Positive Planning For Onshore Wind: Expanding Onshore Wind Energy Capacity While Conserving Nature

This report jointly issued by IEEP and RSPB sets out how onshore wind planning in the UK can be improved. This concludes that the rapid roll out of new wind energy capacity, now urgent if the UK is to ...

25 Years of the Birds Directive: Challenges for 25 Countries

This report was produced by the European Commission in 2004 as part of the celebrations marking 25 years of the Birds Directive. The report was based on previous work carried out by IEEP reporting on the ...

EP Briefing Note: A Users' Guide to Biodiversity Indicators

Brussels in Brief 3 - Natura 2000: A Safety Net for Europe's Nature

This is the third 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 ...

Interaction Between the EU CFP and the Habitats and Birds Directives

Despite Member States’ commitments to protecting the marine environment, actual progress in conserving Europe’s marine biodiversity has been rather limited. This is particularly apparent in terms of the ...

North-East Atlantic and Baltic Sea Health Check - Assessing the Status of Wildlife and Habitats

The Health Check report was written by IEEP, on behalf of the WWF North East Atlantic Programme, to mark the first joint OSPAR and HELCOM conferences on the protection of the North-East Atlantic and Baltic ...