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New report: Perspectives for the new European Fisheries Fund
IEEP's Indrani Lutchman presenting new report 'Perspectives for the new European Fisheries Fund' to the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (11 October, Brussels).
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Sourcebook on EU Environmental Law
The Sourcebook provides a practical reference document on applicable EU environmental legislation, practices and standards which need to be taken into account in the planning and development of projects supported by Banks that have signed the ‘European Principles for the Environment'.
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National Assembly for Wales briefed by IEEP
IEEP's Indrani Lutchman and Kaley Hart were called on to brief the National Assembly for Wales on the CFP and CAP reforms.
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Transboundary Water Security in Central Asia: Addressing the Crisis
Transboundary water issues pose significant security concerns in Central Asia. This briefing summaries the results of a roundtable on the issue, attended by IEEP's Andrew Farmer.
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EU Water Policy – fit for purpose?
New report from Deloitte and IEEP assesses the relevance, coherence, effectiveness and efficiency of EU Water Policy.
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New dawn for the Common Fisheries Policy?
The Commission has published the long awaited reform proposals for the future of the CFP. But what are the changes and will they mark a new dawn for European fisheries?
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Cross-scale governance for water management
A new paper on the challenges of cross-scale governance for water management has been published.
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Natural resources policy – the next frontier?
Improved resource efficiency is considered the core environmental challenge alongside climate change. A new IEEP paper reviews the mixed results of previous EU Natural Resources policy and suggests a number of ways forward.
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EU Natural Resources policy: Signposts on the roadmap to sustainability
The EU is committed to building improved resource efficiency into its economic strategy, starting with a “roadmap” this year. A new paper from the Institute sets out the challenges, reviews the mixed results of previous EU policy in this area and suggests a number of ways forward. Both a broad vision and an array of practical policy initiatives are required.
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Eliminating discards -what can be done?
IEEP's Indrani Lutchman will be on a panel at the European Parliament today (4 May 2011) to discuss ways to reduce or eliminate the wasteful practice of discarding unwanted catches of fish.
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Key Messages on the Future of Europe’s Waters
IEEP has contributed to the production of the key messages from a major water conference contributing to future EU policy development.
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Funding Natura 2000
The study assesses the successes and shortcomings of the existing EU framework for funding Natura 2000 and identifies possibilities for improving these financing arrangements in the future.
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El Anzuelo Volume 23
European newsletter on fisheries and the environment.This issue: CFP reform
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The Future of Europe’s Waters
IEEP to contribute to major Council Presidency conference on the threats to water resources and how we are to respond.
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Valuing and Conserving Ecosystem Services: a Scoping Case Study in the Danube Basin
The report for WWF provides an assessment of the value and status of some key ecosystem services in the Danube Basin, and some policy instruments to support them.
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Linking the Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive
Integrating pollution control into river basin management is a major challenge. A new report for IMPEL explores how EU addresses this interaction.
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Challenges of Developing an EU Strategic Approach to Water Scarcity
The introduction in 2000 of the Water Framework Directive provided the first coherent EU legal tool to address water scarcity and this has been supported by further policy aimed directly at ...
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El Anzuelo Volume 22
European newsletter on fisheries and the environment.This issue: CFP reformRead contributions from Carmen Fraga Estévez of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries; ICES’ ...
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IEEP publishes CFP Health Check
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform process officially began in April 2009 with the launch of the Green Paper. The newly published CFP Health Check examines the CFP and progress made since 2002. It ...
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Overcapacity - What Overcapacity?
An evaluation of Member States reporting on efforts to achieve a sustainable balance between capacity and fishing opportunities in 2007.