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RSSThe European Commission, Indonesia, and Malaysia agree to set up a Joint Task Force to strengthen the cooperation for the Implementation of EU’s Deforestation Regulation.
The Director-General for the Environment of the European Commission, Ms Florika Fink-Hooijer, visited Jakarta from 24 to 27 June 2023 to strengthen European Union (EU)-Indonesia cooperation on environmental matters.
![New research explores how ‘green infrastructure’ policy is applied in Sweden](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1482_shutterstock_218507491.jpg?itok=Quo8N5wr)
Issue 603: Researchers have explored the creation and implications of Sweden’s ‘green infrastructure’ policy, an approach identified by the European Commission as a potential strategy to protect biodiversity and create healthy, resilient ecosystems.
![Increase in reduced-snowmelt drought in the Alps affects downstream water flow patterns](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1484_shutterstock_2206771717.jpg?itok=VcFcFyhh)
Issue 603: Droughts in catchment areas in the Alps affect several major European rivers. This study reports that drops in snowmelt are causing drought to become more common, affecting the timing and characteristics of water shortages downstream.
![Call for better management of coastal sand mining to halt ‘dire’ consequences](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1492_shutterstock_2144326359.jpg?itok=SLENZjMw)
Issue 603: Sand mining in coastal environments brings huge environmental, social and economic impacts. A study discusses how best to manage these impacts, recommending ‘sand rights’ and use of alternative aggregates and techniques in construction.
![Smart farming - Ferme du Plein Air](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-044764/00-28.jpg?itok=hWqOmfDv)
Today, new requirements for the safe reuse of treated wastewater in agricultural irrigation become the norm across most of the European Union.
At a Hidria factory – one of Slovenia’s largest automotive corporations – LIFE HIDAQUA is recycling industrial wastewater.
![Brown bear with cub in front of trees](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-05/Sme%C4%91i%20medvjed%20%28Ursus%20arctos%29%20Marko%20Matesic.jpg?itok=L8Pj6s2R)
EU Platform members will participate in an event on Co-existence of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe organised jointly between the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside and the Committee of the Regions’ Commission for Natural Resources and the CoR.
![Seagrass services lost in Gulf of Gabes](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1460_shutterstock_1010697697.jpg?itok=uEyTIbH9)
Issue 602: An international study assessed the range of Posidonia oceanica (seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean), and associated ecosystem services lost, due to a 90% loss of the seagrass habitat resulting from industrial pollution.
![Flooded landscape depicting road signs and trees.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1468_shutterstock_430996282.jpg?itok=SDUbK8I2)
Issue 602: Flooding - the most expensive natural hazard in Europe - is forecast to worsen in the future due to climatic and socio-economic changes.