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Is there a protected area near you? Find out on UN Biodiversity Day: Protected areas cover more than one fifth of the land in the 39 countries working with the European Environment Agency (EEA). On International Biodiversity Day, the EEA encourages Europeans to find out more about their closest nature reserve or national park using a new interactive map.
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Late lessons II Chapter 17 - Ecosystems and managing the dynamics of change: Located in Publications › Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation › Single chapters
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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Water scarcity and drought events in Europe during the last decade: The map shows the main drought events in Europe in 2002 - 2011
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Development of Ecological Footprint and Available Biocapacity per capita in EEA Member Countries: 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
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Turning the urban challenge into an opportunity: Copenhagen, 2 July 2011. Up to 150 mm of rainfall in two hours – a city record since measurements began in the mid-1800s. Homes destroyed. Citizens and emergency services struggled to cope. This is one example of how excessive extreme weather events can affect a European capital – events that are expected more often under climate change.
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Green infrastructure and territorial cohesion: The concept of green infrastructure and its integration into policies using monitoring systems
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Forests, health and climate change: Urban green spaces, forests for cooler cities and healthier people
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CityBEES: In Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, millions of Honey bees are working hard for the city. These busy employees provide not only delicious honey to city people, but a blooming environment in the parks and greens around the capital.
Located in The Environmental Atlas › … › City bees › Video
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