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The International Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution has agreed on a draft that will be the basis for further negotiations in April.
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The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law.
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The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on waste shipments.
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Thanks to the programme's co-funding requirements, it will mobilise a total investment of more than €722 million.
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'The Road to Green' looks into the issue of air pollution in European cities and tracks down potential solutions.
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The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement just reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Nature Restoration Law.
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Issue 612: This study explores participatory fire-management strategies, including landscape values from experts and local people, to strengthen wildfire-prone regions by creating resilient landscapes that protect ecological and social functions.
![Marine plastic: new method for choosing the best clean-up technologies](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/NA1511_shutterstock_1843797844.jpg?itok=5CPN69Dp)
Issue 612: Researchers have developed a framework for evaluating technologies that reduce marine plastic pollution.
![Researchers find landscape features around reserves are key to increasing freshwater-reliant species diversity](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/NA1515_shutterstock_2273011947.jpg?itok=qgsGsdis)
Issue 612: Species that rely on freshwater habitat are declining in Europe. This study finds that biodiversity within smaller sites in the European Natura 2000 network is highly impacted by the land use of surrounding areas.
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This new roadmap will ensure the effective implementation of the Forest Partnership.