Books written by European Environment Agency

The State of Action to Protect the Environment in Europe

The State of Action to Protect the Environment in Europe
An Indicator-based Approach to Assessing the Environmental Performance of European Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture: Scoping Study

Twenty-nine of these are being recommended for inclusion in a core set of indicators on fisheries and aquaculture for coastal and marine as well as inland waters.
Nature Conservation Sites Designated in Application of International Instruments at Pan-European Level

Nature Conservation Sites Designated in Application of International Instruments at Pan-European Level
Tropospheric Ozone in the European Union: The Consolidated Report

Recoge: 1.Introduction - 2.Tropospheric ozone: background information - 3.Sources of ozone precursors - 4.The current ozone directive and other relevant legislation - 5.Information reported to the commission under council directive...
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): The Significance of Gene Flow Through Pollen Transfer : a Review and Interpretation of Published Literature...

This report, written for the EEA by experts from the European Science Foundation, considers the significance of the transfer by pollen of genes from six major genetically modified (GM) crop...
Environmental Taxes: Implementation and Environmental Effectiveness

Environmental Taxes: Implementation and Environmental Effectiveness
Agriculture and Environment in EU-15: The IRENA Indicator Report

Recoge: 1. Introduction to the IRENA operation - 2. Agri-environmental indicators - 3. General trends in EU-15 agriculture - 4. Agricultural water use - 5. Agricultural input use and the...
Agriculture and the Environment in the EU Accession Countries: Implications of Applying the EU Common Agricultural Policy

This report follows key policy questions that provide an insight into the relationship between agriculture and environment in the accession countries. It covers agricultural characteristics, trends and changes, effect on...
Integration of Environment Into EU Agriculture Policy: The IRENA Indicator-based Assessment Report

This report aims to provide a fair reflection of the progress, the achievements and obstacles in the integration of environmental concerns into EU agriculture policy, based on indicators developed in...
Late Lessons from Early Warnings: Science, Precaution, Innovation

Late Lessons from Early Warnings: Science, Precaution, Innovation
Climate-ADAPT: How Europe is Adapting to Climate Change : 10 Case Studies

Climate-ADAPT: How Europe is Adapting to Climate Change : 10 Case Studies
Urban Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Cities Together with Supportive National and European Policies

Climate change leading to higher temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and sea level rise, is a reality in Europe. Climate change mitigation measures will limit the magnitude and rate of related...
Environment in the European Union at the Turn of the Century

"Despite more than 25 years of Community Environmental Policy - which has been successful in its own terms - general environmental quality in the European Union is not recovering significantly,...
European Forests: Ecosystem Conditions and Sustainable Use

Despite political commitment, Europe is struggling to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Forests, as the hosts of much of the biological diversity in Europe, are vital to this...
Sustainable Use and Management of Natural Resources

This reports focuses on a handful of natural resources: fisheries, forestry, water, fossil fuels, metals and construction minerals, and land use. It examines the driving forces of resource consumption: population...
Using the Market for Cost-effective Environmental Policy: Market-based Instruments in Europe

This report presents an assessment of the main and most recent developments in the use of market-based instruments in European environmental policy. The report covers a range of instruments which...
Europe's Ecological Backbone: Recognising the True Value of Our Mountains

"The present report delineates Europe's mountain areas according to topography and altitude criteria, based on data from digital elevation models. For the purposes of this study, 36 % of Europe's...
Scaling Up Ecosystem Benefits: A Contribution to The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Study

The present report analyses options for scaling up existing estimates of ecosystem service values to larger geographical scales. It also presents a case study of wetlands at the European level...
The State of the European Arctic Environment

Recoge: 1. Introduction - 2. Geophysical characteristics - 3. Biota of the European Arctic - 4. Human activities and impacts -5. The environmental status - 6. State of action and...