Publications
IEEP produces reports and publications on a wide variety of topics.
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Friday, 11 March 2005
Summary Paper of the 'Seminar of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): Implications for Forestry
On July 14 2004, the European Commission published a proposal for a European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), essentially a new Rural Development Regulation (RDR). The ...
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Tuesday, 01 March 2005
Administrative Capacity for Implementation and Enforcement of EU Environment Policy in the 13 Candidate Countries
The implementation of the EU environmental acquis is a necessary condition for each Candidate Country that is seeking membership of the Union. While much emphasis has been placed upon the ...
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Tuesday, 01 March 2005
MEACAP: Recent Evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - State of Play and Environmental Potential
WP6 D4B - This paper explains the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as it was in 2003, recent reforms and expected future changes. It is intended to lay some of the foundations for the ...
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Tuesday, 01 March 2005
MEACAP: The Kyoto Protocol and the Effect of Existing and Planned Measures in the Agricultural and Forestry Sector in the EU25
WP2 D5 - This addendum provides an in-depth analysis of the role of agriculture and forestry in climate strategies in a number of selected Member States through specific case studies.
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Tuesday, 01 March 2005
MEACAP: The Convention on Biodiversity and its Potential Implications for the Agricultural Sector in Europe
This paper introduces the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and aims at presenting commitments of the Parties to the Convention, which relate to agricultural activities and resources ...
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Tuesday, 01 March 2005
Brussels in Brief 6 - Greening the Lisbon Agenda
This is the sixth edition of IEEP's insert into the IUCN's Regional Office for Europe quarterly Newsletter. Brussels in Brief offers readers an informative and illuminating insight into the EU, its institutions ...
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Sunday, 13 February 2005
Challenges for Sustainable EU Fisheries - Conclusions from the high level conference
Under the patronage of the Dutch Presidency of the Council, IEEP and the Fisheries Secretariat organised a high level conference to discuss the environmental challenges facing the EU fisheries sector and ...
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Sunday, 13 February 2005
Proceedings of the IEEP/CCW workshop on the marine implementation of NATURA 2000 and its implications for inshore fisheries
The workshop, held in Aberystwyth on 9 February 2005, provided a timely opportunity to discuss the implications of implementing the habitats and birds Directives for the inshore fishing sector, especially ...
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Saturday, 12 February 2005
The Commission’s Lisbon Review and the Downgrading of Environmental Policy
<p>In his contribution to the EPC's Challenge Europe debate on the priorities of the Lisbon Agenda, IEEP Senior Fellow David Wilkinson argues that the EU's overall environment policy risks being relegated to a lower rank far behind growth and jobs. "Less and looser" environmental regulation will inevitably be the consequence of making competitiveness the highest goal. He speculates that the Constitutional referenda throughout Europe could limit the negative effects of this trend, as the popularity of environmental policy far outweighs that of the competitiveness agenda.</p> <p><strong>Visit the website:</strong> <a href="www.theepc.be/en/default.asp?TYP=CE&LV=435&PG=CE/E">www.theepc.be</a></p>
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Thursday, 10 February 2005
Business Action on Climate Change - Where Next after Emissions Trading?
The UK has a clear commitment to tackling climate change - yet government estimates suggest that we are not currently on track to meet our targets for carbon dioxide reduction. To achieve ...
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Tuesday, 01 February 2005
MEACAP: First Stage Ground Rules
The purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for the evaluation of technical and policy measures undertaken in the course of the MEACAP project. This should lead to a consistent ...
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Thursday, 27 January 2005
Agricultural Biodiversity - Issues to be aware of within MEACAP
The purpose of this brief document is to: provide an overview of the issues known to be important for agricultural biodiversity at an EU15 and EU25 level; provide a focus for the types of ...
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Saturday, 01 January 2005
An Account of the Dolphin-Safe Tuna Issue in the UK
Virtually all canned tuna in the UK is labelled as dolphin-safe despite the fact that the market is almost exclusively skipjack tuna. It is thus not implicated in the dolphin bycatch problem associated ...
An Account of the Dolphin-Safe Tuna Issue in the UK PDF 236.9 KB -
Saturday, 01 January 2005
EFIEA Workshop on Improving Waste Policy Through Integrated Environmental Assessment, 6 to 7 December 2004 Scotland House, Brussels: Workshop Proceedings (Jan 2005)
The advancement of EU waste policy is one of the highest priorities on the EU environmental agenda. The development of a Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste is one of ...
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Saturday, 01 January 2005
Managing Europe's Inshore Fisheries: Harnessing the new European Fisheries Fund
The overall goal of this report is to enable decision-makers, fisheries managers and other practitioners to harness the potential of the EFF for inshore waters. The report begins by placing the unique ...
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Saturday, 01 January 2005
Environmental policy integration in Europe: State of play and an evaluation framework
The report draws together the findings of many existing studies and reports on environmental policy integration in Europe. It reviews progress in implementing policy integration at country ...
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Saturday, 01 January 2005
Funding Environmental Compliance Assurance: Lessons Learned from International Experience, OECD
Throughout the world, authorities responsible for enforcing environmental regulations and promoting compliance with environmental requirements are operating in the context of financial ...
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Saturday, 01 January 2005
EU Fisheries: Decision Making Guide
Fisheries Policy is an exclusive competence of the European Union (EU). This means that all decisions are taken at the level of the Union. Member States cannot intervene in fisheries management unless ...
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Saturday, 01 January 2005
Market based instruments for environmental policy in Europe - EEA Technical Report 2005
Market based instruments are increasingly being used across Europe. The development of these instruments is covered in recent European Environment Agency (EEA) reports - Using the market for cost-effective ...
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Friday, 17 December 2004
Brussels in Brief 4 - Finding the Funds for Natura 2000
This is the fourth edition of IEEP's insert into the IUCN's Regional Office for Europe quarterly Newsletter. Brussels in Brief offers readers an informative and illuminating insight into the EU, its institutions ...