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What does Farm to Fork strategy mean?

The Farm to Fork strategy is part of the green deal and aims to address the challenges of producing and consuming food in a sustainable way. The Farm to Fork strategy addresses four key areas of supply chain management in the food industry: production, practices, consumption, and waste. Within this, it presents ideas on how to achieve better management of the four key topics, such as how future diets will need to change, and how mandatory labelling could become the norm where front-of-pack nutritional information as well as origin indication are required.

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Directive (EC) No 2009/128 on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides—snapshot

Directive (EC) No 2009/128 on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides—snapshot Title Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework of Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides Entry into force 25 November 2009 Transposition deadline 26 November 2011 Subject Sustainable use of pesticides Purpose and scope The aim of Directive (EC) No 2009/128 (the Sustainable Use Directive) is to ensure the sustainable use of pesticides in the EU, and to reduce the risks and impacts on human health and the environment associated with their use. It also promotes the use of a particular set of methods for controlling pests without chemical input—an approach known as Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The term ‘pesticides’ for the purposes of the Sustainable Use Directive covers both plant protection products (PPPs) as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (the EU PPP Regulation) and biocides as defined under Regulation (EC) No 528/2012 (the Biocidal Products Regulation). The EU produced a Thematic Strategy on the...

EU environment tracker 2024—nature and biodiversity

EU environment tracker 2024—nature and biodiversity This tracker tool tracks and summarises key 2024 EU legislation linked to nature conservation, restoration, and protection measures and biodiversity recovery. It also summarises the main strategies, roadmaps and/or policy measures linked to and driving these changes. The main developments in this area are being driven by the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, published on 20 May 2020, alongside linked initiatives introduced in the EU Forest Strategy and the EU Soil Strategy. The key objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, and the legislation being developed pursuant to it, include: • establish legally protected areas to cover at least 30% of land and 30% of sea within the EU • integrate ecological corridors and protected areas to establish a true Trans-European Nature Network • introduce mandatory nature restoration targets • restore at least 25,000 km of EU rivers to a free flowing state to enhance freshwater ecosystems • reduce the use and risk of pesticides by 50% by 2030 The tracker is divided into the...

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Frans Timmermans responsible for European Green Deal policy, resigns

The European Commission has announced that the Executive Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, has resigned as Member of the Commission, following his decision to be a candidate in the forthcoming general election campaign in the Netherlands. Timmermans was responsible for developing the European Green Deal to push Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has now assigned the role of Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal to Vice-President, Maroš Šefčovič. She has also momentarily assigned the portfolio responsibility for Climate Action Policy to Šefčovič until a new Member of the Commission of Dutch nationality is appointed

Environment weekly highlights—6 July 2023

This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes analysis on the impact of advised emissions, the deposit return scheme, the ISSB sustainability-related disclosure standards, what’s changed under the revamp of the OECD guidelines, and the case for an Environmental Rights Bill. In addition, this week, three Highly Protected Marine Areas came into effect, DESNZ published GHG emissions statistics for 2005–21, and the NAO evaluated Defra's progress on waste reforms. Further, Defra published guidance on local nature recovery strategies, LSE published a new report on global trends in climate change litigation and the Commission adopted a package for sustainable plant and soil usage.

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