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...
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...
Involves collaboration between the different public bodies that extends beyond their respective fields of competence with a view to providing the public with a combined response from a single body.
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Ecosystems services - nature's contributions to people i.e. the contributions of ‘ecosystems’ to direct and indirect ‘benefits’ obtained in economic, social, cultural and other human activity.
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(Soil cover): refers to vegetation, including crops, and crop residues on the surface of the soil. The various farming practices can be used in order to reduce soil degradation...
Europe is one of the most densely populated regions in the world. Human activity has shaped its landscapes over centuries and contributed much to its biodiversity, e.g...