The present report focuses on the state of development of spatial and territorial indicators based on land cover as contribution to the environmental indicator based reporting. The report summarises the joint efforts during 1999-2000 of the European Topic Centre on Land Cover (ETC/LC) and the...

The main problems in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries are the inadequate treatment of urban waste and management of chemicals in contrast to northern countries where efforts should be deployed to overcome the problems raised by use of chemicals and their impacts on environment. In...