This study shows how more can be done to firstly avoid and minimize detrimental impacts of EU funding on biodiversity, and secondly to increase biodiversity benefits.
The EU has a long-standing commitment to removing or phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS). However, progress has been slow and EHS remain an issue in most EU countries. The Eurozone crisis and stagnating economic performance in many countries provide an opportunity to put new momentum behind this agenda.
There are still needs and opportunities for using sustainability indicators at different stages of the policy processes across all environmentally relevant policy areas.
There remain a wide range of opportunities for making use of sustainability indicators at different stages of the policy process across all environmentally relevant policy areas.
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires Member States to apply an “ecosystem approach to marine management”. This report defines the ecosystem approach and puts it into context by describing the challenges of applying it across Europe’s seas.
This review highlights the potential of the EU IUU Regulation to deter illegal fishing and the challenges during the first 18 months of implementation.
IEEP provides an environmental perspective on the European Commission’s EU budget proposals for the 2014-2020 period.
The 23rd edition of IEEP fisheries newsletter El Anzuelo focuses on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Read contributions from Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries ...
IEEP Analysis Briefing: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
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 ...
The report looks at two core issues amongst the multiple strands that make up the CFP - stock management and structural issues. Both of these are critical to sustainability. The report looks back at progress ...
Registration is now open for the Achieving Sustainable Fisheries conference, to be held in Brussels, April 3, 2009.The current European Fisheries Policy hasn't delivered. IEEP is working with Baltic Sea ...
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) underwent two major reviews in both 1992 and 2002. The next official review will be held in 2012...
The INDENT report quantifies, evaluates and interprets a suite of indicators selected by the European Commission on the environmental performance of the Common Fisheries Policy. Based on this report the ...
One of the last INDECO deliverables has reported on the final evaluation of the list of INDECO indicators. Specific consideration is given to their usefulness, practicability and to what extent they address ...
This document presents a final evaluation of the list of INDECO indicators selected with specific consideration of their usefulness, practicability and to what extent they address the policy objectives ...
This report summarises findings of previous deliverables (D9 and D17). Also included here is a description of alternative indices for investigation that have been highlighted over the course of INDECO ...
In January 2006, a three-day workshop was held to explore the application of time series analysis methods to candidate indicators from a few different case studies.
The INDENT report quantifies, evaluates and interprets a suite of indicators selected by the European Commission on the environmental performance of the Common Fisheries Policy. Based on this report the ...