"The present report delineates Europe's mountain areas according to topography and altitude criteria, based on data from digital elevation models. For the purpo

Today, the environment seems omnipresent in European policy within and beyond the European Union. The idea of a shared European environment, however, has come a

The pace of biodiversity decline is quickening worldwide. Habitat break-up, pollution, over-use of natural areas and the creation of artificial landscapes incre

The Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, which was endorsed by ministers from 54 countries in the UN-ECE region on 25 October 1995, provide

This second and fully revised edition brings together some of the most influential work on the theory and practice of contemporary EU environmental policy. Comp