In 2017, the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission commissioned a study with the objective of acquiring robust evidence, information and understanding on the wildlife-security nexus in sub-Saharan Africa, in order for the Commission to engag...
Europe is blessed with a rich diversity of flora and fauna, many of which are unique. This natural wealth provides us with clean air and water, productive soils as well as energy and natural resources for economic and social development. Such healthy ecosystems help mitigate the impacts of clima...
This report highlights Asia's great natural capital and provides valuable information and analysis in support of a strategic approach to halting environmental degradation and biodiversity loss in the region. As its title suggests, the problem extends far beyond the survival of iconic animals suc...
Many animal and plant species are seriously threatened by urban sprawl, intensive agriculture, pollution, invasive species and climate change resulting from human activities. According to experts, the global environmental commons of land, ocean, atmosphere and biosphere, essential to humankind, ...
The Knowledge Innovation Project on an Integrated system of Natural Capital and ecosystem services Accounting (KIP INCA) aims to work in line with the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting- Experimental Ecosystem Accounts (SEEA EEA) and also to propose how the approaches to accounting c...
We find the symbolic connection between the life of a tree and the life of a human being in all European cultures. This anthology offers a fresh perspective on that connection, through poetry and prose from all European Union Member States. The texts are illustrated with children’s drawings that...
Since the early 2000s the world has seen an alarming surge in poaching and trafficking of protected flora and fauna species. These crimes impact not just biodiversity; they also undermine the rule of law, affect economies through loss of revenues, endanger the physical and food security of local...
In addition to the supply of wood, forests provide many services to humans in terms of climate regulation (e.g. carbon sequestration), air purification, recreation and tourism, fresh water supply, soil protection, habitat for biodiversity and many others. Options for recreation is one of the cul...
This report is an indicator-based assessment of past and projected climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and society. It also looks at society’s vulnerability to these impacts and at the development of adaptation policies and the underlying knowledge base. This is the fourth ‘Climate chan...
