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Europe's environment: the third assessment

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Europe's environment: the third assessment

Europe's environment: the third assessment

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Publication Created 11 May 2003 Published 12 May 2003

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Topics: Climate change mitigation , Energy ,

State of the environment report No 3/2003

Europe's environment: the third assessment

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ISBN: 92-9167-574-1

ORDER ID (Catalogue Number): TH-51-03-681-EN-C

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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements [93.9 KB]
Chapter 1: Introduction [64.7 KB]
Chapter 3: Climate change [176.2 KB]
Chapter 4: Stratospheric ozone depletion [75.3 KB]
Chapter 5: Air pollution [1.4 MB]
Chapter 6: Chemicals [675.7 KB]
Chapter 7: Waste generation and management [130.8 KB]
Chapter 8: Water [3.6 MB]
Chapter 9: Soil degradation [899.9 KB]
Chapter 10: Technological and natural hazards [1.7 MB]
Chapter 11: Biological diversity [1.1 MB]
Chapter 12: Environment and human health [1.9 MB]
Chapter 2.0: Material flows [102.8 KB]
Chapter 13: Progress in managing the environment [186.4 KB]
Chapter 14: Information gaps and needs [111.6 KB]
Acronyms and abbreviations [38.3 KB]
Annex I: Country tables of key statistics [83.8 KB]
Annex II: Ratification of multilateral environmental agreements [661.5 KB]
Annex III: Comparisons with other parts of the world [121.1 KB]
Europe's environment: the third assessment [Full report] [12.3 MB]
Chapter 2.1: Energy [109.3 KB]
Chapter 2.2: Industry [86.9 KB]
Chapter 2.3: Agriculture [95.8 KB]
Chapter 2.4: Forestry [401.5 KB]
Chapter 2.5: Fisheries and aquaculture [1.2 MB]
Chapter 2.6: Transport [120.4 KB]
Chapter 2.7: Tourism [92.9 KB]

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Commercial fish stocks outside safe biological limits

Oil spills from tankers Large accidental oil spills from tankers

Political map of Eurasia The map addresses the region covered in Europe's environment: the third assessment 2003 (also called Kiev report).

Locations of major offshore installations Notes: Locations as mentioned in notices to mariners

Main drinking water problems Main drinking water problems identified be national reports

Forest map of Europe Note: Based on remote sensing technologies and forest inventory statistics.

Ecosystem protection against eutrophication Calculated estimate of the distribution of ecosystem protection against further eutrophication in 2000

Soil compaction in Europe Degree and extent of soil compaction in Europe

Median cadmium concentrations in mussels Note: Mussels: Mytilus edulis - North East Atlantic; Mytilus galloprovincialis - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Winter surface concentrations of phophate in sea water Mean winter surface concentrations of phophate (PO4-P) in sea water

Deposition from Chernobyl in Europe Total caesium-137 (nuclear weapons test, Chernobyl, ...)

Spread of the western corn rootworm in Europe A recent invasive American pest on arable land in Europe is the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)

Main threats to biodiversity by biogeographic region

Species richness in Europe Species richness in Europe (vertebrates and vascular plants) in proportion to countries' surface area

Physical map of Eurasia The map addresses the region covered in Europe's environment: the third assessment 2003 (also called Kiev report).

Mean spring-summer concentrations of chlorophyll-like pigments Notes: 'spring-summer' covers from April to September

Ecosystem protection against acidification Calculated estimate of the distribution of ecosystem protection against further acidification in 2000

Winter surface concentrations of nitrates in sea water Mean winter surface concentrations of nitrates (NO3-N+NO2-N) in sea water

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Europe's environment: the third assessment [Summary]

Geographic coverage

Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom

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