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PRELUDE - interactive land use scenarios - officially launched

PRELUDE, an EEA scenarios study that explores future European landscapes, has been officially launched in Brussels and on the EEA website.

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Europe’s land cover on DVD

The Corine Land Cover 2000 (CLC 2000) database, which offers borderless information on land cover and land cover changes over the past decade, is now out on DVD.

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New-look EEA website improves accessibility

Today the European Environment Agency unveils a new-look website offering users better functionality and improved accessibility.

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Agency passes eco-management test with flying colours

The European Environment Agency has successfully passed the EU's Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) for the second consecutive year. The annual external audit concluded that the EEA passed with zero deviations.

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Asia and Europe — cooperating on climate change

Closer, more effective cooperation in tackling global climate change will be one of the topics under discussion today as the EEA hosts a panel discussion amongst Asian and European experts in climate change policy.

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EU greenhouse gas emissions drop in 2005

Emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases (GHG) decreased between 2004 and 2005, according to preliminary data from a forthcoming EEA report. The report, 'Annual European Community greenhouse gas inventory 1990-2005 and inventory report 2007', was submitted to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the European Community’s official submission on 14 April. It will be officially launched in mid-June 2007.

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New water information system for Europe (WISE) unveiled

WISE (Water Information System for Europe) — a new interactive Internet tool that informs Europe’s citizens about water quality and EU water policy — was jointly released by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA) today at the European Water Conference 2007 in Brussels.

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CIFAS: Good farming leads to a better environment

Developing farm advisory services to help farmers protect the environment is a key purpose of the CIFAS project, the results of which will be discussed at a seminar in the European Parliament today. 'Farmers now play an important role in managing environmental resources. They have an increasing number of environmental standards to meet and it’s important to explain clearly what their obligations are and how they might meet them,' said Jeff Huntington, Head of the Environmental Assessment programme at the EEA.

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EEA welcomes the Stern review

The Stern review, a UK government report, suggests that the cost of climate change will be enormous if we do not take strong global action now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Sustainable use of forests is a must for halting biodiversity loss

Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, warned EU ministers of increasing demands on Europe's forest resources. She recommended a management approach taking into account the wide range of services provided by forests.

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