The range of benefits provided to humans by healthy ecosystems. Services include provisioning (such as food and wood), regulating (for example climate, flood and water regulation) and cultural...
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Eurostat does not collect or republish data about qualitative aspects of protected areas (i.e. their condition or "conservation status") which may provide a better...
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is one of the seven institutions of the European Union (EU). It was established in 1975 in Luxembourg in order to improve EU financial management.
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an intergovernmental organisation established to improve the interface between science and policy on issues of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is an intergovernmental organisation that regulates and facilitates international trade between nations. Governments use the organisation to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that govern...
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) was established to support the goals of the Convention. Opened for signature in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and entering into force...
Any live specimen of a species, subspecies or lower taxon of animals, plants, fungi or micro-organisms introduced outside its natural range; it includes any part...
'habitat within a protected site’ means any habitat of species for which an area is classified as a special protection area pursuant to Article 4(1) or (2) of Directive 79/409/EEC...
As defined by the Convention on Biological Diversity, ecosystem is 'a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit'.
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The Security Union Strategy relies on a whole-of-society approach, bringing together all institutions, organisations and authorities with a role in the protection of our citizens. Beyond the support and expertise they...