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FN:s konferens om miljö och utveckling 1992 innebar ett stort steg framåt för bevarandet av den biologiska mångfalden och naturskyddet tack vare antagandet av konventionen om biologisk mångfald. EU åtog sig 2011 att senast 2020 hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald och försämringen av ekosystemtjänster i EU. Andra mål som anges i livsmiljödirektivet eller konventionen om internationell handel med utrotningshotade arter av vilda djur och växter (Cites-konventionen) har ännu inte uppfyllts. Sedan 1992 ...

This study explains how threats to soils and soil services are linked to agricultural soil management, how threats can be mitigated, and which barriers complicate this. It highlights trade-offs and synergies that exist between different interests affected by soil management, such as climate change mitigation, water and air quality, biodiversity, food security and farm income. Conservation of peatland and extensive agro-forestry systems, and protecting soils against sealing, erosion and compaction ...

Inom ramen för Stoaprojektet ”Tekniska alternativ för att ge mat åt tio miljarder människor” analyseras i denna rapport hur principer, metoder och teknik för jordbruksförvaltning, bl.a. växtförädling, skulle kunna göra det möjligt att intensifiera växtodlingen på ett hållbart sätt i syfte att öka livsmedelsproduktionen och stödja livsmedelsförsörjningen. Hållbar intensifiering syftar till att producera mer mat på samma markyta under sociala och ekonomiskt gynnsamma förhållanden, samtidigt som miljöpåverkan ...

Vatten är en central naturresurs som ingår både i EU:s politik för resurseffektivitet och i FN:s globala politiska ramar. Både vattnets kvalitet och kvantitet har stor betydelse för en hållbar förvaltning av denna naturresurs. Jordbruket är beroende av många naturresurser, bland annat vatten. Klimatförändringarna förväntas öka trycket på både vattnet och jordbrukssektorn, eftersom de allt frekventare och allvarligare torkperioderna och översvämningarna får konsekvenser för jordbruksmarkerna och tvingar ...

Currently, the world's population uses more natural resources than the Earth can sustainably provide…

Agriculture plays an important role in the provision of a wide range of public goods in Europe, particularly regarding the environment and rural vitality. Appropriate policies are required to secure adequate provision in future. The Common Agricultural Policy potentially has a key role. This report examines some of the issues involved in reorienting the CAP for this purpose and proposes how it could be modified to contribute to the provision of public goods more effectively in the future.

Soil degradation is a natural process accelerated by human activities and involves both the physical loss (erosion) and the reduction in quality of topsoil associated with nutrient decline and contamination. It has been caused by a number of factors many of which are tied to human development as deforestation, overexploitation, overgrazing, and industrialization. They have both localised and widespread impacts and affect soil quality for agriculture. This study aims to present the current situation ...

Executive summary This report sets out to provide an integrated picture of land degradation issues and actions within the EU. Findings from literature, academic research and policy analysis are brought together within this study, in order to explain: the extent of degradation to date in Europe and globally; the drivers and pressures leading to this; the impacts of degradation both directly upon the land and indirectly in relation to inter alia water resources, climate change, food production, biodiversity ...

The current Commission proposal concerning "The placing on the market of plant protection products", updating Directive 91/414, and the E. Parliament first reading decision contain the 'cut-off' or exclusion criteria which, if adopted would have a devastating effect on farmers’ ability to grow a significant number of products. They do not recognise the critical importance of pesticides in controlling and eliminating crop diseases and pests and in increasing crop yields across the EU. The aim of ...

This note analyzes the impacts of biofuels on the environment and on food security in Brazil. The Brazilian biofuels industry is a world leader and currently 40% of vehicle come from ethanol from cane. Since 1990 over 42 M Ha of Brazilian forest have been lost but it cannot be on account of biofuel. In other hand, there is little evidence that biofuels cause hunger: prices of most food in Brazil have been falling compared to the general price since 1994. In addition, the biofuel industry provides ...