News
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The use of drones in the surveillance of illegal water abstraction
31 Oct, 2022
The IMPEL Tackling Illegal Drilling and Abstraction project team (IMPEL TIGDA) would like to thank General Inspection of Agriculture, the Sea, the Environment and Spatial Planning (IGAMAOT) for hosting in Lisbon the recent project team meeting on the 13th and 14th of October. Project team especially grateful to Ana Garcia, Mário Gracio and Aline Silva from IGAMAOT.
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IMPEL Ship Recycling Project
26 Oct, 2022
The IMPEL Ship Recycling project aims to improve the collaboration between environmental and maritime authorities involved in this field. Different EU legislation and related competences make implementation, supervision and enforcement challenging. To preventing illegal shipments guidance material for authorities and other stakeholders involved will be developed and capacity building for inspectors and other stakeholders is organized. Also, the cooperation with other institutions, agencies, networks within and outside the EU as with non-governmental bodies will be explored.
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Trend Reversal in Groundwater Pollution project meeting was held on 11th October
19 Oct, 2022
In association with the IMPEL Water & Land Conference in Lisbon, the IMPEL project group on „Trend reversal in groundwater pollution“ held its final meeting for 2022 on 11 October.
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A Guide for Inspectors: Enforcing National Legislation on Plastic Waste Shipments
13 Oct, 2022
A Guide for Inspectors: Enforcing National Legislation on Plastic Waste Shipments provides guidance on enforcing national legislation on shipments of plastic waste. The Guide provides a summary of the changes to the Basel Convention regarding plastic waste that have applied since January 2021 and lists the plastic waste types that inspectors are most likely to encounter. It also assists with the selection of the most appropriate waste classification codes and includes a series of
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IMPEL Water and Land Conference 2022
11 Oct, 2022
IMPEL Water and Land Conference 2022 held in Lisbon, 11-12 October 2022
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EUROPE MTT Tender - Closing date 31 October 2022
10 Oct, 2022
Project tender for a service provider
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Results of Water and Land Remediation Project were presented at REMEDy Conference in Warsaw
05 Oct, 2022
Water and Land Expert Team Leader Marco Falconi presented the reports of Water and Land Remediation Project for the application of in situ technologies for the remediation activities at REMEDy Conference in Warsaw on 28 September 2022.
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Implementation Challenges 2021 Report is now available
04 Oct, 2022
The purpose of the Implementation Challenge is to identify challenges in the implementation of EU Environmental Law as well as barriers to its enforcement. Implementation Challenge 2021 Report follows on from a survey that was open to those who implement environmental law in Europe.
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Tender for Management of Mining Waste Project
25 Jul, 2022
The IMPEL Project on Management of Mining Waste looking for a service provider
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