News & Events

On the 8th of June 2010 the IES launched its new brochure: ‘Science for the environment’. The brochure gives an insight into many activities and achievements of the JRC’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability over the past two ...

The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute SMHI and the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE are increasing their joint monitoring of the state of the environment in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Proper and the Kattegat. A TransAtlantic ...

In 2010, proclaimed the ‘International Year of Biodiversity’ by the United Nations, tropical forests are no less endangered than before. Though in some regions, forests are certainly recovering, deforestation and woodland degradation continue ...

Political decisions are among the main driving forces that influence the survival of biodiversity. They have a direct impact on decisions in key areas of man’s interaction with nature and the countryside, e.g. through agriculture, traffic or ...

The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Aarhus University, has launched the status of 2,702 species of Danish insects, fish, mammals, fungi, lichens and vascular plants in total. The results indicate that 99 species have become ...

The revision of the Danish Red List, which was initiated in 2003, has now been completed. The status for the species examined shows that approx. every four of the species on which adequate data exists is categorised as threatened to a higher or ...

A cocktail of industrial chemicals damages the bones and organs of polar bears, their immune system and their reproduction. However, the extent of the detrimental effects remains unknown, concludes senior scientist Christian Sonne, National ...

On the 4th of May 2010, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science M. Geoghegan-Quinn launched the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region at the European Parliament. This IES’ SOIL Action’s publication is the first ...

The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) has initiated a coordinated global campaign to gather and share information on biodiversity, provide tools for data integration and analysis, and contribute to improved ...

Giovanni Bidoglio, JRC - IES's Head of Unit for Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources will hold a presentation at the Green Week event in Brussels. The session 'Filling the knowledge gaps' will help to clarify by different speakers how research can ...