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Biodiversity and health are inextricably connected, directly as well as indirectly. Nature and biodiversity directly enhance health and wellbeing by improving the quality of our air, water and soil...

This new EEA briefing summarises the latest knowledge on how chemical pesticides impact our health and the environment and presents good practices to reduce their use and risk...

Despite progress in some EU Member States to reduce their use, pesticide pollution still poses significant risks to human health and the environment, according to a European...

This assessment report of 6EAP by external experts was commissioned by DG ENV.

Pesticides and their use are regulated at EU level. Directive 2009/128/EC ('SUD') of the European Parliament and the Council establishes a framework to achieve sustainable use of pesticides that are...

Find here the press conference by Executive Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioners Kyriakides and Sinkevičius on the Nature Restoration Law and the Commission's proposal to halve the use of pesticides by 2030.

Today, the Commission adopted pioneering proposals to restore damaged ecosystems and bring nature back across Europe, from agricultural land and seas, to forests and urban environments. The Commission...

The scientific evidence reviewed in this workshop report demonstrates that pandemics are becoming more frequent. Their underlying causes are the same global environmental changes that drive...

This report aims to support countries in the necessary transition toward healthier, more sustainable diets by integrating biodiversity in food-based interventions to support nutrition and health.