting the use of marine protected areas in the UK and Europe
IEEP has launched a project aiming to promote the use of marine protected areas (MPAs) in UK and European fisheries and marine environment policies. The two-year project, running from 2006 to 2008, is ...
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Press Release: Report on implementation of 6EAP
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) has today released a report prepared by IEEP on the implementation of the EU's 6th Environmental Action Programme (6EAP). Agreed in 2002, the 6EAP sets out priority ...
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Conference on simplification of environmental regulation
The European Commission is hosting a conference on 22 June in Brussels examining best practices in the Member States of initiatives which will streamline and simplify environment-related regulatory requirements ...