Whether in the area of high sulphur dioxideconcentration, lead emissions or waste water1, environmental legislation in the European Community and the Member States has made decisive progress during the last 30 years. Much still needs to be done however, if we are to pass on a healthy...

No-one doubts that industrial activity is essential for the economy, citizensu0092 wellbeing and maintenance of employment. However, data from the European Environment Agency1 show that the state of the environment continues to deteriorate in various fields. Despite remarkable progress made in...

This is the seventh u0093Forest Fires in Europeu0094 report published by the European Commission. The report is normally published in summer of the following year in order to allow the different countries to compile official statistics of the fire season regarding the total number of forest...

The Forest Fires in Europe 2005 report is an edition of the information reported by the Member States with the statistics and analysis of the fire season of 2005. It also includes the information produced by the European Forest Fire Information System regarding the Fire Danger Forecast in Europe...

The present second report on forest fires in Southern Europe builds upon statistical data provided by the Member States, i.e. data for the burnt area and numbers of forest fires occurred in the period 1980 to 2001. Its objective is to provide an overview on the latest evolution of forest fires...