GEO-6 assessment for the pan-European region

Landscape Urban Plan, 2000

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Europe has strong environmental governance structures and mechanisms in place. In particular, the European Union (EU) has been implementing robust environmental policies over the last four decades. Regular monitoring, reporting and assessment required by legislation is an integral part of EU environmental governance, helping to inform policy makers whether policies are effective, and to identify emerging issues. This concept has already or is being emulated in neighbouring countries and, although to a lesser extent, through the pan-European Environment for Europe ministerial process that was initiated in 1991. Moreover, since the 2002 Earth Summit in Johannesburg, the EU's agenda has been increasingly oriented to external multilateral policies.

… Impact Assessment of …, 2008

Cross-cutting environmental, social and economic changes may have harsh impacts on sensitive regions. To address sustainability issues by governmental policy measures properly, the geographical delineation of sensitive 472 Oliver Dilly et al.

Global Solutions, 2013

In order to design TESS, it was necessary to determine how and what information is utilized across Europe when decisions affecting the environment are made at present, and which systems now in place appear to be working in terms of environmental protection and conservation. The authors used a Pan-European survey to determine not only which systems are currently in place but also what further information is needed by national and local governments as well as stakeholders. Results from this survey, together with published information from previous projects, the European Union and the United Nations, were collated into a database for further analysis. Here, the authors describe both the Pan-European survey methodology and also the database.

Journal of International Business Environment, 2004

During the next few years the focus of present and potential future members of the EU will be very much on the EU enlargement process, and in particular on the field of environment. The applicant countries are already in the process of developing their environmental accession strategies and work programs. Additional resources for required investments are being mobilized and the dialogue between the accession countries and the EU is expanding rapidly. How does the EU enlargement process then fit into the "Environment for Europe" process? This is certainly an important new dimension of pan-European environmental co-operation. All dynamic processes need to continuously adapt themselves to new realities and look for new focuses and opportunities. Let me elaborate some opportunities and challenges for the "Environment for Europe" process in this light.

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Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities, 2013

In many of the areas presently occupied by European cities, settlements were formed already in Neolithic times, when the continent was colonized by agri culturalists (9500 B.C. onwards). The re-colonization of European plants and animals after the last Ice Age, which covered large areas of Europe, was not completed before human infl uence began to cause local disturbances, meaning that the native biodiversity has evolved under human infl uence. The long history of urban development in Europe, and the location of cities in fertile river valleys, are at least two reasons of why many European cities are often characterized by higher species richness of plants and animals than some of the surrounding rural areas. The long history of co-evolution may be a particular factor explaining why European plants and animals worldwide tend to successfully establish in areas with dense human population.