biodiversity
Organisations invited to enter Natura 2000 Award
The European Commission has launched the 2022 edition of the European Natura 2000 Award. The award, now in its sixth...
biodiversity
The European Commission has launched the 2022 edition of the European Natura 2000 Award. The award, now in its sixth...
CAP / Schemes
The trilogue between the European Parliament, the European Commission and the agriculture ministers in the Council of the EU has...
biodiversity
The alarming decline of insects that pollinate crops and wild plants “puts food security at risk”, the European Commission has...
Agri-Business
State aid rules for agriculture, forestry and rural areas are “broadly fit for purpose” according to an evaluation from the...
biodiversity
The European Commission has published a new methodology for assessing the impacts of trade liberalisation on biodiversity and ecosystems. The...
CAP / Schemes
Direct income support strongly contributes to stabilising farm income, with direct payments, through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and support...
Environment
The European Commission has adopted an “action plan” aimed at tackling pollution in air, soil and water. The “EU Action...
Rural Life
The European Commission has given a favourable opinion on a draft legal act authorising the placing of dried yellow mealworm...
Rural Life
New genomic techniques (NGTs) can promote the sustainability of agricultural production, according to a new study published by the European...
Environment
The European Commission is planning to launch a carbon farming initiative by the end of 2021. This week, the commission...
CAP / Schemes
Pillar I measures under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) can “limit land availability by keeping older farmers in business”, according...
CAP / Schemes
The views of farmers on future environmental programmes are being sought as part of research being brought to the European...
Environment
Small farms can either convert to producing organically in the future “or they disappear from the market”, as is the...
Environment
Countries with under 3% of their agricultural lands under organic production will struggle to meet EU targets for the sector,...
Environment
The European Commission has today (Thursday, March 25) presented an action plan for the development of organic production. The action...
Rural Life
Following International Day of Forests last Sunday (March 21), the European Commission has published new guidelines to facilitate a better...
Rural Life
Farming ‘shapes and maintains the rural landscape and protects natural resources’ for 84% of the respondents to a European-wide survey....
Agri Politics
The finding from the EU Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly – that the European Commission’s failure to carry out a sustainability impact...