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More vegetables, more contact with nature, less food waste - new operating model for day-care centres
12/12/2019, Environment and Health, SYKE
Children like vegetables, fruit, and berries that they have grown and cooked themselves. Day-care centres can reduce their food wastage through long-term cooperation and planning. read more
More reliable information with Product Environmental Footprint
12/12/2019, Environment and Health, SYKE
There are dozens of different environmental labels and ecodesign tools for products in operation in the marketplace. The environmental information on products intended for read more
EU ecosystem services valued at almost €125 billion a year
12/11/2019, JRC
A recent JRC article describes a new method for assessing ecosystem services and their monetary value in the EU, and tracking their changes over time. Based on 2012 data, the read more
New findings reveal a need to optimise the use of phosphorus in agriculture
12/05/2019, JRC
The first continent-wide assessment of the chemical properties of EU soils reveals high levels of phosphorus in agricultural soils. Fertiliser use has an impact on agriculture read more
The wellbeing connection
12/04/2019, Biodiversity and Land Use, UFZ
Soya and beef from South America, timber from Russia, fish from China - in an era of globalisation, central Europe has become a market for animal and plant products from all over read more
How to improve water quality in Europe
12/03/2019, Water, UFZ
Toxic substances from agriculture, industry and households endanger water quality in Europe - and by extension, ecosystems and human health. As part of the SOLUTIONS project, over read more
How soil organic matter composition affects carbon sequestration
11/27/2019, JRC
A recent Nature Geoscience article recommends that carbon sequestration strategies consider the inherent soil carbon capacity and nitrogen availability in ecosystems, as the amount read more
SYKE Policy Brief: Ecological compensation needs to be used to secure biodiversity
11/22/2019, SYKE
In ecological compensation local damage caused by construction or industry is offset by improving biodiversity elsewhere. The principle is that the compensation is paid by the one read more