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Links between environmental challenges — SOER synthesis chapter 6: Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Synthesis › The European environment – state and outlook 2010: Synthesis
Future environmental priorities: some reflections — SOER synthesis chapter 8: Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Synthesis › The European environment – state and outlook 2010: Synthesis
Green infrastructure and territorial cohesion: The concept of green infrastructure and its integration into policies using monitoring systems
Located in Publications
10 messages for 2010 — freshwater ecosystems: Freshwater ecosystems in Europe are rich in biodiversity but at risk. They provide essential ecosystem services to humans, such as cleaning water, preventing floods, producing food, providing energy and regulating freshwater resources...
Located in Publications
10 messages for 2010 - Forest ecosystems: Short assessment of the status of the European forest ecosystems
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Green tip - the tree: Located in Multimedia centre
10 messages for 2010 — Mountain ecosystems: European mountain regions provide essential ecosystem services for lowlands and host a great diversity of habitats and species, many adapted to specific extreme climatic conditions. Mountain ecosystems are fragile and vulnerable, and face severe threats from land abandonment, intensifying agriculture, impacts of infrastructure development, unsustainable exploitation and climate change.
Located in Publications
Water scarcity and drought events in Europe during the last decade: The map shows the main drought events in Europe in 2002 - 2011
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Water management in Europe faces rising challenges as ecosystems weaken: Water pollution and excessive water use are still harming ecosystems, which are indispensable to Europe’s food, energy, and water supplies. To maintain water ecosystems, farming, planning, energy and transport sectors need to actively engage in managing water within sustainable limits.
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Ecological footprint compared with biocapacity (left), and different components of the footprint (right) in EEA countries, 1961–2006: The ecological footprint is a measure of the area needed to support a population's lifestyle. This includes the consumption of food, fuel, wood, and fibres. Pollution, such as carbon dioxide emissions, is also counted as part of the footprint. Biocapacity measures how biologically productive land is. It is measured in 'global hectares': a hectare with the world average biocapacity. Biologically productive land includes cropland, pasture, forests and fisheries
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs