A new report by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on “Scientific evidence showing the impacts of nature restoration actions on food productivity” has been published recently...

This report is a narrative review of the effects reported in the scientific literature (peer-reviewed and indexed scientific publications showing quantitative evidence) about the relationships between a selection of nature restoration...

The purpose of ecosystem services accounting is to quantify the main transactions from ecosystems to society and economy and to report these transactions into accounting tables that are compatible with the structures and practices used...

In line with the REPowerEU communication and the revised EU rules on renewable energy published today, EU Member States are required to map suitable land and sea areas...

Agri-PV has the potential to be a win-win for renewables, agriculture and other sustainability dimensions. An EU wide Agri-PV definition is needed. A related standard at European level would...

LUCAS Cover photos 2009-2018 over the EU: 874,646 spatially distributed geo-tagged close-up photos with land cover and plant species label.

Sustainably managing land systems is an essential component of the path towards sustainable development: land use is the main driver of biodiversity loss and 23% of total anthropogenic greenhouse...

During the last 30 years, the Common Agricultural Policy has increased the importance given to improving the environmental and climate performance of the European agriculture, as confirmed by the Future CAP...

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which houses about 10% of the Earth’s biodiversity and 16% of the world’s total river discharge into the oceans. However, the Amazon...

Biodiversity is an intangible asset essential for ecosystem function and human wellbeing. The European Union is at the forefront of biodiversity management and policy implementation and has set ambitious strategies to better...