This report explores in detail material flows in the economy which have a possible influence on the environment. It attempts to define the parameters that need to be taken into account to steer human development towards ecological sustainability. The report proposes a measure for resource...

Scenarios can be useful tools in international environmental assessments for evaluating future environmental problems, and this report is intended to contribute to improving scenario-building and analysis for decision-makers. It proposes a step-wise approach to scenario development and draws on...

Assessing the effects of EU environmental legislation, and whether specific measures have actually been effective in delivering expected results, is an essential task, yet one that is not always carried out. The REM report examines this issue and tries to respond to a set of questions on why,...

This publication reports on a workshop held in March 2001 to discuss how environmental assessments can be conducted more effectively. The Copenhagen workshop focussed on the issues of participation, science and governance, and scope. It was co-organized by the Global Environmental Assessment...

Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

he following report, carried out with the support of Garrigues & Andersen, is an in-depth study of the reporting obligations outlined in the framework of the Barcelona Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution (Barcelona Convention). The report is one of three that...

This report is part of the project undertaken with the participation of the firm Garrigues and Andersen to carry out for the European Environment Agency (EEA) the study of the reporting obligations in the framework of environmental conventions and provide support to international activities,...

The assessment of potential losses of agricultural fertilizers to waters require prior calculation of nutrient balance (surplus). This study shows how the use of CORINE land cover allows calculating comparable surplus values at the river catchment level, despite heterogeneity and high degree of...