Agriculture
The French pesticides buyers club
Saturday 06 July 2019 |
VoxEurop Mediapart dug into newly released data from the French Agency for Biodiversity to understand where pesticides end up in France at a local level.
Free trade as a scapesheep
in depth
Wednesday 20 March 2019 |
Valentina Vivona | OBC Transeuropa
Romania has emerged as one of the targets of dairy farmers' protests in Sardinia. But the figures show that Romanian exports are not to blame for the sheep milk crisis.
Estimates of agricultural support
Tuesday 20 August 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques How are agricultural policies evolving in Europe?
Marine protected areas (Protected Planet)
Monday 02 September 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques The oceans occupy more than 70% of the Earth's surface and abound in extremely diverse ecosystems. The Protected Planet website covers more than 15,000 marine protected areas around the world.
Animal production in Europe (Eurostat)
Thursday 11 July 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques How has animal production in Europe evolved over the past several decades?
Droughts in Europe (Copernicus)
Tuesday 27 August 2019 |
OBC Transeuropa The European Drought Observatory gathers and publishes data and maps on past, current and forecasted drought phenomena in Europe.
Italy says no to the largest protected area in the Mediterranean
in depth
Monday 04 November 2019 |
Stefano Valentino | VoxEurop
MobileReporter
A ban on trawling in reproduction areas brings fish stocks back to healthy levels. However, the Italian government is holding back impact assessments, forcing the European Commission to remove restrictions in the Strait of Otranto from the current Mediterranean plan.
EU promotes meat, despite climate goals
in depth
Wednesday 13 March 2019 |
Peter Teffer | EUobserver
Meat and dairy are emissions-intensive when compared to vegetables and fruit, with carnivore diets leading to roughly double the amount of a vegetarian's greenhouse gas emissions.
Organic farming is on the march in Europe
Wednesday 28 August 2019 |
Céline Mouzon | Alternatives Economiques
Rising demand, falling meat consumption: organic food is on a roll, and for good reason. An overview on production, distribution and consumption of organic goods in Europe, and on their environmental impact.
The EU and Italy ban fishing in the most important protected habitats, but not without delay
Thursday 11 July 2019 |
Stefano Valentino | VoxEurop
The EU obliges Mediterranean countries, Italy in particular, to ban fishing in three important fish reserves in the Strait of Sicily, as recommended by the FAO in 2016. The NGO Oceana is publishing the names of vessels suspected of ignoring the ban.
