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RT @EUgreenresearch: "Microplastics are everywhere"
Growing awareness of #microplastics in the ground and in freshwater highlights the need to tackle an environmental threat generally associated with #oceans
EU-funded projects are tackling the problem
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#MSCA #MissionSoil #plasticpollution
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1620357669075947520
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Food trade is key to achieving global #food security. 🌍🍎
Internationally traded food makes up 19% of consumed calories worldwide, but what’s the #environmental impact of this trade? 🤔
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1620097187073134594
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Annually, 1.8 Million tons of food waste is produced in 🇭🇺
A third of it comes from households, & nearly half of this waste could be avoided.
Our #LIFEproject FoodWastePrev evolved people's beliefs on food waste, and the results speak for themselves 👉 https://bit.ly/FoodWastePrev
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1620333409737506817
RT @theGSBI: The 3rd GLOBAL SOIL BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE is around the corner🤩
13-15 March 2023, Dublin, Ireland🇮🇪☘️
Get all info you need: https://gsb2023.org/international-scientific-committee/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1620332513427329024
RT @EESC_NAT: 👋Save the date!
🗓️On 16/02 we will discuss:
🌍The EU's current #EcologicalOvershoot
⛽️How to push back against #ResourceDepletion
🍃How to reduce the EU's impact on the #Environment
🇪🇺 #EUGreenDeal #ClimateNeutralEU
👉All info: https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/events/ecological-overshoot
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1620103071203475456
RT @UNCCD: Wetlands are incredibly valuable #ecosystems, providing food and shelter to many endangered species🦎
But they are also fragile: Almost 9⃣0⃣% of wetlands have already disappeared. Ahead of the #WorldWetlandsDay, let's speak up for #wetlands!
https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/ #UNited4Land
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1620081349980991490
RT @VSinkevicius: With the Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting & Restoring 🌎 Forests to discuss the application of our new 🇪🇺 Deforestation Law.
We’ll be sharing technical capacity & experience with our partners to help implement it & also adopt more sustainable agricultural practices.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1620039396576886784
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How is the #LIFEprogramme contributing to a resilient & future-proof food system? 🍎
Through more than 2⃣0⃣0⃣ environmental & #climateaction #LIFEprojects, we've been helping the transition to a food system that is:
⚖️ Fair
🌱 Sustainable
🥗 Healthy
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1620015100513099777
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🆕 Public consultation on the past, present & future of 🇪🇺 Research and Innovation
Share with us your views on #H2020 & #HorizonEU and help us shape the priorities for 2025-2027
#EUHaveYourSay by 23 February 👉http://europa.eu/!7d4BGm
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1619993212348940288
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How strong is your knowledge on old #trees? 🤔🌳
They, along with dying trees and deadwood, play a vital role in the #biodiversity and health of forest #ecosystems!
Find out more in our infographics below ⬇
#EUForests @EU_ENV @UNBiodiversity @IUCN_forests @europeanforest
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1620005068207448065
RT @cinea_EU: 🎉🧮📊
Welcome to the CINEA public #dashboard!
Browse our project and programmes & extract #data for your own use!
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https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/a429734c-ebed-4cf8-afe1-cd9c75f14032/sheet/d2820200-d4d9-4a26-b23b-58e323c803c2/state/analysis
#EUOpenData #OpenData #CEFTransport #CEFEnergy #HorizonEU #Transport #Energy #InnovationFund #LIFEProgramme #EMFAF #JTM #GreenAssist
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1619997543915716610
RT @UNBiodiversity: #DYK Sustainable forest & land management & restoration enhances soil health & productivity
🌾Reverse&restore 1/3 of degraded arable land
🌱Improve food production
🪱Enhance ecosystem functions
☀️Mitigate #climatechange
👩🌾Protect livelihoods
🐝Protect #biodiversity
@FAOclimate
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1619996542311731206
🆕 Public consultation on the past, present & future of 🇪🇺 Research and Innovation
Share with us your views on #H2020 & #HorizonEU and help us shape the priorities for 2025-2027
#EUHaveYourSay by 23 February 👉http://europa.eu/!7d4BGm
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1619993212348940288
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Did you know the #Danube is Europe's second-longest river 🌊? It has long been affected by elevated nitrate levels.
A new study suggests restoring the river’s floodplains could help to remove 📉 38,000 tons of nitrate #pollution.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1619016162825891843
RT @redlisteco: Climate warming may increase algal blooms caused by sediment nutrient release in lakes – management must adapt.
Article via @EU_ENV
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https://ow.ly/ZaGZ50Mx1B5
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1618989084395044864
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Everybody wants better #AirQuality 💨
But how can we get accurate information about the air we breathe?
The #LIFEproject @populairSK came up with a solution by developing an app that provides info about the current air quality in Slovakia 🇸🇰
Read more👉https://bit.ly/PopulaiTodayIBreathe
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1618959056630337536
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Think you know all about forests? 🌲
Ok. You may know a thing or two, but the earth's so-called lungs 🫁 do far more #ForNature and us!
If you're 🇪🇸 take the quiz prepared by our #LIFEproject LIFE Soria Forest Adapt & test your knowledge 👉 https://bit.ly/LIFESoriaForestAdapt
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1618934366960513024
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📢 Save the date! 📢
On 8 & 9 February, join us in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland🇬🇱, for the #EUArcticForum & Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue.
Check out the full programme & register to attend using the password "arctic23" 👉 http://www.euarcticforum23.eu
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1618917117780430848
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The Iberian lynx was nearly extinct only 2⃣ decades ago. In 🇪🇸, the species was reduced to less than 100.
Today, ➕ 1200 lynxes wander the Iberian Peninsula as a result of our #LIFEproject LIFE LYNXCONNECT work.
And 5⃣ more were just released 👉https://bit.ly/lifelynxconnect
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1618892916168208390
RT @UNBiodiversity: What is soil fertility and how is it important?💭
Healthy soils sustain life. 🌿🌦️
But land degradation leads to, among other things, the loss of #soil fertility constituting a risk to food security.
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via @ipbes
#LandDegradation Assessment
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@fao
#GlobalSoilPartnership
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1618691144925450242
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