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Coastline dynamics in Europe: The map and the graph show the coastal erosion patterns in Europe (2004)
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Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean: The Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution (the Barcelona Convention) was adopted on 16 February 1976 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Coastal States of the Mediterranean Region for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea, held in Barcelona.
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Percentage of the coastal zone within 10 km of the shoreline protected by Natura 2000 sites per NUTS3 region in the EU-27: The highest proportion of coastal zone covered by Natura 2000 sites is located on Germany's Baltic coast, the Baltic States coast, Denmark's western coast, Ireland's north-western coast, France's eastern Atlantic coast, western and south-western of the Iberian Peninsula, coast of Almeria, northern Catalan coast, northern and central Adriatic coast of Italy, western Crete and Thrace (Greece).
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Conservation status of species of European Union interest that are typical of coastal ecosystems, EU-25: -
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Conservation status of species of European Union interest typical of coastal ecosystems in the EU-25: Conservation status of species per biogeographical area in coastal ecosystems.
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Conservation status of coastal habitat types of European Union interest in the EU-25: Conservation status of habitats per biogeographical area in coastal ecosystems
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Impact of coastal erosion on Natura 2000 sites, 2009: -
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Relative change in land cover within 10 km of the coast in 27 European countries * 2000–2006: * including 20 EU Member States, data not available for Greece and the United Kingdom.
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Observed coastal lindane deposition, 2003: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
50 years of protecting Europe's environment: Today the European Union has the most environmentally friendly arsenal of rules in the world and has done more to tackle pressing ecological problems, such as climate change, than any other major power. But it has not always been like this. Caring for the environment did not feature in the Treaty of Rome, the document that gave birth to the modern day EU. Yet environmental problems were never far away. Europe’s love affair with the car was moving into top gear, industry was busy belching out pollutants and raw sewage was being pumped into our rivers and seas.
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