Understanding the full value of biodiversity loss- May 29, 2008 Accounting for all the benefits we gain from ecosystems is an effective way of measuring how biodiversity loss affects our well-being and quality of life. The European Environment Agency is feeding into the debate on the 'economics of ecosystems and biodiversity' with an extensive study on 'Ecosystems accounts for Mediterranean wetlands'.http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/understanding-the-full-value-of-biodiversity-loss EEA Briefing 22008 - Ecosystem services - acoounting for what matters- May 28, 2008 Ecosystem and their services underpin our economic activities, quality of life and social cohesion, but environment, economy and society are unequal partners - for while there are environments without economies and societies, there are no economies and societies without environment.http://reports.eea.europa.eu/briefing_2008_2 Europe cannot halt the loss of biodiversity without sustainable use of forests- May 22, 2008 Forests are home to a large number of the plant and animal species and therefore closely linked to the overall state of biodiversity in Europe. On the World Biodiversity Day, 22 May, the European Environment Agency draws attention to the growing demand for forest resources, including for bioenergy, which will exert greater pressures on forest biodiversity.http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/europe-cannot-halt-the-loss-of-biodiversity-without-su... European forests - ecosystem conditions and sustainable use- May 22, 2008 Despite political commitment, Europe is struggling to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Forests, as the hosts of much of the biological diversity in Europe, are vital to this debate. Any initiative designed to halt the biodiversity loss in Europe must take forests into account.http://reports.eea.europa.eu/eea_report_2008_3 More EU Member States to miss 2010 air pollutant limits- May 19, 2008 A preliminary analysis of data reported under the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive) by Member States at the end of 2007 indicates that more countries anticipate missing one or more of their legally-binding 2010 emission ceilings compared to last year.http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/more-eu-member-states-to-miss-2010-air-pollutant-limit... Air pollution from electricity-generating large combustion plants- May 4, 2008 This report presents the results of a study that assesses the theoretical potential to reduce air emissions of SO2 and NOX that might have occurred had the best available techniques (BAT) (3) and associated emission levels (AELs), as described in the large combustion plant best available techniques reference document (4) (LCP BREF), been fully introduced in a set of electricity-generating large combustion plants (LCP) within the European Union (EU-25) in 2004.http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2008_4 |