News concerning the subject 'Politics':

Measuring biodiversity with indicators – new report describes SEBI approach
© European Environment Agency (19.09.2012)
The continuing loss of biodiversity – made up of genes, species and ecosystems – is a matter of growing concern in Europe. Yet measuring the extent of the loss and the threat it poses is a huge challenge.

Energy-from-waste set for expansion
© WtERT Germany GmbH (04.04.2012)
Waste management group Shanks has announced that it has signed a ￡750 million contract with the BDR Waste Partnership (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Councils) to build a mechanical biological treatment (MBT) and anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Rotherham in South Yorkshire, with the capacity to treat 265,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year.

Successful conservation policy needs monitoring and knowledge
© ASK-EU (19.01.2012)
New research has explored how well different governance systems can achieve desirable conservation outcomes. Results confirmed the importance of adaptive management, which relies on regular monitoring to enable ‘learning through doing’ to refine actions, and suggested that leadership using expert knowledge was also significant in successful governance.

Economic benefits drive industrial ecology
© ASK-EU (19.01.2012)
New research suggests that the main driver for industrial ecology initiatives is financial gain, whilst regulation plays a smaller role. Policy does influence their development but this tends to be indirectly through initiatives such as pollution control and waste reduction targets, rather than through direct regulation to enforce or encourage industrial ecology.

Protect biodiversity to safeguard ecosystem services
© ASK-EU (19.01.2012)
Most species in an ecosystem could help supply essential ecosystem services, according to a recent study. The researchers found that 84% of species in the grassland ecosystems they studied contributed towards at least one ecosystem service. Losing any of these species would therefore degrade the ecosystem services such an environment could provide.

German Waste to Energy Facility Awards Contract for 40MW Boiler
© WtERT Germany GmbH (18.01.2012)
Cologne based waste to energy technology manufacturer, Fisia Babcock Environment (FBE) has secured a contract with waste management company Wuppertaler AWG to supply a new boiler plant to a waste to energy facility in Wuppertal, Germany.

From efficient water use to quitting fossil fuels – survey shows different approaches to resource efficiency across Europe
© European Environment Agency (11.10.2011)
Resource efficiency is a policy priority for Europe. However, across the region there are many different approaches to ‘doing more with less’, as shown by a survey of countries’ policies, carried out by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

Environment statistics
© ASK-EU (06.09.2011)
This is the eleventh edition of the publication that provides key datasets on the state of the environment in Scotland, with an emphasis on the trends over time.

Burning trash a success in the EU: Metro board
© WtERT Germany GmbH (27.07.2011)
Incinerators eliminate garbage while powering homes

Manas off "World heritage sites in danger" list
© ASK-EU (22.06.2011)
In a historic decision, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC), has decided to remove Manas National Park, Assam, from the “List of World Heritage Sites in Danger”. The decision was announced during the 35th Session of the WHC in Paris (19-29th June 2011). This makes Manas the only site out of sixteen world heritage sites in this category, to be taken off the list.