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EEA Briefing 2/2008 - Ecosystem services - accounting for what matters

Progress towards halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010

This report assesses farmland, forests, freshwater ecosystems, marine and coastal systems, wetlands of international importance and mountain ecosystems in order to provide evidence of progress — or lack of progress — towards the 2010 target of halting the loss of biodiversity.

Selected examples of resource efficiency policies, instruments or targets presented in the country profiles

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Water erosion risk. Baseline projection to 2030

Location of areas of high risk(red), moderate risk (orange) and low risk (white)of water erosion.

Water exploitation index (WEI) — in late 1980s/early 1990s (WEI‑90) compared to latest years available (1998 to 2007)

WEI: annual total water abstraction as a percentage of available long-term freshwater resources.

Net land-cover changes 2000–2006 in Europe – total area change in hectares and percentage change

The figure shows the net land-cover changes 2000–2006 in Europe, total area change in hectares and percentage change.

Development of municipal waste management in the EU-27, 1995–2010

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Pressure intensity (unit pressure per Euro spent) of household consumption categories, 2005

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Priority resources by a broad category

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Forest harvesting intensity in Europe

Changing area of farmland

Areas of grass and fodder, food crops and biofuel crops trends for 1980, 2005 and 2030. Forested areas are also added as a comparison.

Conversion of regional ecosystems (biomes)

The bars show, for each biome, the fraction of potential area lost by 1950 (pale blue), lost between 1950 and 1990 (blue) and the projected loss by 2050 (dark blue).

Growth in the Productivity of Labour, Energy and Materials in the EU

This figure shows the development of labour productivity, energy productivity and materials productivity in the EU

Human use of terrestrial ecosystems

Human appropriation of net primary production in percentage

Key facts on Europe's forests

Statistics of key forest resource indicators

The Earth’s biomes and loss of species diversity

The map: Locating biomes (or regional ecosystems) throughout the world. The graph: The bars compare the impacted states of selected biomes (or regional ecosystems) at various historical dates and projected 2050. These impacts are expressed using the Mean species abundance (MSA) indicator.

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

Environmental indicator report 2013

Natural resources and human well-being in a green economy. This report extends the analysis of the green economy, focusing on the environmental pressures associated with resource use patterns and their impact on human health and well-being. Mapping the diverse connections between environmental change and human health impacts involves considerable conceptual complexities, and relies on a relatively fragmented evidence base.

EEA Signals 2011 - Globalisation, environment and you

The European Environment Agency (EEA) publishes Signals each year, providing snapshot stories on issues of interest to the environmental policy debate and the wider public in the coming year.