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Having been extirpated from most of Europe during the 18th and 19th Centuries, wolves started to recover in the 1970s and are now present in most of the EU Member States...

Today, the JRC-managed observatory on deforestation and forest degradation goes online – it will help protect and restore world’s forests and ensure that Europeans consume deforestation-free...

World Soil Day 2023: Advancing how soil health is monitored and improved in Europe

This briefing summarises some of the ways in which climate change is impacting Europe’s marine ecosystems. It identifies how various ecosystem features are influenced by climate...

The EEA briefing " How climate change impacts marine life" summarises how increasing levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere are affecting marine...

Born in 2011, the Atlantic Maritime Strategy was the first sea-basin strategy in Europe. With the support of the European Commission, the EU Member States in the Atlantic region (France, Ireland...

The Commission welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Nature Restoration Law. Once adopted and applied in the EU Member States, the law will...

Leading conservation organisations have today announced the launch of a project that aims to generate collaborative solutions to restore ecosystems across Europe. Find out more here....

Published in Nature Communications by JRC and partner scientists from other organisations, this study represents the largest European soil biodiversity assessment. It is based on measured DNA and soil...