Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity

Today, the European Commission takes further steps aimed at effectively banning most forms of EU trade in ivory, as announced in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. The adopted new...

Today, the Commission has adopted a proposal for a new EU Directive to crack down on environmental crime, fulfilling a key commitment of the European Green Deal. The proposal intends...

Today the Commission launched two new online tools to track progress in implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Hosted by the EU Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity, an online...

The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on the 8 th Environment Action Programme. The 8th EAP anchors the Member States’...

Today, the Commission adopted three new initiatives that are necessary for making the European Green Deal a reality: Regulation to curb EU-driven deforestation and forest degradation. Revised...

A KCBD online resource bringing together definitions by EU bodies, helping biodiversity specialists and non-specialists understand the meaning, context and scope of commonly used terms in biodiversity...

"The interdependence between human health and planetary health has never been clearer. But time is fast running out. As we urgently seek to rescue the situation...

Under the theme ‘One Health, One Welfare for a better and Greener tomorrow’ the 5th Africa Animal Welfare Conference is being held in Accra, Ghana from the 1st -3rd...

A group of senior advisers from 38 different countries has produced a statement calling for climate action, as “Stabilising the climate would limit the increase of sea-level rises and probability...

On this day in 2020, the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity was launched at the Green Week, which means that today the KCBD celebrates its first anniversary! Since...