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An assessment report on the sustainable management of plastic waste exported from the EU to Türkiye.

Q&A on Directive (EU) 2024/1785 amending Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.

A Commission report on the assessment of the appropriateness of revising the targets for recycling efficiency and recovery of materials set out in Parts B and C of Annex XII to Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.

A study with a First Nations community in Canada showed how principles such as reciprocity and responsibility could be foregrounded in kelp farming and harvesting. This lays the groundwork for indigenous involvement in these industries and offers new thinking to the broader Blue Economy.

Floods greatly change river ecosystems, but some habitats shield species from the worst effects. Scientists studied stretches of 10 Swiss rivers with different levels of human modification, finding a broader range of habitats and more safe havens where restoration recreated natural river dynamics.

Urban estuaries are being increasingly contaminated by pathogens. A review explores their key sources, transmission pathways, and the environmental and human-related factors influencing their persistence, also assessing the strengths and weaknesses of current monitoring and risk assessment methods.

More people are choosing to live at the edge of natural vegetation, hoping to improve their quality of life. A study of these ‘wildland-urban interfaces’ in the US and Argentina finds that current planning is dominated by wildfire risk, and proposes ways to improve the management of these areas.

Italy’s maize bio-based production systems (BBPS) are facing resilience challenges. A study explores how Italian bioeconomy policies address robustness, adaptability and transformability for maize BBPS, assessing how such policies either enable or constrain their resilience into the future.

Agriculture accounts for up to one-third of human-made greenhouse gas emissions. This study of north-central Italian maize farms found that regenerative practices can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining productivity, with implications for policy decisions.