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Anti-worm drug used by farmers on livestock detected in Scottish red foxes, Vulpes vulpes

Today the Commission published an assessment of the marine environment monitoring programmes reported by the Member States. The assessment, together with a detailed report by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)...

Marine renewable-energy devices, such as wind turbines and wave or tidal energy systems, have proliferated in the last ten years. However, their installation produces loud...

The world economy has largely overcome the Malthusian challenge, but there are regions such as the Sahel where this challenge remains formidable and food insecurity is exacerbated by multiple...

The fifth Factor X publication from the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy provides an overview of the limits to the circular economy, emphasising the relation-ship between...

This study evaluates the costs and benefits on fisheries and aquaculture of three types of spatial protection measures: (i) Fish Stock Recovery Areas (FSRAs), (ii) Marine Protected...

This study evaluates the costs and benefits on fisheries and aquaculture of three types of spatial protection measures: (i) Fish Stock Recovery Areas (FSRAs), (ii) Marine Protected...

The researchers say that protected areas enhanced fish populations and no-trawl zones improved overall ecological status. They argue that more work is needed to gather sufficient...

This article highlights the need for assessing the effects of policy measures to address deforestation, pollution and child labour in global supply chains, in particular through due-diligence requirements. It...

This article reviews how food system activities contribute to climate change and how dietary changes affect food systems. It shows that while emissions from food...