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Nature and biodiversity - Publications (48)
RSSDocuments for mid-term review of 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP)
Download links for the EU's mid-term review of the 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP).
Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the EU at the Bern Convention
Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the EU at the Bern Convention
European redlist of medicinal plants
This Red List publication summarises results for the selected European medicinal plants.
The status and distribution of European mammals
The European Mammal Assessment (EMA) is the first review of the conservation status of all wild mammals in Europe according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level.
Pollinators on the edge : our European hoverflies : the European red list of hoverflies
This European Red List provides a summary of the conservation status of the European species of hoverflies, evaluated according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (2012a) and IUCN’s global (IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee, 2022) and regional (IUCN, 2012b) guidelines.
Guidelines for Defining, Mapping, Monitoring and Strictly Protecting EU Primary and Old-Growth Forests
The guidelines for Defining, Mapping, Monitoring and Strictly Protecting EU Primary and Old-Growth Forests provide practical guidance to national policy- and decision-makers that will allow them to effectively identify and protect remaining primary and old-growth forest in the EU.
Guidelines on Biodiversity-Friendly Afforestation, Reforestation and Tree Planting
These guidelines provide a set of practical recommendations to support authorities, forest and landowners, and managers and civil society to better implement biodiversity-friendly afforestation, reforestation and tree-planting projects.
FUTURE BRIEF: Nanoplastics: state of knowledge and environmental and human health impacts – Issue 27
This Future Brief presents the current science on nanoplastics: their detection, assessment and monitoring; their impacts in the environment, ecotoxicity, and environmental fate; and their potential impacts on human health.
A new deal for pollinators
Revision of the EU Pollinators Initiative - A new deal for pollinators
European Red List of insect taxonomists
Insects play a significant role in the functioning of healthy ecosystems and human well-being. By providing vital services such as pollination, matter decomposition, and bio-control, they greatly influence the living world.