Monitoring the achievement of policy targets
A comprehensive knowledge of trends in Europe’s biodiversity is a basic foundation for assessing the impact of policies, land use activities and businesses. Over the years ECNC has built up essential knowledge in monitoring and reporting on trends and impacts, and in translating this knowledge into applicable information for policy-making and business decisions at global, European and national levels.
Since the beginning of this millennium the European biodiversity target on halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 has sharpened national and international focus on the status of a range of habitats and species of European importance. The work of this programme has therefore been particularly targeted on helping to drive achievement of the 2010 target.
Briefs on climate change and biosafety
ECNC believes that maintaining resilient ecosystems that can function as a resource for biodiversity, for mitigating climate change and as a source of enjoyment, recreation and economic benefit, is the key to addressing the challenge of climate change for the future of plant, animal and habitat diversity.
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The issue of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is one of the most important ones facing policy makers today. There are strongly held differences of opinion, and so far a lack of consensus between the European Union and the United States. Given the poor state of knowledge on the relation between GMOs and biodiversity, ECNC calls for careful analysis of possible impacts before any major policy decisions are taken to continue with GMOs.
Read ECNC's brief on biosafety >>
State of European Biodiversity Programme Manager: Lawrence Jones-Walters
Since the beginning of this millennium the European biodiversity target on halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 has sharpened national and international focus on the status of a range of habitats and species of European importance. The work of this programme has therefore been particularly targeted on helping to drive achievement of the 2010 target.
Briefs on climate change and biosafety
ECNC believes that maintaining resilient ecosystems that can function as a resource for biodiversity, for mitigating climate change and as a source of enjoyment, recreation and economic benefit, is the key to addressing the challenge of climate change for the future of plant, animal and habitat diversity.
Read ECNC's brief on climate change >>
The issue of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is one of the most important ones facing policy makers today. There are strongly held differences of opinion, and so far a lack of consensus between the European Union and the United States. Given the poor state of knowledge on the relation between GMOs and biodiversity, ECNC calls for careful analysis of possible impacts before any major policy decisions are taken to continue with GMOs.
Read ECNC's brief on biosafety >>
State of European Biodiversity Programme Manager: Lawrence Jones-Walters
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