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This report documents the criteria proposed to map the favourability to investments in nature-based solutions (NBS) for agricultural water management, the costs and effectiveness of various types of NBS. We address...

The report provides insights into the potential use of forest-based sector indicator sets in Europe. It builds on the rich experience gained with sectorial indicator tools, and connects to aspects...

This document summarizes the design process, definitions, and algorithmic implementation conducted by the Joint Research Centre to support the development and implementation of a European-wide analysis of forest connectivity. The analysis scheme...

Large scale mapping of ecosystem services and functions (ES) is an important tool for researchers and policy makers to inform nature management and policies but it relies mainly on ES...

With agricultural areas covering almost half of Europe’s land, proper management of agro-ecosystems is key to achieve the European Union’s environmental and climate objectives. This requires spatially explicit...

Forest biomass is a relevant source of energy and material for the European bioeconomy. The JRC Biomass Assessment Study recognized the need for an up-to-date, harmonized and spatially-explicit estimate of the biomass stock...

Scenarios describe plausible and internally consistent views of the future. They can be used by scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to explore the challenges of global environmental change given...

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (SEEA AFF) offers the possibility to assess and report detailed accounts for primary industries while establishing important linkages...

Multifunctionality refers to the capacity of an area to supplymultiple ecosystemfunctions or services. Whilemany conceptual andmethodological advances have focused on defining and quantifying multifunctionality, the challenge of dealing with cross-scale dynamics...

The concept of a circular economy (CE) is gaining increasing attention from policy makers, industry, and academia. There is a rapidly evolving debate on definitions, limitations, the contribution to a wider sustainability...