Nature and biodiversity - Publications

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.

Revision of the EU Pollinators Initiative - A new deal for pollinators

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.

Questions and Answers about biodiversity loss, nature protection, and the EU strategy for nature, in the context of the COP15 global biodiversity conference.

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 calls for developing an EU-wide methodology to map, assess and achieve good condition of ecosystems, so they can deliver benefits to society through the provision of ecosystem services.

The European Red List of Birds is a review of the regional extinction risk of all 544 species of birds occurring regularly and naturally in Europe.

Nature Restoration Law - For people, climate, and planet

Factsheet on biodiversity and resilience accompanying the proposal for a EU nature restoration law.

Commission proposal for a Nature Restoration Law.