4b.4 Promote integration of biodiversity in rural development

Agricultural and environmental policies should send complementary signals to farmers to ensure that environmentally friendly agricultural practices are adequately implemented. The European Commission has presented a long-term vision for the EU's...

4b.5 Ensure that plant production as a source of renewable energy and for the bioeconomy does not...

In recent decades, the use of biofuels and biomass in the transport sector has been widely promoted. Analyses show that European biodiesel has had a major impact on the global vegetable oil market. To meet the growing demand for biomass and biofuels,...

4c.1 Ensure fisheries and aquaculture areas are managed sustainably and significantly improve...

Overfishing is one of the biggest problems of the European Union's common fisheries policy. Overfishing is not only an ecological problem, but also an economic problem for the fishing industry. The problem of overfishing cannot be tackled at the...